List of state visits made and received by Haakon VII

Below is a complete list of state visits made and received by Haakon VII of Norway during his reign from 1905 to 1957. Note that the number of state visits is much lower than today as can be seen in the list of state visits made by King Harald V of Norway. Norway was at this time a comparatively poor country and the expenses involved in traveling to other countries in the manner expected by a king, and hosting the customary return visits, were high. In the early years of the independent Norwegian monarchy it was important to affirm the support of the great powers of Europe and state visits were made to the United Kingdom, Germany and France within two years.

State visits made by Haakon VII edit

Date(s) Country Details
3–9 October 1906   Denmark Visiting King Frederik VIII (his father) and Queen Lovisa
14–16 November 1906   United Kingdom Visiting King Edward VII (his uncle and father-in-law) and Queen Alexandra
15–16 December 1906   German Empire Visiting Emperor Wilhelm II (his wife's first cousin) and Empress Augusta Viktoria
27–30 May 1907   France Visiting President Armand Fallières
11–13 June 1913   Denmark Visiting King Christian X (his brother) and Queen Alexandrine
15–18 September 1918   Sweden Visiting King Gustaf V (his mother's first cousin) and Queen Victoria
5–7 June 1923   Netherlands Visiting Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik
8–10 June 1923   Belgium Visiting King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth
2–4 June 1928   Finland Visiting President Lauri Kristian Relander
17–19 February 1948   Denmark Visiting King Frederik IX (his nephew) and Queen Ingrid
5–7 June 1951   United Kingdom Visiting King George VI (his wife's nephew) and Queen Elizabeth
23–25 March 1953   Sweden Visiting King Gustaf VI Adolf (his second cousin) and Queen Louise
12–14 August 1954   Netherlands Visiting Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard

State visits received by Haakon VII edit

Date(s) Country Details
29 April–2 May 1907   Denmark visited by King Frederik VIII (his father) and Queen Lovisa
28 April–2 May 1908   United Kingdom visited by King Edward VII (his uncle and father-in-law) and Queen Alexandra
31 July–2 August 1908   France visited by President Armand Fallières
15–18 September 1922   The Netherlands visited by Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik
4–6 October 1926   Finland visited by President Lauri Kristian Relander
29 September–1 October 1947   Denmark visited by King Frederik IX (his nephew) and Queen Ingrid
10–12 March 1952   Sweden visited by King Gustaf VI Adolf (his second cousin) and Queen Louise
6–8 May 1953   Netherlands visited by Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard
18–20 November 1954   Ethiopia visited by Emperor Haile Selassie and Empress Menen Asfaw
25–28 May 1955   Iceland visited by President Ásgeir Ásgeirsson and Dóra Þórhallsdóttir
24–26 June 1955   United Kingdom visited by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip

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