The Embassy of Norway in Berlin |
Contact
Address: Rauchstrasse. 1, Berlin, D-10117
Tel: +49 30 50 50 58 600
Fax: +49 30 505055
Email: emb.berlin@mfa.no
The Ambassador
H.E. Laila Stenseng
H.E. Laila Stenseng has been serving as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Germany since May 2023. She holds a law degree and completed her diplomatic training at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador Stenseng's career includes key diplomatic postings. From 1999 to 2002, she served at the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations in New York. She then held a position at the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin from 2003 to 2006. Between 2006 and 2010, she worked in the office of the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, followed by four years as Minister-Counsellor at Norway’s Mission to the European Union in Brussels.
In 2021, Ambassador Stenseng returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she became the Director of the Department for Europe and Trade, overseeing Norway’s European relations and trade policy.
History
Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1905, after Norway’s independence. During World War II, Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany. Germany has an embassy in Oslo, and Norway has an embassy in Berlin and two consulates, in Düsseldorf and Hamburg.
Both countries are full members of NATO, and of the Council of Europe. There are around 6,251 Norwegians living in Germany and around 20,916 Germans living in Norway. To promote the German-Norwegian relations in 1982, the German-Norwegian society and 1988, the German-Norwegian Friendship Society were founded.