This paper characterizes, in terms of thinness, compact sets K in a su
itable harmonic space OMEGA which have the following property: functio
ns which are harmonic (resp. continuous and superharmonic) on a neighb
ourhood of K can be uniformly approximated on K by functions which are
harmonic (resp. continuous and superharmonic) on OMEGA. The correspon
ding problems of approximating functions which are continuous on K and
harmonic (resp. superharmonic) on the interior K are also solved.