Consulate Gen. Houston

The Critical Commodities Conference 2012 in New Orleans, dates and registration. Read more

The Chambers of Commerce of Denmark, Sweden and Norway met at Norway House on January 19 for a joint breakfast session. Read more

Global Health, the Artctic/The High North, and American-Norwegian business and technology relations were among the key topics Minister Støre discussed during his visit to Houston January 5-6. This was the Minister’s first visit to the energy and medical capital of the world and his first visit abroad in 2012. Read more

When visiting Houston last week, Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre soon discovered that being without a hat in The Lone Star State is no joke. Read more

Op-ed in Stavanger Aftenblad and Bergens Tidende (Norway), 5 January 2012 by Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Read more

Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, was interviewed by the kuhf Houston Radio Station during his visit to Houston January 5-6, 2012. The Interview took place following a speech on the Arctic Dimension of Norway’s Foreign Policy at the Petroleum Club of Houston with a crowd of 350. To listen to the interview with the Minister click here. Read more

The annual Transatlantic Science Week will be organized in Houston next year, with Rice University and MD Anderson Cancer Center as main venues. Read more

The Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Houston would like to invite you and your soccer team to be a part of the wonderful experience that is Norway Cup in 2012. Read more

Climate change is the main driving force behind Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) research, and CCS technology is an important means to fight the complex challenge of growing global energy demand and a need to reduce CO2 emissions. The British, Norwegian and Canadian Consulates General in the energy state of Texas hosted a CCS Workshop in Houston on December 5th, 2011. Read more

Lutefisk, bunads and Norwegian flags all plays a central part in the annual Norwegian Christmas Market in Clifton, Texas. Read more

Working towards a safer and cleaner Gulf is the main objective as companies involved with off-shore activities met in San Antonio for the 21st annual Clean Gulf Training Event & Exhibition. Read more

Globalskolen is a free online educational offer in Norwegian, social science and religion & ethics for pupils in primary school living abroad. Read more

For alle norske barn som bor i utlandet i en kortere eller lengre periode, og som ønsker og forbedre eller opprettholde norskkunnskapene, har norskskolen et nettbasert undervisningstilbud. Read more

2000 visitors stopped by the Annual Norwegian Christmas Bazaar held at the Norwegian Seamen’s Church November 11th through November 13th. Both children and grownups experienced the spirit of Norwegian Christmas, despite 20 degrees Celsius and no signs of snow in the near future. Read more

University of Oslo President, Ole-Petter Ottersen visited the University of Texas at Austin recently with the intent of boosting academic collaboration between the two flagship institutions. Read more

The Bishop of Bjørgvin, Halvor Nordhaug, visited Texas on his way to Miami for the opening of the new Seamen’s Church in Florida, H.K.H Kronprinsesse Mette-Marits Kirke. The Church will function as a social, cultural and spiritual meeting place, “a home away from home,” for Scandinavians living in South Florida. Read more

Roadside signs by the dozens, all decorated in red, white and blue, are not to be mistaken; November 8th is Election Day in Houston. But only a few Houstonians will actually take part in the election, even though it could possibly give the city a new Mayor and a new City Council. Read more

The Norwegian Consulate General in Houston hosted a visit by the Norwegian Parliament’s standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence from October 30th till November 1st, 2011. The Committee made its first ever visit to Houston, illustrating the growing importance of Houston and Texas to Norwegian foreign affairs. Read more

The Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education, Mrs. Tora Aasland visited Texas this week, simultaneously as her Ministry launched a new strategy for increased educational collaboration between Norway and North America. Read more

The Association of Norwegian Students Abroad traveled to Houston for their 2011 Fall Seminar. On the program was also a Career Day with representatives from several large companies with extensive presence in Houston, and a dinner reception with the Norwegian Minister for Research and Higher Education, Ms. Tora Aasland. Read more