News and events


23. Oct 2019

PRESS RELEASE: Norwegian Ambassador H.E. Trine Jøranli Eskedal visits Kandy

PRESS RELEASE: Norwegian Ambassador H.E. Trine Jøranli Eskedal visited Kandy on 17th and 18th of October.

08. Aug 2019

New visa hub at the Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi for India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives

The Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi has become a “hub” or focal point for visa and immigration cases for people travelling to Norway from Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, as well as from India.

26. Jul 2019

Norway to lead UN’s central platform for development policy

Mona Juul, Norway’s Ambassador to the UN, was today elected President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a one-year period.

28. Jun 2019

Statement on the death penalty

Norway is deeply concerned that Sri Lanka intends to implement the death penalty, which would put an end to Sri Lanka’s 43-year moratorium on the use of this cruel and irreversible punishment.

13. Jun 2019

Kommunestyre- og fylkestingsvalg 2019

Informasjon om forhåndsstemming ved ambassaden

13. Jun 2019

Are you planning to travel to Norway and need a visa or residence permit?

As of the 31st of July 2019, applications for a visitor’s visa or residence permit to Norway from Sri Lanka will be sent to the Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi, India, which will become a regional hub for immigration from India, Sri Lanka, the Maldive

27. May 2019

Oslo conference on Ending Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Humanitarian Crises

States, the United Nations and the ICRC today concluded the first-ever international conference to end sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in humanitarian crises, in conflict and disaster.

23. Apr 2019

Letter of condolence after the attacks in Sri Lanka

Letter of condolence from Prime Minister Erna Solberg to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, after the attacks in Sri Lanka, 21.04.19.

09. Apr 2019

Endringer i barneloven og statsborgerloven om foreldreskap og statsborgerskap for barn født i utlandet

Den 1. april 2019 trådte endringer i barneloven og statsborgerloven om foreldreskap og statsborgerskap for barn født i utlandet i kraft.

08. Apr 2019

Joint statement on the death penalty

Norway, EU and other likeminded embassies in Sri Lanka call on the Sri Lankan Government to maintain its moratorium on the death penalty in line with its vote at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in December 2018.

05. Mar 2019

PRESS RELEASE: Norway to provide NOK 60 million for mine action in Sri Lanka

PRESS RELEASE: The Government is providing NOK 60 million over a period of three years for mine action in Sri Lanka.

28. Jan 2019

PRESS RELEASE: Norway and FAO welcome findings of the Nansen survey

National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) and Institute of Marine Research, Norway (IMR) launched the main research findings of the survey carried out by the Norwegian Research Vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen in Sri Lanka in 2018.