List of state visits made and received by Harald V of Norway
# List of state visits made and received by Harald V of Norway

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

| 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

| Date(s) | 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 | 1993 | 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 | 1995 | Austria | visited by President Thomas Klestil |
| 25–26 March | 1996 | Russia | visited by President Boris Yeltsin and Naina Jeltsina |
| 27–29 June | 1996 | 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 | 1997 | 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 | 1999 | Hungary | visited by President Árpád Göncz and Zsuzsanna Göncz |
| 1 November | 1999 | United States | visited by President Bill Clinton |
| 10–12 April | 2000 | Jordan | visited by King Abdullah II and Queen Rania |
| 20–21 September | 2000 | Latvia | visited by President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and Imants Freiberg |
| 25–26 October | 2000 | 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 | 2002 | 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 | 2004 | 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 | 2006 | 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 | 2007 | 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 | 2008 | 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 | 2010 | Netherlands | visited by Queen Beatrix |
| 14–15 October | 2010 | Switzerland | visited by President Doris Leuthard and Mr. Roland Hausin |
| 5–6 April | 2011 | Lithuania | visited by President Dalia Grybauskaitė |
| 30 May–June 1 | 2011 | Luxembourg | visited by Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa |
| 31 August–1 September | 2011 | 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 | 2014 | Germany | visited by President Joachim Gauck and Ms Daniela Schadt |
| 2 September | 2014 | Estonia | visited by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves |
| 13–14 October | 2014 | 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 | 2016 | 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 | 2019 | Slovenia | visited by President Borut Pahor |
| 9–11 November | 2021 | Netherlands | visited by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima |
