Polen i Norge

September 18, the 4th edition of of Contemporary Polish Arts&Culture Festival We Do was completed with a concert of Coals - Polish group from Silesia in Hoymagasinet in Oslo. The Festival was organized in cooperation with the Polish Embassy in Oslo. One of the main sponsors of the Festival was PGNiG Upstream Norway.

September 11, an extraordinary concert of Kroke - Polish klezmer music band took place at Cosmopolite Scene in Oslo.

On 1 September 2022, to mark the 83th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, representatives of the Polish Embassy in Oslo: Ambassador Iwona Woicka-Żuławska, Defence Attaché Col Waldemar Torbicki, and Consul Agnieszka Kucińska-Spyrka laid a wreath at the Polish war grave at the Vestre Gravlund cemetery in Oslo to honour Polish soldiers who died during World War II.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland together with the Cosmopolite Scene in Oslo and PGNiG Upstream Norway would like to invite for the concert of Kroke – a famous Polish klezmer band on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its activity. The concert will take place on the 11th of September 2022 at 20.00 in Cosmopolite Scene in Oslo. The doors will be open from 19:00.

On August 23-24, Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, paid a visit to the Kingdom of Norway. During his visit, the Minister met with Eivind Vad Petterson, Secretary of State at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thomas Boe Hornburg Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Norway, and Ingjerd Schou, a member of the Conservative Party in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Storting and a member of the Polish-Norwegian friendship group.

On August 22, Polish diary "Rzeczpospolita" has published article of Zbigniew Rau - minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Poland dedicated to the importance of principles of freedom and equality of nations as the defense against the threat of imperialism but also for the proper functioning of the European Union. Please find below the whole text of the article in English translation.

On August 15, the delegation of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Oslo and representatives of the Polish community in Norway celebrated the Polish Army Day and the 102nd anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw.

On August 1 at 11:00 AM, the ceremony of commemoration of 78th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising in Oslo has taken place. Anna Śmiałek - Grrzyb, Head of Consular Section of the Polish Embassy, Colonel Waldemar Torbicki - Polish military attache and representatives of Polish Diaspora in Norway have laid flowers on the Monument of Polish Aviators at Vestre Gravlund cemetery.

The Polish Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa and the Minister of Petroleum and Energy of Norway Terje Aasland met in Oslo on 6 July 2022. They discussed current challenges within energy security and the potential for further bilateral energy cooperation.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs announces a contest for the best foreign language publication promoting the history of Poland.