After a massive expansion of the Philippines' diplomatic presence abroad during the presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, of which the embassy's opening was a part, in 2010 Senator Franklin Drilon questioned the need for embassies in countries with small Filipino communities, including several countries in Europe, and called for a review of the Philippines' diplomatic presence worldwide.

[4] At the time, the Stockholm mission exercised jurisdiction over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which were subsequently transferred to the Philippine Embassy in Warsaw.

[2] On August 6, 2007, the first permanent chancery on Nedre Vollgate 4 was inaugurated by Ambassador Bataclan, with other embassy officials and members of the Filipino community in Norway in attendance.

[17] Prior to becoming Ambassador, Fos, a distinguished career diplomat who was conferred the Gawad Mabini twice,[18][19] had most recently served as Assistant Secretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs.

[25] Meanwhile, the embassy has also been involved in activities to promote cultural exchanges between the Philippines and Norway, such as hosting a five-course dinner and cooking course for invited guests.

It maintains honorary consulates in Stavanger and Reykjavík,[27] hosts regular consular outreach activities in territories under its jurisdiction,[28][29] and in the Philippines, the embassy also periodically warns against spurious job opportunities in Norway,[30] including those spread through unlicensed Norwegian language schools.