Pictures from the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Oslo show Machado holding her hand over her heart and waving to people gathered outside the building. She also sang the Venezuelan national anthem, NRK reports.
After the performance, she appeared in an interview with the BBC.
They (the Venezuelan government) say I am a terrorist and that I must spend the rest of my life in prison and that they are looking for me, says María Corina Machado.
So leaving Venezuela today, under these conditions, is very, very dangerous.
Know the risks
There has been speculation about whether she will be able to return to Venezuela safely, but her answer is clear: “Of course I will go back.” She adds that she knows the risks she is taking.
The news that she had arrived in Oslo came at 1 a.m. on Thursday.
The Venezuelan democracy activist was unable to arrive in time for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony on Wednesday. Her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa Machado, accepted the award instead, promising that her mother would be in the Norwegian capital “in just a few hours.”
Expected to speak at a press conference
Machado has become a unifying force for Venezuela's fragmented opposition to the country's authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro. She has been in hiding for months.
58-year-old María Corina Machado is awarded the Peace Prize for her "tireless work in promoting democratic rights for the Venezuelan people and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy," according to the citation.
Machado is expected to attend a press conference at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
