Below is a complete list of state visits made and received by Harald V of Norway during his reign from 1991 to 2026. Four state visits were 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 reigned for 35 years and had conducted over 60 state visits.
State visits made by Harald V Date(s)CountryDetails 28–30 October 1991 Visiting Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik12–14 May 1992 Visiting King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia7–9 September 1992 Visiting President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir23-25 March 1993Visiting President Mauno Koivisto18–21 April 1994 Visiting President Richard von Weizsäcker and Marianne von Weizsäcker6–9 July 1994 Visiting Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip25–28 April 1995 Visiting King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia30–31 October 1995 Visiting President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton15–17 April 1996 Visiting Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus18–19 April 1996 Visiting Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte28–31 August 1996 Visiting President Thomas Klestil14–16 October 1996 Visiting President Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Jolanta Kwaśniewska18–20 March 1997 Visiting President Václav Havel and Dagmar Havlová23–30 October 1997 Visiting President Jiāng Zémín and Wang Yeping22–28 February 1998 Visiting President Nelson Mandela25–30 May 1998 Visiting President Boris Yeltsin and Naina Yeltsina31 August–1 September 1998 Visiting President Lennart Meri and Helle Meri2–3 September 1998 Visiting President Guntis Ulmanis and Aina Ulmane4–5 September 1998 Visiting President Valdas Adamkus and Alma Adamkus20–22 September 1999 Visiting President Emil Constantinescu and Nadina Ileana Constantinescu1–3 March 2000 Visiting President Jacques Chirac and Bernadette Chirac25–31 March 2001 Visiting Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko23–25 October 2001 Visiting President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Franca Ciampi25 October 2001 Visiting Pope John Paul II6–11 May 2002 Visiting Governor General Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul8–10 October 2002 Visiting President Ferenc Mádl and Dalma Mádl20–22 June 2003 Visiting King Albert II and Queen Paola7–11 October 2003 Visiting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva8–10 June 2004 Visiting President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos28–29 October 2004 Visiting President Sellapan Rama Nathan and Urmila Nandey1–5 November 2004 Visiting President Trần Đức Lương5–6 April 2006 Visiting President Moritz Leuenberger18–20 September 2006 Visiting President Mary McAleese and Martin McAleese5–7 June 2007 Visiting President Tarja Halonen and Pentti Arajärvi15–17 October 2007 Visiting President Horst Köhler and Eva Bohnet27–29 May 2008 Visiting President Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Maria Cavaco Silva24–27 November 2009 Visiting President Jacob Zuma26–28 October 2010 Visiting President Ivan Gašparovič and Silvia Gašparovičová9–10 May 2011 Visiting President Danilo Türk and Barbara Türk12–13 May 2011 Visiting President Ivo Josipović and Tatjana Josipović9–11 May 2012 Visiting President Bronisław Komorowski and Anna Komorowska5–7 November 2013 Visiting President Abdullah Gül and Mrs. Hayrünnisa Gül1–5 December 2014 Visiting President Thein Sein23–27 February 2015 Visiting Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove and Lady Hazel Cosgrove6–8 April 2016 Visiting President Sergio Mattarella6–8 March 2018 Visiting President Mauricio Macri and Juliana Awada11–19 October 2018 Visiting President Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan26–31 March 2019 Visiting President Sebastián Piñera and Cecilia Morel2–4 March 2020 Visiting King Abdullah II of Jordan and Queen Rania of Jordan11 September 2022 Visiting Queen Margrethe II15–16 June 2023 Visiting Queen Margrethe II6–9 February 2026 Visiting President Sergio Mattarella24–26 February 2026 Visiting King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia
State visits received by Harald V
Date(s)CountryDetails13–15 October1992 visited by Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik7–9 June1993 visited by King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia26–29 October visited by President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir18–21 October1994 visited by President Martti Ahtisaari and Eeva Ahtisaari14–16 March1995 visited by President Lech Wałęsa and Danuta Wałęsa29–30 May visited by President Thomas Klestil25–26 March1996 visited by President Boris Yeltsin and Naina Jeltsina27–29 June visited by President Jiang Zemin and Wang Yeping11–14 February1997 visited by President Ólafur R. Grimsson and Guðrún Katrín Þorbergsdóttir28–30 April visited by King Albert II and Queen Paola17–19 June1998 visited by President Roman Herzog and Christiane Herzog16–17 March1999 visited by President Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel22–24 March visited by President Árpád Göncz and Zsuzsanna Göncz1 November visited by President Bill Clinton10–12 April2000 visited by King Abdullah II and Queen Rania20–21 September visited by President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and Imants Freiberg25–26 October visited by President Tarja Halonen and Pentti Arajärvi30 May–1 June2001 visited by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip10–11 April2002 visited by President Arnold Rüütel and Ingrid Rüütel12 November visited by President Vladimir Putin16–17 September2003 visited by President Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Jolanta Kwaśniewska3–5 February2004 visited by President Jorge Sampaio and Maria José Ritta21–23 September visited by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Franca Ciampi10–13 May2005 visited by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko6–8 June2006 visited by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia29–31 August visited by President Georgi Parvanov and Zorka Parvanova17–19 April2007 visited by President Heinz Fischer and Margit Fischer13–14 September visited by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Marisa Letícia da Silva5–6 June2008 visited by President Nguyễn Minh Triết and Mrs. Tran Thi Kim Chi14–16 October visited by President Mary McAleese and Dr. Martin McAleese28–30 April2009 visited by Governor-General Michaëlle Jean and Mr. Jean-Daniel Lafond26–27 April2010 visited by President Dmitry Medvedev and Mrs. Svetlana Medvedeva1–3 May visited by Queen Beatrix14–15 October visited by President Doris Leuthard and Mr. Roland Hausin5–6 April2011 visited by President Dalia Grybauskaitė30 May–1 June visited by Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa31 August–1 September visited by President Jacob Zuma and Mrs. Tobeka Zuma10–12 October 2012 visited by President Sauli Niinistö and Mrs. Jenni Haukio12–13 May2014 visited by President Shimon Peres11–13 June visited by President Joachim Gauck and Ms Daniela Schadt2 September visited by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves13–14 October visited by President Pranab Mukherjee, accompanied by his daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee18–19 March2015 visited by President Andris Bērziņš23–25 May2016 visited by President Andrzej Duda and Mrs. Agata Kornhauser-Duda10–12 October visited by President Tony Tan and Mrs. Mary Chee Bee Kiang21–22 March 2017 visited by President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and Mrs. Eliza Reid4–6 June 2018 visited by President Andrej Kiska11–13 June2019 visited by President Moon Jae-in and Mrs. Kim Jung-sook6–7 November visited by President Borut Pahor9–11 November2021visited by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima1112 May2023visited by President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter Laura Mattarella1314 February 2024visited by President Samia Suluhu Hassan68 Mayvisited by President Maia Sandu1415 Mayvisited by King Frederik X and Queen Mary810 April2025visited by President Halla Tómasdóttir and Mr. Björn Skúlason2426 March2026visited by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde
See also List of state visits made and received by Haakon VII List of state visits made and received by Olav V
Sources Royal House list of state visits
External links Video from the royal family's visit to the United Kingdom in 2005 Short video from the Portuguese state visit to Norway when the Crown Prince acted as regent