Norway and China announced on 19th Dec 2016 regarding the resumption of diplomatic relations.
This is six years after Beijing froze ties with Oslo over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident.
The announcement means talks can now resume on a free trade pact between mineral-rich Norway and China, the world's second-biggest economy.
Diplomatic relations and the trade talks were frozen after the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2010 to human rights activist Liu Xiaobo.
He is imprisoned in his own country by authorities who consider him a “criminal."
During a visit to Beijing by Norwegian foreign minister Borge Brende on Monday, the two nations issued a joint declaration announcing they were resuming ties.
The Norwegian government reiterated its commitment to the one-China policy.
According to the media, China had demanded an official apology but Norway's government repeatedly refused, insisting that the Nobel Committee was an independent body free to make its own choices.
Liu Xiaobo has been serving an 11-year sentence since 2009 for "subversion", after co-writing work calling for democracy in China.
Salmon exports to China, one of Norway's biggest export items, suffered as a result of the row, dealing a big blow to the industry.
