Polen i Norge

The 25th edition of the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival will take place from 20 March to 2 April. The festival is held under the honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland. Nine concerts of the jubilee festival will take place in Warsaw, another three are planned in the concert halls of symphony orchestras from Poznań, Katowice and Wrocław. The concerts will be live streamed online to the public. The festival events will be broadcast by Polish Radio 2.

18 of March, on the occasion of celebration of Francophonie days in Oslo, Ambassador I. Woicka - Żuławska has met on the digital visit with the students of French classes in Bjørnholdt ungdomsskole.

The competition for the best project dedicated to "Polish footprints in Oslo" EXTENDED - because of coronavirus pandemic reasons - TILL 30. 09. 2021!

Thirty years ago, on 15 February 1991, the presidents of Poland and Czechoslovakia , and the prime minister of Hungary signed the Declaration on Cooperation between the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary in Striving for European Integration in the castle of Visegrad, Hungary.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Oslo presents an article by President Andrzej Duda "Central Europe as a community of aspirations", as part of the campaign "we're telling Poland to the world" prepared by the Institute of New Media. The article is part of the series of publications "The Decade of Central Europe" illustrating the thesis that Central Europe is at the best starting point for an economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. The publication is part of the solemn celebration of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Visegrad Group (February 15) taking place during the Polish presidency of the Group.

January 27, 2021 we celebrate the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz - Birkenau. The United Nations has declared this day the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Oslo would like to express its best wishes for a healthy, cheerful Christmas and all the best in the New Year 2021. We would like to kindly inform you that on December 24, 2020, the Embassy and its Consular Department are closed.

Between 17 and 21 December 2020,on the YouTube channel, Facebook page and twitter of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Oslo were presented typical dishes served on Polish tables during Christmas and New Year's period.

On December 17, 2020 during the ceremony at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Oslo, Ambassador I. Woicka-Żuławska awarded two representatives of the Polish Diaspora in Norway distinctively active in the promotion of Polish history and culture. Mr. Przemysław Zagierski was decorated with a commemorative medal on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, and Mr. Mirosław "Carlos" Kaczmarczyk - with a bronze medal "For Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis".

On December 4, 2020, in the framework of the Polish presidency in the Visegrad Group, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Oslo organized workshops on creating audiovisual forms for the needs of social media and online platforms.