Norwegian Embassy in London

The Royal Norwegian Embassy is seeking one qualified and highly motivated team member for the position of full time Visa Officer (permanent)

Application deadline: Friday 15 May 2026

Find full details on the Embassy website

Vacant position (permanent) as Visa Officer at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in London Vacant position (permanent) as Visa Officer at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in London The Royal Norwegian Embassy is seeking one qualified and highly motivated team member for position as full time Visa Officer (permanent).   22. Apr 2026 The position is vacant from July 2026.    ...

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming the Norwegian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence to London!

The Committee met with senior officials from the MOD, FCDO and Cabinet Office, as well as parliamentarians in Westminster. They also heard from British defence journalists and academics before concluding the visit at NATO’s Maritime Command and the UK’s Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood.

A valuable visit underlining the close foreign, security and defence policy cooperation between Norway, the UK and our allies!

Looking back to the night when Tate joined forces with NANU, Dáiddadállu - Sámi Artist Network , the International Sámi Film Institute and filmmakers and musicians including Katarina Barruk to celebrate Sámi art and culture in London

If you haven’t yet seen Máret Ánne Sara’s new work in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, this is your last chance! Goavve-Geabbil’s extended run ends this Sunday 12th April

Photos: Tate Modern Lates © Tate, photography Sophie Shaw (1-6);
Máret Ánne Sara at Tate Modern Photo © Tate, photo: Sonal Bakrania (7)

Another busy and productive week at the Embassy!

This week, we were pleased to host visits from Minister of Children and Families Lene Vågslid and State Secretary Eivind Vad Petersson from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We also met over 200 Norwegian students visiting London from to discuss the 🇬🇧-🇳🇴 relationship, the Embassy’s work and career opportunities in the .

Minister met civil society experts and counterparts from DSIT, DfE and Ofcom to discuss safe digital upbringing and child welfare.

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Cultural highlights for the end of March: at the Modern Late this Friday evening, explore Máret Ánne Sara’s powerful exhibition with a performance by Katarina Barruk, film screenings curated by the International Sámi Film Institute, a duodji workshop with Elle Márjá Eira and more. Find full details on Tate’s website 🔗

📖 📺 Created by one of the greatest storytellers in crime fiction, Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole series arrives on Netflix from Friday

🎬 Beloved by Norwegian audiences, Ragnhild Nøst Bergem’s life-affirming documentary Being Ola has preview screenings this week as part of Oska Bright Film Festival, and is released in selected cinemas from 3 April by Tull Stories

🎺 Nils Petter Molvær is playing Kings Place in London on 2 April. On stage with Jo Berger Myhre (guitar, bass) and Erland Dahlen (drums), the trio delivers music that is immersive, driven and volatile – shifting between deep groove, fractured electronics and vast open space.

📬 To receive these (and more!) in your inbox twice a month, subscribe to the Embassy’s culture newsletter at the link in our bio.

Photos:
1: Courtesy of Tate Modern
2: Courtesy of Katarina Barruk
3: Joel Kinnaman as Tom Waaler, Tobias Santelmann as Harry Hole in Harry Hole Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024 (cropped)
4: Still from Being Ola (cropped), courtesy of Oska Bright Film Festival.
4: Still from Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (cropped): Joel Kinnaman as Tom Waaler, Tobias Santelmann as Harry Hole in Harry Hole Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024
5: Nils Petter Molvær, photo courtesy of Edition Records.

Congratulations to Professor Lyndal Roper, announced today as the 2026 Laureate of The Holberg Prize

Internationally recognised as one of the leading scholars of early modern European history, Professor Roper is the Emeritus Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford

Established by the Norwegian Parliament in 2003, the Holberg Prize is one of the largest annual international research prizes awarded for outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social science, law or theology

In this interview, 2026 Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper talks about her background, her research, and the challenges and opportunities facing the humanities.

Professor Roper receives the Holberg Prize for her ground-breaking research into early modern European history.

https://soundcloud.com/holbergprize/lyndal-roper

Cultural highlights for early March: Last Chance to See! At the British Museum, Nordic Noir: Works on Paper from Edvard Munch to Mamma Andersson is entering its final weeks. Featuring over 150 works by 100 Nordic artists, the exhibition runs until 22 March.

🎻 For the opening night of HippFest in Bo'ness on 18 March, folk/electronic artists Dina Konradsen and Jo Einar Jansen are performing a live score to Fante-Anne, a landmark in Norwegian film history dating from 1920. Afterwards, Folkemølje folk-club night comes from Tromsø to Scotland as the musicians are joined by Tone Ingvaldsen for a Norwegian folk dance night.

🎬 Following a tour of the US, actor, filmmaker and author Jeanne Bøe will be presenting short film Oxblood in the UK with four screenings followed by Q&A. As well as writing the screenplay, Bøe stars in the film together with Erik Hivju, with Gard B. Eidsvold directing and a soundtrack by trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær. Bøe is presenting the film in Orkney on 9 March, on 11 March in Glasgow, on 19 March in York, and 22 March at Sjømannskirken i London.

