Bilateral visits and events

The Henry Larsen Memorial Statue Fund has been established to create a life-sized bronze statue of Henry Larsen. Larsen is best known as master of St. roch during the historic 1940-1944 voyages through the Northwest Passage. The statue will be placed at the Vancouver Maritime Museum in Vancouver, BC. Read more

In the past weeks the Embassy has received a multitude of e-mails, letters and phone calls thanking Bjørnar Håkensmoen for his gesture of giving Sara Renner a ski pole.  This act of sportsmanship has cemented the good relationship between Norway and Canada, and we would like to thank you Canadians  for your sincere appreciation and celebration of the Olympic spirit. Read more

On June 29, 2005,The Canadian Ambassador to Norway, Mrs Shirley Wolff Serafini unveiled an inuksuk at Bygdøy Maritime Museum in Oslo. The traditional inuit sculpture is Canada's centenary gift to Norway and is given as a symbol of the special relationship there exists between our two countries of the North.  State Secretary Kim Traavik of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs re Read more