Consulate General in Houston

Information about the Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Houston.

Norway has been represented in the South Central Region of the United States since it opened its first Honorary Vice Consulate in New Orleans in 1906. The Consulate General has been located in Houston since 1977.

Consular Services

The Consulate General in Houston provides consular services in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

The Consulate General supervises 7 Honorary Consulates/Consulates General under its jurisdiction. The main consular services provided are:

• Assisting Norwegian nationals.
• Performing notarial acts, serving writs.
• Assisting Norwegian vessels and aircrafts and their crews and exercising supervisory activities on behalf of the Norwegian government.  

In addition, the Consulate General is actively engaged in promoting the development of commercial, economic, cultural and scientific relations between Houston and Norway. Strong ties already exist in a number of sectors, particularly with respect to oil and gas and shipping.

For visa applications to Norway please see here for information on new application procedures in effect from Fall 2015.

Languages Spoken at Various Locations

Career Mission: Houston, Texas – Norwegian and English

Honorary Consulates General/Consulates:

Tulsa, Oklahoma - English only

Dallas, Texas - English only

New Orleans, Louisiana - English only

Mobile, Alabama - English only

Tampa, Florida - English only

Miami, Florida – Norwegian, English, and Spanish

San Juan, Puerto Rico – English and Spanish

(Note: materials that need to be forwarded to other locations must be English)

Please find contact information for the Honorary Consulates General/Consulates here.

Trade promotion and business expansion

Innovation Norway and NORWEP focuses on facilitating business relations for Norwegian companies wishing to establish themselves in the region, or do business with firms located in the region. Currently more than 140 Norwegian firms – mainly in the petroleum and maritime sectors – are established in Houston

Ms. Hilde Skorpen took up her position as Consul General of Norway in Houston on September 2, 2019.  Prior to her current posting, Dr. Skorpen served as Director of the Section for Business Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Oslo. She held the position of Consul General in San Francisco from 2013 to 2017, serving the thirteen western most states.  She has also served as Ambassador for Disarmament and Deputy Head of the Norwegian Mission to the UN in Geneva, and has been posted to the Norwegian mission to NATO in Brussels, and the Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  She served as the Foreign Ministry’s Senior Faculty Advisor to the Norwegian National Defense College in Oslo from 2011 to 2013.  Ms. Skorpen earned a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations at Boston University in 1993. Ms. Skorpen is accompanied by her husband Colonel Ole Stubben (ret.).

“The best thing about being Norway’s Consul General in Houston is to be associated with all the good work done by the Norwegian business community and their American partners.”  Approximately 150 Norwegian companies are established in Houston, making it the largest concentration of Norwegian energy companies abroad. 

The vibrant Houston Region is home to approximately 6000 Norwegians, which constitutes the largest contingency of Norwegians anywhere outside of Norway.  Most Norwegians working in Texas are involved in the offshore and onshore oil and gas sector, the maritime sector, innovation and technology, financial services, space and medical sectors, as well as higher education, research and development.

One of the primary objectives of the Consulate General in Houston is to assist Norwegian companies in their business endeavors, together with their Team Norway partners located at Norway House in Houston – Innovation Norway, NORWEP and the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce.

The Consulate General offers consular services to all Norwegian citizens in the consular district spanning Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Island. “To facilitate and help develop good synergies between businesses, agencies and individuals represented in the consular district is a key to our success. Please feel free to contact me or my team at the Consulate.”

Following is a list of all Consuls General of Norway to Houston, 1978-present:

The Royal Norwegian Consulate General is located in the newly renovated building, Norway House on 3410 West Dallas Street, between Waugh Drive and Dunlavy Street. Guest parking is available in the parking garage on the ground floor.

In addition to housing the Norwegian Consulate General, Norway House is also the home of Innovation Norway, NORWEP and the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) in Houston. There are also a dozen incubator offices available for small and medium-sized Norwegian companies who want to get established in the area.

Norway House is an environmental-friendly building and has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's (LEED) Gold Certification by the U.S Green Building Council. This makes the Royal Norwegian Consulate General the first foreign consulate, and the second diplomatic building to receive the award within the United States.

The official opening of Norway House was held on November 16, 2010. Former Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Trond Giske was in Houston to represent the Norwegian Government at this event.  

Address:
Royal Norwegian Consulate General
3410 West Dallas Street, Suite 100
Houston, TX 77019
Phone: (713) 620 4200
Fax: (713) 620 4290
E-mail: cg.houston@mfa.no

Please note that the Consulate General is closed on the following dates in 2023:

January 16 - Martin Luther King Day

February 20 - Presidents’ Day

April 7 - Good Friday

May 1 - Labor Day (Norway)

May 17 - Norway’s Constitution Day

May 29 - Memorial Day

July 4 - USA's Independence Day

- Alabama

- Arkansas

- Florida

- Kansas

- Louisiana

- Mississippi

- Missouri

- Oklahoma

- Texas

- Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands