Leah Behn dedicates dance performance to late father

Leah Behn will dedicate her performance on Norway’s *Skal vi danse* on Saturday evening to her late father, Ari Behn, saying she is dancing for people who have lost someone they loved. [1]

The 21-year-old daughter of Princess Märtha Louise said in an Instagram post that she wanted to show that life can improve after loss and that the hardest periods need not define a person. Saturday’s appearance will be her fourth week in the competition, the Norwegian version of *Dancing with the Stars*. [1]

Ari Behn, a writer who was married to Märtha Louise from 2002 to 2007, died in 2019 at the age of 44. The article reports that he had experienced chronic depression. [1]