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

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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

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