The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided equally between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman. Photo: Scanpix/ photomontage MFA Norway

Nobel Peace Prize for 2011

News and events // Last updated: 10/10/2011 //

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg commented, “This is an important recognition of the role they have played in ensuring women’s safety and right to participate in peace-building work. Women’s participation is crucial in promoting peace and preventing conflict.”

Attack on United Nations office in Nigeria 26.08.11

News and events // Last updated: 21/09/2011 //

On 26 August, the United Nations office in Abuja was the target of an attack that shocked the world and drew global condemnation. From Heads of State to members of the general public, people at all levels have denounced what was a deplorable and cowardly act.

People left flowers and candles in the streets of Oslo to commemorate the victims.
Photo: MFA.

News and events // Last updated: 25/07/2011 //

A statement from Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre following the attacks in Oslo on 22 July.

Photo: Sølve Sundsbø / Det kongelige hoff.

News and events // Last updated: 29/03/2011 //

TRH Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit will visit Ghana on 12–14 April 2011. They will be accompanied by Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim. The purpose of the visit is to focus attention on a stable and democratic African country that is in the initial phase of oil and gas production, that Norway is assisting as a partner for development

Commissioning of EFCN Fabrication Training Centre in Lagos, October 2009

News and events // Last updated: 22/12/2009 //

The purpose of the Centre is to establish a centre of excellence for training welders, fabrication engineers and trainers with a governance structure to sustain medium sized enterprises (SMEs) capacity building and accreditation. The Stakeholders are the Norwegian Agency for Development (Norad), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Norwegian Oil and Gas Partners (INTSOK),

News and events // Last updated: 24/08/2011 //

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and gentlemen Dear all of you, Today we are stopping the clock to remember the dead. We are doing so as one nation. Together we lost what we could not, and should not, lose. 77 lives. Together we defeated hatred. Together we are embracing openness, tolerance and fellowship. We have cried together with you who were forced to say a last goodbye at

News and events // 15/04/2011 //

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Federal Ministry of Power on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria, and the Nordic Embassies in Nigeria on Cooperation in the Energy Sector and Energy Development.

Members of the Nordic Energy Delegation on site visit to Gurara Multipurpose Project. The project is supplying water to Abuja as well as well as having a 3 x 10 MW power plant.

News and events // Last updated: 29/10/2010 //

The Embassies of Norway, Finland and Sweden in Abuja, in cooperation with the Federal Ministries of Power, Water Resources and Environment in Nigeria, organized a Nordic Trade Delegation to Abuja from the 18th to the 22nd of October 2010.

Norwegian development policy adapting to change

News and events // Last updated: 19/10/2009 //

The last twenty years has witnessed a substantial decrease in global poverty. Hundreds of millions of people are experiencing an improvement in living standards. Today, nearly all children have access to primary education. The number of democracies in the world has doubled. The opportunities for sustainable global development are many. But so are the obstacles. The fight against poverty is

Nobel Peace Prize for 2011

Attack on United Nations office in Nigeria 26.08.11

Attacks on Government building and youth camp at Utøya

Official visit to Ghana

Commissioning of EFCN Fabrication Training Centre in Lagos, October 2009

Memorial Ceremony

Nordic-Nigerian cooperation in the Energy Sector and Energy Development

Sustainable Solutions for the Power Sector

Norwegian development policy adapting to change

Royal Norwegian Embassy in Abuja