🌵 In Cactus, Jonis Josef - one of Norway's most acclaimed comedians - makes his bold English debut a sharp, funny, and deeply personal show about identity, love, and growth. The show is coming to 21 Soho on 18 March.

🏺 At Contemporary Ceramics , a solo show of 70 new works by Lise Herud Braten takes inspiration from the vast open spaces of Norway's mountains. The exhibition includes the artist's largest moon-vases to date, as well as smaller pieces exploring new colours, glazes and firing techniques. Until 28 March.

💃 In Brighton, Colchester & London, Fest en Fest presents expanded choreography as a field that moves beyond the dancing body into sound, text, publishing, objects, installation, labour, intimacy and collective action. Norwegian performers Marte Sterud and Ann-Christin Kongsness are performing their dance pieces that form "Butch Tribute", surrounded by the audience as they take full ownership of the stage.

📬 To receive news of these (and more!) in your inbox twice a month, subscribe to the Embassy's culture newsletter at the link in our bio.

Photos:
1: John Savio, Suopan (Lasso), c.1928-1934, Woodcut (© The Trustees of the British Museum)
2: Jo Einar Jansen and Dina Konradsen, photo: Hans Petter Skog
3: Ingrid in Oxblood (courtesy of Jeanne Bøe)
5: courtesy of the artist
6: courtesy of FEST EN FEST

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The Consulate will be closed between Wednesday 1st April and Monday 6th April.
We will reopen for Consular services on Tuesday 7th April.
Last day to collect your (Norwegian) passport before Easter will be Tuesday 31st March.

Please note that due to reduced opening hours during the renovation of the Embassy, our capacity is significantly limited. We are currently unable to meet the full demand for appointments. Applicants who can apply in Norway are encouraged to do so.
If you have a valid passport, you can apply for passport renewal at the police in Norway and collect your passport in London. The application fee is significantly lower when you apply in Norway, you can also apply for a National ID-card at the same time.

More information about the application process and fees can be found on the website of the Norwegian Police: https://www.politiet.no/en/english/passports-and-id-cards/

For any questions relating to Norwegian passports, or consular assistance, please visit our website or email us on [email protected]

www.politiet.no

Starting from today, Marius Neset and his quartet are on tour with 5 dates in the UK over the coming week

A musician with remarkable range and imagination, over the past decade Neset has established himself as one of the most dynamic and original voices in contemporary jazz. He is renowned for his creative energy, whether with his own ensembles or as a composer collaborating with orchestras such as the London Sinfonietta, through recent performances at the BBC Proms and London Jazz Festival.

The current tour is built around recent album Cabaret (ACT Records), with drummer Anton Eger, keyboardist Elliot Galvin and bassist Conor Chaplin.

Head to the venues’ websites for tickets. Find more cultural tips in the Embassy’s twice-monthly culture newsletter Norwegian Highlights – sign up at the link in bio ✉️

27 February: Milton Keynes The Stables MK
1 March: Liverpool Capstone Theatre
2 March: Manchester NQ Jazz
3 March: Dorking Watermill Jazz
4 March: London Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club

Marius Neset photo: Helge Hansen

This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Minister of Trade and Industry Cecilie T. Myrseth to London.

During her visit, Minister Myrseth met Minister of State for Trade Policy Christopher Bryant, and the two signed an agreement to establish a closer dialogue on trade policy.

- Norway and the United Kingdom are close and long-term partners. I am pleased that we are now establishing a regular dialogue that will make it easier to address shared challenges and seize new opportunities. This is important for safeguarding Norwegian interests in an increasingly uncertain world, said Minister Myrseth.

Minister Myrseth also met representatives from Norwegian and British business at a roundtable on the Norway-UK Green Industrial Partnership, as well as energy, technology and artificial intelligence.

Today, 24 February, marks 4 years to the day since Russia launched its illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Norway stands fully and firmly behind Ukraine. Ukraine is fighting not only for its own survival, but for the very principles that bind us together and which are enshrined in the UN Charter and International Law: sovereignty, freedom, and the rule of law.

Norway has supported Ukraine since Russia’s war began with the invasion of Crimea in 2014. In 2023, Norway launched the largest support effort in Norwegian history for a country at war: The Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine. We have committed to contributing NOK 135 billion in the period 2023-2030. Norway will continue its extensive and long-term support for Ukraine: militarily, financially and with humanitarian efforts.

Europe must do more – in all areas – to ensure Ukraine’s future. We remain unwavering in our resolve that a just and lasting peace can only be achieved on Ukraine’s terms: through strength, not submission.

Photos:
1: Ukrainian flags outside the Storting in Oslo as part of the appeal for Ukraine on 24 February 2024 (credit: Martin Siewartz Nilsen)
2: Norwegian & Ukrainian Foreign Ministers Espen Barth Eide and Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv in January 2026 (credit: Norwegian Foreign Ministry)