Congratulations and condolences
As Head of state, it is His Majesty the King's task to be the sender of congratulations and condolences to other countries on behalf of Norway. In collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, congratulations are sent to newly elected Heads of state on their inauguration and condolences on the death of former heads of state. Similarly, the King offers condolences on behalf of Norway when major accidents and disasters strike. Congratulations and condolences are primarily sent to countries with which Norway has diplomatic relations.
All congratulations and condolences to other countries and heads of state from 22 March 2023 can be found via this page. For earlier postings, please search our News Archive.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals.
Message of condolence from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the people of Myanmar and Thailand.
Congratulations are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the new President of the Hellenic Republic, His Excellency Mr Konstantinos Tasoulas.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of North Macedonia, Her Excellency Ms Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova.
Congratulations are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the new President of Uruguay, His Excellency Mr Yamandú Ramón Antonio Orsi Martínez.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Dr Nangolo Mbumba.
Congratulations have been conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to His Excellency General Joseph Aoun, President of the Republic of Lebanon.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the United States of America, His Excellency Mr Donald J. Trump.
Congratulations are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the United States of America, His Excellency Mr Donald J. Trump.
Congratulations are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of Palau, His Excellency Mr Surangel Whipps, jr.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Mr John Dramani Mahama.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to His Excellency President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Congratulations have been conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to His Excellency Mr Kais Saied, President of the Republic of Tunisia.
Congratulations have been conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to His Excellency Mr Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to His Majesty King Felipe of Spain.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of Vietnam, His Excellency Mr Luong Cuong.
Congratulations are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to His Excellency Mr Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, His Excellency Mr Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of Lithuania, His Excellency Mr Gitanas Nausėda.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Mr Cyril Ramaphosa.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Slovak Republic, His Excellency Mr Peter Pellegrini.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of Vietnam, His Excellency Mr Tô Lâm.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the Governor-General of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, His Excellency Sir Bob Bofeng Dadae.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, His Excellency Mr Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on the flooding that has caused such destruction and claimed so many lives.
Congratulations from His Royal Highness The Crown Prince Regent to the President of the Republic of Malta, Her Excellency Ms Myriam Spiteri Debono.
Congratulations from His Royal Highness The Crown Prince Regent to His Excellency Mr Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of Chile, His Excellency Mr Gabriel Boric Font, on the passing of former president Sebastián Piñera and the ongoing wildfires.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Mr Nangolo Mbumba, on the passing of president Hage Geingob.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of Guatemala, His Excellency Mr Bernardo Arévalo.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the new Emir of the State of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the Emir of the State of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, on the passing of His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Argentine Republic, His Excellency Mr Javier Gerardo Milei.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of Finland, His Excellency Mr Sauli Niinistö, on the passing of former president Martti Ahtisaari.
Message of condolence from His Majesty King Harald to the people of Afghanistan.
The following message of congratulations has been sent from His Majesty King Harald to author and playwright Jon Fosse.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of Singapore, His Excellency Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya, His Excellency Mr Mohamed al-Menfi.
Condolences are conveyed from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco after the earthquake 8 September 2023.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of Latvia, His Excellency Mr Edgars Rinkēvičs.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of the Republic of Türkiye, His Excellency Mr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of Nepal, His Excellency Mr Ramchandra Paudel.