List of state visits made and received by Harald V

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King Harald V inspects an honour guard during an official visit (not a state visit) to the United States.
King Harald V escorts the first lady of Brazil Marisa Silva to a state dinner in the Royal Palace, Oslo on their return visit in 2007. Princess Astrid, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit in the background.

Below is a complete list of state visits made and received by Harald V of Norway. Four state visits are usually made each year: two visits by King Harald and Queen Sonja to a foreign head of state and two visits by another head of state to Norway. The number of state visits has increased greatly during the 1900s. King Haakon VII reigned for 52 years from 1905 and made a total of 13 state visits to foreign countries. King Harald V had as of 2016 reigned for 25 years and had conducted 45 state visits. Today a state visit is accompanied by large trade delegations and is seen as an important venue to promote trade and other business relations as well as cultural and political ties between the two countries.

State visits made by Harald V[edit]

Date(s) Country Details
28–30 October 1991  Denmark Visiting Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik
12–14 May 1992  Sweden Visiting King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
7–9 September 1992  Iceland Visiting President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
18–21 October 1994  Finland Visiting President Martti Ahtisaari
18–21 April 1994  Germany Visiting President Richard von Weizsäcker and Marianne von Weizsäcker
6–9 July 1994  United Kingdom Visiting Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
25–28 April 1995  Spain Visiting King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia
30–31 October 1995  United States of America Visiting President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton
14–16 March 1996  Poland Visiting President Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Jolanta Kwaśniewska
15–17 April 1996  the Netherlands Visiting Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus
18–19 April 1996  Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Visiting Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte
28–31 August 1996  Austria Visiting President Thomas Klestil
18–20 March 1997  Czech Republic Visiting President Václav Havel and Dagmar Havlová
23–30 October 1997  China Visiting President Jiāng Zémín and Wang Yeping
22–28 February 1998  South Africa Visiting President Nelson Mandela
25–30 May 1998  Russian Federation Visiting President Boris Yeltsin and Naina Yeltsina
31 August–1 September 1998  Estonia Visiting President Lennart Meri and Helle Meri
2–3 September 1998  Latvia Visiting President Guntis Ulmanis and Aina Ulmane
4–5 September 1998  Lithuania Visiting President Valdas Adamkus and Alma Adamkus
20–22 September 1999  Romania Visiting President Emil Constantinescu and Nadina Ileana Constantinescu
1–3 March 2000  French Republic Visiting President Jacques Chirac and Bernadette Chirac
25–31 March 2001  Japan Visiting Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko
23–25 October 2001  Italy Visiting President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Franca Ciampi
25 October 2001  State of the Vatican City Visiting Pope John Paul II
6–11 May 2002  Canada Visiting Governor General Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul
8–10 October 2002  Hungary Visiting President Ferenc Mádl and Dalma Mádl
20–22 June 2003  Belgium Visiting King Albert II and Queen Paola
7–11 October 2003  Brazil Visiting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
8–10 June 2004  Greece Visiting President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
28–29 October 2004  Singapore Visiting President Sellapan Rama Nathan and Urmila Nandey
1–5 November 2004  Vietnam Visiting President Trần Đức Lương
5–6 April 2006   Switzerland Visiting President Moritz Leuenberger
18–20 September 2006  Ireland Visiting President Mary McAleese and Martin McAleese
5–7 June 2007  Finland Visiting President Tarja Halonen and Pentti Arajärvi
15–17 October 2007  Germany Visiting President Horst Köhler and Eva Bohnet
27–29 May 2008  Portugal Visiting President Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Maria Cavaco Silva
24–27 November 2009  South Africa Visiting President Jacob Zuma
26–28 October 2010  Slovakia Visiting President Ivan Gašparovič and Silvia Gašparovičová
9–10 May 2011  Slovenia Visiting President Danilo Türk and Barbara Türk
12–13 May 2011  Croatia Visiting President Ivo Josipović and Tatjana Josipović
9–11 May 2012  Poland Visiting President Bronisław Komorowski and Anna Komorowska
5–7 November 2013  Turkey Visiting President Abdullah Gül and Mrs. Hayrünnisa Gül
1–5 December 2014  Myanmar Visiting President Thein Sein
23–27 February 2015  Australia Visiting Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove and Lady Hazel Cosgrove
6–8 April 2016  Italy Visiting President Sergio Mattarella
6–8 March 2018  Argentina Visiting President Mauricio Macri and Juliana Awada
11–19 October 2018  China Visiting President Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan
26–31 March 2019  Chile Visiting President Sebastián Piñera and Cecilia Morel
2–4 March 2020  Jordan Visiting King Abdullah II of Jordan and Queen Rania of Jordan

