Finnish president to make state visit to Norway

Finland's President Alexander Stubb, accompanied by his spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb, will make a state visit to Norway on 15–17 October. 

The aim of the visit is to strengthen bilateral economic relations and to promote cooperation in security and defence policy and infrastructure development. 

President Stubb will, among other things, visit the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, for meetings with Masud Gharahkhani, President of the Storting, and members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence. 

Stubb will also hold bilateral talks with Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in Oslo. In addition, he will visit the Haakonsvern naval base in Bergen. 

The Finnish president made his first visit to Norway in March during the military exercise Nordic Response across the Cap of the North.

Stubb also visited Bodø, Northern Norway, in June to meet Prime Minister Støre and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. There, the three agreed to further develop a military transport corridor across the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland.