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Kosovo–Norway relations

diplomatic relations between Kosovo and the Kingdom of Norway

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ6433382 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kosovo–Norway relations are foreign relations between the Republic of Kosovo and the Kingdom of Norway. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008 and Norway recognised it on 28 March 2008. Norway has an embassy in Pristina, while Kosovo has hinted that it will include Norway in the second wave of embassy openings.

Military

Norway currently has 8 soldiers serving in Kosovo as peacekeepers in the NATO-led Kosovo Force. Thorstein Skiaker was the 5th KFOR Commander from 6 April 2001 - 3 October 2001.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Kosovo–Norway relations” is diplomatic relations between Kosovo and the Kingdom of Norway. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Kosovo, Norway and relations, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008, 2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Kosovo, Norway and relations is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “diplomatic relations between Kosovo and the Kingdom of Norway” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6433382. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2008 and 2001.

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This entry incorporates text from “Kosovo–Norway relations” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.