President Obama will arrive in Oslo late in the evening of December 9th, flying in from the Danish capital Copenhagen, where he will attend the third day of the UN Climate Summit.

Obama will be welcomed at the airport by the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjørn Jagaland and Director of the Nobel Institute, Geir Lundestad, as well as representatives of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Defence.

Other details of his visit have not been confirmed, but it is expected that Obama will visit the Norwegian Nobel Institute in the morning of the 10th and then hold a press conference at his hotel.

The President and the First Lady will then be recived in audience at the Royal Palace by King Harald and Queen Sonja, before Obama receives the Nobel Peace Price at a ceremony at the Oslo City Hall at 13:00 local time.

There will also be a banquet in honour of the Nobel Prize Laureate in the evening, and prior to that he is also expected to step out on the balcony of his hotel, the Grand, to receive the greetings from the traditional torch light parade passing the hotel.

(NRK)

Rolleiv Solholm