This is the first official visit to Norway by a Canadian Prime Minister since 1980. On the agenda are the Cold Response military exercise and Norway’s cooperation with Canada.

‘I look forward to welcoming Prime Minister Carney to Norway. Norway and Canada are close partners and have a great deal in common. At a time of deep global uncertainty, it is important to strengthen cooperation between Canada, Norway and the other Nordic countries,’ said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

The Canadian Prime Minister’s trip to Norway will begin with a visit to the Cold Response military exercise, where the two Prime Ministers and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will meet Canadian, German and Norwegian soldiers.

On Sunday, Mr Støre will host a Nordic-Canadian summit in Oslo. Prime Minister Carney and the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden will take part, in addition to the Norwegian Prime Minister.

  • Canada is a close partner to Norway with a strong commitment to defending shared values and fostering cooperation, including within the framework of NATO.
  • Cooperation between Norway and Canada has increased recently, and the two countries have many shared priorities, for example, relating to the Arctic, transatlantic cooperation, sustainability and Ukraine.
  • In 2023, Norway and Canada signed an agreement on military cooperation and cooperation between the two countries’ coastguards. In light of the growing global demand for critical minerals, Norway is now also seeking to strengthen its minerals cooperation with Canada.
  • Norway’s largest exports to Canada are crude oil, other oil products and seafood.
  • More than 50 Norwegian companies have established a presence in Canada in various sectors including the oil and ocean industries and the clean technology and critical minerals sectors. The Government Pension Fund Global, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, holds investments in 137 Canadian companies, with a combined value of NOK 710 billion.

Accreditation

Members of the media who wish to cover the visit must register for accreditation. The deadline for accreditation is 16:00 on Wednesday 11 March.

The programme will include visits to various locations in Norway. Further details about the programme will be distributed to accredited media.

Those wishing to cover the entire visit may register for accreditation at the bottom of the Norwegian version of this page.

Anyone wishing to cover the visit to Cold Response must also obtain accreditation from the Norwegian Armed Forces.

The press contacts for Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre are Communication Officers Ingrid Brandal Myklebust, telephone +47 99 50 19 17, email ingrid-brandal.myklebust@smk.dep.no (Cold Response) and Ragnhild H. Simenstad, telephone +47 91 71 74 59, email rhs@smk.dep.no (Nordic-Canadian summit).