State visits received by Harald V[edit]

King Harald V and Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia outside the Royal Palace, Oslo.
Date(s) Country Details
13–15 October 1992  Denmark visited by Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik
7–9 June 1993  Sweden visited by King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
26–29 October  Iceland visited by President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
18–21 October 1994  Finland visited by President Martti Ahtisaari and Eeva Ahtisaari
14–16 March 1995  Poland visited by President Lech Wałęsa and Danuta Wałęsa
29–30 May  Austria visited by President Thomas Klestil
25–26 March 1996  Russia visited by President Boris Yeltsin and Naina Jeltsina
27–29 June  China visited by President Jiang Zemin and Wang Yeping
11–14 February 1997  Iceland visited by President Ólafur R. Grimsson and Guðrún Katrín Þorbergsdóttir
28–30 April  Belgium visited by King Albert II and Queen Paola
17–19 June 1998  Germany visited by President Roman Herzog and Christiane Herzog
16–17 March 1999  South Africa visited by President Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel
22–24 March  Hungary visited by President Árpád Göncz and Zsuzsanna Göncz
1 November  United States visited by President Bill Clinton
10–12 April 2000  Jordan visited by King Abdullah II and Queen Rania
20–21 September  Latvia visited by President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and Imants Freiberg
25–26 October  Finland visited by President Tarja Halonen and Pentti Arajärvi
30 May–1 June 2001  United Kingdom visited by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
10–11 April 2002  Estonia visited by President Arnold Rüütel and Ingrid Rüütel
12 November  Russia visited by President Vladimir Putin
16–17 September 2003  Poland visited by President Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Jolanta Kwaśniewska
3–5 February 2004  Portugal visited by President Jorge Sampaio and Maria José Ritta
21–23 September  Italy visited by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Franca Ciampi
10–13 May 2005  Japan visited by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko
6–8 June 2006  Spain visited by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia
29–31 August  Bulgaria visited by President Georgi Parvanov and Zorka Parvanova
17–19 April 2007  Austria visited by President Heinz Fischer and Margit Fischer
13–14 September  Brazil visited by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Marisa Letícia da Silva
5–6 June 2008  Vietnam visited by President Nguyễn Minh Triết and Mrs. Tran Thi Kim Chi
14–16 October  Ireland visited by President Mary McAleese and Dr. Martin McAleese
28–30 April 2009  Canada visited by Governor-General Michaëlle Jean and Mr. Jean-Daniel Lafond
26–27 April 2010  Russia visited by President Dmitry Medvedev and Mrs. Svetlana Medvedeva
1–3 May  Netherlands visited by Queen Beatrix
14–15 October   Switzerland visited by President Doris Leuthard and Mr. Roland Hausin
5–6 April 2011  Lithuania visited by President Dalia Grybauskaitė
30 May–1 June  Luxembourg visited by Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
31 August–1 September  South Africa visited by President Jacob Zuma and Mrs. Tobeka Zuma
10–12 October 2012  Finland visited by President Sauli Niinistö and Mrs. Jenni Haukio
12–13 May 2014  Israel visited by President Shimon Peres
11–13 June  Germany visited by President Joachim Gauck and Ms Daniela Schadt
2 September  Estonia visited by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves
13–14 October  India visited by President Pranab Mukherjee, accompanied by his daughter Sharmista Mukherjee
18–19 March 2015  Latvia visited by President Andris Bērziņš
23–25 May 2016  Poland visited by President Andrzej Duda and Mrs. Agata Kornhauser-Duda
10–12 October  Singapore visited by President Tony Tan and Mrs. Mary Chee Bee Kiang
21–22 March 2017  Iceland visited by President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and Mrs. Eliza Reid
4–6 June 2018  Slovakia visited by President Andrej Kiska
11–13 June 2019  South Korea visited by President Moon Jae-in and Mrs. Kim Jung-sook
6–7 November  Slovenia visited by President Borut Pahor
9–11 November 2021  Netherlands visited by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima
11–12 May 2023  Norway visited by President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter Laura Mattarella
13–14 February 2024  Tanzania visited by President Samia Suluhu Hassan

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