List of state visits made and received by Olav V

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

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

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

• List of state visits made and received by Haakon VII
• List of state visits made and received by Harald V

Sources

• Royal House list of state visits

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