Norway and India signed a Green Strategic Partnership during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Oslo on 18 and 19 May, the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 43 years. The two-day programme included bilateral talks with PM Jonas Gahr Støre, the Norway-India Business and Research Summit, and the 3rd Nordic-Indian Summit bringing together all five Nordic prime ministers.
The visit produced several concrete agreements. ISRO and the Norwegian Space Agency signed an MoU on space cooperation. A second MoU covers health and digital services, including collaboration on AI in healthcare, digital health infrastructure, and health technology research. Arctic research cooperation was reaffirmed, with Modi noting Norway’s continued support for India’s Arctic research station Himadri in Svalbard. The Business and Research Summit brought together CEOs and executives from energy, offshore wind, maritime, fertilisers, robotics, and healthcare, representing companies with a combined market capitalisation of nearly $200 billion.
The broader context is worth noting. This visit follows the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement that entered into force last year, Norway’s entry into the Pax Silica initiative earlier this month, and the Nscale AI data centre investment in Narvik. For Norwegian companies in green tech, maritime, and digital health, India, with a 7 per cent GDP growth, represents an important growth market.
SOURCE: Norwegian Government (regjeringen.no), 11 May 2026. https://www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new/indias-prime-minister-narendra-modi-to-visit-norway/id3159311/
IANS, 18 May 2026. https://ianslive.in/pm-modi-to-visit-norway-today-for-third-india-nordic-summit-bilateral-engagements–20260518073828
