List of state visits made and received by Haakon VII explained

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

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

State visits received by Haakon VII

Date(s)CountryDetails
29 April2 May 1907 visited by King Frederik VIII (his father) and Queen Lovisa
28 April2 May 1908 visited by King Edward VII (his uncle and father-in-law) and Queen Alexandra
31 July2 August 1908 visited by President Armand Fallières
1518 September 1922 visited by Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik
46 October 1926 Finlandvisited by President Lauri Kristian Relander
29 September1 October 1947 visited by King Frederik IX (his nephew) and Queen Ingrid
1012 March 1952 visited by King Gustaf VI Adolf (his second cousin) and Queen Louise
68 May 1953 Netherlandsvisited by Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard
1820 November 1954 visited by Emperor Haile Selassie and Empress Menen Asfaw
2528 May 1955 visited by President Ásgeir Ásgeirsson and Dóra Þórhallsdóttir
2426 June 1955 visited by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip

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