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List of state visits made and received by Olav V

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Below is a complete list of state visits made and received by Olav V of Norway during his reign from 1957 to 1991. A state visit is a formal visit by one head of state to another country, at the invitation of the other country's head of state. State visits are the highest form of diplomatic contact between two states, and are marked by major ceremonial and diplomatic formality. As such this list might give an indication to the foreign relations of Norway during this period.

State visits made by Olav V

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Date(s) Country Details
11–13 September 1958  Denmark Visiting King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid
23–25 April 1959  Sweden Visiting King Gustaf VI Adolf and Queen Louise
31 May – 2 June 1961  Iceland Visiting President Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
5–7 July 1961  Finland Visiting President Urho Kekkonen
26–28 September 1962  France Visiting President Charles de Gaulle
16–18 October 1962  United Kingdom Visiting Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. This state visit was made to Scotland in order to express gratitude for the Scottish people's help during World War II.[1]
9–11 September 1964  Netherlands Visiting Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard
14–15 September 1964  Luxembourg Visiting Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix
21–23 September 1964  Belgium Visiting King Baudouin I and Queen Fabiola
7–14 January 1965  Iran Visiting Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Empress Farah Pahlavi
15–23 January 1965  Thailand Visiting King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit
10–17 January 1966  Ethiopia Visiting Emperor Haile Selassie I
5–9 September 1966  Yugoslavia Visiting President Josip Broz Tito
12–16 September 1966  Austria Visiting President Franz Jonas
26–28 April 1967  Italy Visiting President Giuseppe Saragat
6–12 September 1967  Brazil Visiting President Artur da Costa e Silva
13–16 September 1967  Chile Visiting President Eduardo Frei Montalva
18–21 September 1967  Argentina Visiting President Juan Carlos Onganía
1–3 April 1968   Switzerland Visiting President Willy Spühler
24 April – 1 May 1968  United States Visiting President Lyndon B. Johnson
5–11 May 1969  Tunisia Visiting President Habib Bourguiba
4–8 June 1973  Germany Visiting President Gustav Heinemann
4–6 June 1974  Iceland Visiting President Kristján Eldjárn
11–13 September 1974  Denmark Visiting Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik
4–30 October 1975  United States Visiting President Gerald Ford
25–27 November 1975  Sweden Visiting King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
21–24 February 1978  Portugal Visiting President António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes
7–10 October 1980  Finland Visiting President Urho Kekkonen
13–15 September 1982  Austria Visiting President Rudolf Kirchschläger
17–24 October 1983  Japan Visiting Emperor Hirohito and Empress Kōjun
29–31 March 1984  Spain Visiting King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia
23 November 1987  Canada Visiting Governor General Jeanne Sauvé
12–15 April 1988  United Kingdom Visiting Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip

State visits received by Olav V

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Date(s) Country Details
11–13 February 1960  Denmark visited by King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid
16–18 March 1960  Sweden visited by King Gustaf VI Adolf and Queen Louise
19–21 September 1960  Thailand visited by King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit
8–10 March 1961  Finland visited by President Urho Kekkonen and Sylvi Kekkonen
18–20 May 1961  Iran visited by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Farah Pahlavi
17–19 June 1963  Tunisia visited by President Habib Bourguiba and Wassila Bourguiba
6–8 September 1963  Tanganyika visited by President Julius Nyerere
10–12 May 1965  Yugoslavia visited by President Josip Broz Tito and Jovanka Broz
14–16 June 1965  Belgium visited by King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola
22–24 June 1965  Italy visited by President Giuseppe Saragat
9–11 September 1970  West Germany visited by President Gustav Heinemann and Hilda Heinemann
3–5 May 1971  Iceland visited by President Kristján Eldjárn and Halldóra Eldjárn
12–14 February 1973  Denmark visited by Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik
8–10 October 1974  Sweden visited by King Carl XVI Gustaf
28–30 April 1976  Tanzania visited by President Julius Nyerere
17–20 April 1978  Austria visited by President Rudolf Kirchschläger and Herma Kirchschläger
3–5 June 1980  Portugal visited by President António Ramalho Eanes and Manuela Ramalho Eanes
13–15 November 1980  Romania visited by President Nicolae Ceaușescu and Elena Ceaușescu
5–8 May 1981  United Kingdom visited by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
26–27 May 1981  Canada visited by Governor General Edward Schreyer and Lily Schreyer
21–23 October 1981  Iceland visited by President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
14–16 April 1982  Spain visited by King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía
8–9 March 1983  Finland visited by President Mauno Koivisto and Tellervo Koivisto
14–15 May 1984  France visited by President François Mitterrand and Danielle Mitterrand
14–15 February 1985  Zambia visited by President Kenneth Kaunda and Betty Kaunda
10–11 June 1985  Japan visited by Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko
13–15 May 1986  The Netherlands visited by Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus
24–26 September 1986  West Germany visited by President Richard von Weizsäcker and Marianne von Weizsäcker
2–4 May 1990  Luxembourg visited by Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte

See also

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Sources

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  1. ^ Afteposten article on the relationship between King Olav and the UK Archived 2007-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (Norwegian)
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