Today is #ANZACDay – which honours the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.

Great to welcome 🇬🇧 Honorary Consuls in 🇳🇴 to Oslo, and to thank them for their work supporting Brits across the country.

The Band of the #RoyalAirForce Regiment has arrived in #Oslo , #Norway to take part in the 2024 Norsk Militær Tattoo 🇬🇧🎶🇳🇴

In this video FS Taylor gives an insight to the preparation so far!

Buffet Crampon Besson Brass

#RAFMusic 🎺✈️🥁

The UK, along with Norway and other #NATO allies, are taking significant steps to bolster our collective security.

Yesterday, PM Rishi Sunak announced £75bn of extra defence spending over 6 years, making the UK on track to reach 2.5% of GDP by 2030.

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Today Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Warsaw.

They discussed the UK’s historic plan to steadily increase defence spending to 2.5% and fire up our national defence industrial production.

Premier League Player of the Match: Our ørchestrator, Martin Ødegaard💫

Shot on Google Pixel📱

“Friend, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears” 🎭

#Shakespeare Day is a great excuse to get stuck into the works of the (arguably) greatest writer in the English language.

His works have had a huge impact on my life and I’ve played #Shakespeare on stage many times.

In honour of #StGeorgesDay , were flying the English flag at the Embassy today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

But who was St. George, and what did he do to become England’s Patron Saint? It's a story of martyrdom, beheadings - and dragons!

Find out more 👉 historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Hist…

200 days ago, Hamas carried out the deadliest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

200 days on, hostages remain in captivity, and their loved ones continue to face unimaginable suffering.

Today we call on Hamas again – send the hostages home.

First: we said our support to Ukraine would never waver.

Then: we pledged our largest ever funding to support Ukraine, earlier this year.

Now: we’re going further with a new £500m and our largest ever donation of military equipment. Taking our total support to £3bn this year.

Chag Pesach Sameach.

Happy #Passover to Jewish people in the UK and around the world.

Takk for turen, DNT! 🥾🍫🍊

The Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT) works to make nature accessible to everyone and last week, we joined them for a hike to Kobberhaughytta in Sørkedalen - one of the many amazing cabins operated by DNT around Norway.

If you're in need of some beach reading inspo for this coming summer holiday, check out 🇬🇧 Stef Penney's latest book set in Norway, out 4 July 👇 #GREATLiterature

Today would have been the late Queen Elizabeth II’s 98th birthday - she remains loved and missed by all.

Before her death I was humbled to be included in her New Year’s Honours List for work during the pandemic and recently received that honour, the CMG, from the Prince of Wales

Happy #NationalTeaDay ☕️

When travelling around Norway, Ambassador Jan Thompson always keeps a cup of tea within reach. Hope you will join her in having a cuppa or two today!

#NationalTeaDay #teaday #cuppa #travelswithmytea

Yesterday in Bodø was all about wind!

At Fornybar Norge's annual conference, Ambassador Jan Thompson shared the UK's experience of building out #OffshoreWind capacity and becoming a global leader.

#GreenTransition #EnergyTransition #RenewableEnergy

It’s ‘dugnad’ season 🍃🧹

Recently our team went to Lågøya to help DNT with some spring cleaning, clearing bushes, tidying beaches and making sure the island is ready for all those who want to visit during the warmer seasons!

#Volunteering #DNT

We've identified 5 critical technologies for the UK's future growth:

☑️ Artificial Intelligence
☑️ Quantum
☑️ Engineering biology
☑️ Future telecommunications
☑️ Semiconductors

Swipe to see why there's never been a better time to invest in these sectors in the UK 👇