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List of state visits made and received by Harald V

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

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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
23-25 March 1993 Finland Visiting President Mauno Koivisto
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
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
14–16 October 1996 Poland Visiting President Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Jolanta Kwaśniewska
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

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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 Sharmistha 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
6–8 May Moldova visited by President Maia Sandu
14–15 May Denmark visited by King Frederik X and Queen Mary
8–10 April 2025 Iceland visited by President Halla Tómasdóttir and her husband Björn Skúlason

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