Goals

Goals

Restauration Crossings200 voyage:

• To follow the original route and experiences of those who sailed in 1825
• To support the charity, Broken Dreams – A Light Of Hope
• To preserve the 1825 voyage’s history and bring its stories into our 2025 interpretation
• To highlight new perspectives and socially relevant issues in 2025

The national objectives in North America for the bicentennial commemoration:

• To celebrate the strong ties between Norway, the United States, and Canada
• To remember what it means to take great risks and trade one home for another
• To better understand the migration of peoples that continues worldwide today

The national objectives in Norway for emigrant commemorations in 2025:

• To raise awareness of emigration from Norway and shed new light on the history of Norwegian emigration
• Discuss contemporary migration issues in the light of our own history
• Build closer ties between today’s Norwegians abroad and Norway

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eel free to read:– the debate article by the leader of the Norwegian Executive Committee for the 200th anniversary about the background, why it is relevant in 2025, and some highlights in Norway during the anniversary year. (Use google translate.)– the article “A Voyage That Connects the Past and the Future” in the journal Mortepumpen on pages 8-12 (Only in Norwegian.)