Norwegian Flag

Last verified: Thursday, 18. April 2024 at 08:12 AM

Norway Travel Advisory

Warning Level Icon We advise caution when travelling to Norway

Local Situation: 2.8 / 5

We advise caution when travelling to Norway. We detected travel advisories from 5 sources for this specific country.

Regional Situation: 3.4 / 5

Norway shares a land border with 3 neighbouring states. For this region of countries (including Norway), the Advisory Index is 3.4 (average value over all countries). All countries have some reported advisories: Russia (4.4), Sweden with 3.5 and Finland with 3 (of 5).

Current informationen on Covid-19 in Norway

There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Norway. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).

There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Norway.

Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu

Advice scoring history for Norway

Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Norway.

Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.

Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.

Rating Details (single travel warnings)

These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Norway from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 2.8 out of 5.0.

Warning Level Icon Danger level: 0 - Travel is usually safe.

This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.

Advisory issued by: Canada

Flag of Canada
Warning Level Icon Danger level: 0 - Travel is usually safe.

This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.

Advisory issued by: New Zealand

Flag of New Zealand

Exercise normal safety and security precautions in Norway (level 1 of 4).

Source: https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/norway

Warning Level Icon Danger level: 1 - Travel is usually safe.

This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.

Advisory issued by: United States

Flag of United States

Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed.  Exercise normal precautions in Norway. Read the country information page for additional information on travel to Norway.  

Source: http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/norway-travel-advisory.html

Warning Level Icon Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe.

This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.

Advisory issued by: Finland

Flag of Finland

Iaktta normal försiktighet - Det allmänna säkerhetsläget är stabilt. Det går emellertid inte att utesluta risken för terrordåd.

Source: https://um.fi/resemeddelande/-/c/NO

Individual rating changes for Norway

This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Norway. Most recent events first.

Changes from September 18th 2020

The total rating for Norway changed from 3.0 to 3.4. Here are the influencing details:

Flag of Ireland

The Irish government increased their existing warning for Norway to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +3.0).

Changes from August 7th 2020

The total rating for Norway changed from 2.6 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:

Flag of United States

The United States government increased their existing warning for Norway to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +3.0).

Changes from July 22nd 2020

The total rating for Norway changed from 3.0 to 2.6. Here are the influencing details:

Flag of Ireland

The Irish government decreased their existing warning for Norway to 1.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by -3.0).

Changes from June 15th 2020

The total rating for Norway changed from 3.1 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:

Flag of Denmark

The Danish government decreased their existing warning for Norway to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by -1.0).

Changes from March 23rd 2020

The total rating for Norway changed from 3.0 to 3.1. Here are the influencing details:

Flag of Canada

The Canadian government issued a new warning for Norway with a rating of 4.0.

Changes from March 18th 2020

The total rating for Norway changed from 2.8 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:

Flag of Australia

The Australian government increased their existing warning for Norway to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by +1.0).

Changes from March 17th 2020

The total rating for Norway changed from 2.3 to 2.8. Here are the influencing details:

Flag of Ireland

The Irish government increased their existing warning for Norway to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +3.0).

Changes from March 14th 2020

The total rating for Norway changed from 1.8 to 2.3. Here are the influencing details:

Flag of Australia

The Australian government issued a new warning for Norway with a rating of 4.0.

Flag of Denmark

The Danish government increased their existing warning for Norway to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).

Changes from March 8th 2020

The total rating for Norway changed from 1.6 to 1.8. Here are the influencing details:

Flag of Denmark

The Danish government increased their existing warning for Norway to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +1.0).

Changes from September 26th 2019

The total rating for Norway changed from 0.0 to 1.6. Here are the influencing details:

Flag of Denmark

The Danish government issued a new warning for Norway with a rating of 2.0.

Changes from September 25th 2019

The total rating for Norway changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:

Flag of United States

The United States government issued a new warning for Norway with a rating of 1.0.

Flag of New Zealand

The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Norway with a rating of 2.0.

Flag of Ireland

The Irish government issued a new warning for Norway with a rating of 1.0.

Flag of Finland

The Finnish government issued a new warning for Norway with a rating of 2.0.

About Norway

Norway with its capital Oslo is a country in Europe (Northern Europe), slightly larger than New Mexico (324,220 km²). The country is located Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden. The climate can be described as temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast. The landscape is glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north. With a population of about 4.64 million citizens.

Norwegian flag

Flag of Norway

Introduction Video

Basic Statistics and Facts

Topic Value
Capital Oslo
Population about 4.64 million
Size 324.220 km²
Size comparable to slightly larger than New Mexico
Common languages Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian
Currency Krone (short: NOK)
International phone prefix +47
Internet Top Level Domain .no
Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 NO
Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 NOR
Countrycode: ISO Numeric 578

Environmental problems and natural hazzards

These are problems Norway is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.

Environmental problems

  • acid rain damaging forests and adversely affecting lakes
  • air pollution from vehicle emissions
  • threatening fish stocks
  • water pollution

Natural hazzards

  • Beerenberg (2,227 m) on Jan Mayen Island in the Norwegian Sea is the country's only active volcano
  • rockslides, avalanches

Top Industries and Agricultural Products

These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Norway. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.

Industries

  1. aquaculture
  2. chemicals
  3. fishing
  4. food processing
  5. gas
  6. metals
  7. mining
  8. paper products
  9. petroleum
  10. pulp

Agriculture products

  1. barley
  2. beef
  3. fish
  4. milk
  5. pork
  6. potatoes
  7. veal
  8. wheat

Norwegian Imports and Exports

These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Norway.

Export products

  1. chemicals
  2. equipment
  3. fish
  4. machinery
  5. metals
  6. petroleum
  7. petroleum products
  8. ships

Import products

  1. chemicals
  2. equipment
  3. foodstuffs
  4. machinery
  5. metals

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current travel advisory for Norway?

Norway is currently rated at 2,8 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 5 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to Norway.

Is it safe to travel Norway in 2024?

Visiting the country Norway is usually fine. The score is at 2,8 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.

How many travel advisories do you know for Norway?

We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 5 individual sources for Norway.

What is the current Corona virus situation in Norway?

There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Norway. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Norway.

What is the size of Norway?

Norway has a size of 324,220 km² or 125,182 mi² which is slightly larger than New Mexico.

Common Frequently Asked Questions

For non-country specific questions, please check our global F.A.Q.