Travel Risk Atlas

Norway

Northern Europe · Capital Oslo

Level 1 United States Exercise Normal Precautions FCDO United Kingdom No advisory against travel Green Netherlands Green — you can travel Level 1 Canada Take normal security precautions AA Germany No warning in force

Each opens that government's own advisory for Norway — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

7.8 Very low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 9th safest of 220
a river running through a valley between mountains
Photo: admiratio / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Risk is rarely spread evenly across a country. The base colour is the code the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives Norway as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Akershus — No specific warningAust-Agder — No specific warningBuskerud — No specific warningFinnmark — No specific warningFinnmark — No specific warningFinnmark — No specific warningFinnmark — No specific warningFinnmark — No specific warningFinnmark — No specific warningFinnmark — No specific warningFinnmark — No specific warningFinnmark — No specific warningFinnmark — No specific warningHedmark — No specific warningHordaland — No specific warningHordaland — No specific warningHordaland — No specific warningHordaland — No specific warningHordaland — No specific warningHordaland — No specific warningHordaland — No specific warningHordaland — No specific warningHordaland — No specific warningHordaland — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningMøre og Romsdal — No specific warningNord-Trøndelag — No specific warningNord-Trøndelag — No specific warningNord-Trøndelag — No specific warningNord-Trøndelag — No specific warningNord-Trøndelag — No specific warningNord-Trøndelag — No specific warningNord-Trøndelag — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningNordland — No specific warningOppland — No specific warningOslo — No specific warningRogaland — No specific warningRogaland — No specific warningRogaland — No specific warningRogaland — No specific warningRogaland — No specific warningSogn og Fjordane — No specific warningSogn og Fjordane — No specific warningSogn og Fjordane — No specific warningSogn og Fjordane — No specific warningSogn og Fjordane — No specific warningSogn og Fjordane — No specific warningSogn og Fjordane — No specific warningSør-Trøndelag — No specific warningSør-Trøndelag — No specific warningSør-Trøndelag — No specific warningSør-Trøndelag — No specific warningSør-Trøndelag — No specific warningSør-Trøndelag — No specific warningTelemark — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningTroms — No specific warningVest-Agder — No specific warningVestfold — No specific warningØstfold — No specific warningØstfold — No specific warningØstfold — No specific warningPääjärviLake LadogaVänernLake SaimaaPäijänneLake PskovLake Srednye KuytoInarijrviLake PeipusPielinenVätternStorsjönHjälmarenPyhäjärviVõrtsjärvStoravanUddjaureFemundenAursundØyerenSiljanTorneträskVirihaureHornavanFoxenPyhäjärviRandijaureStorumanTyrifjordenSnåsavatnetRøssvatnetMälarenLake KovdozeroKoitereRikkavesiLake Il'Men'OulujärviKemijärviPaduskoye MorePorttipahta ReservoirLokan TekojarviAkkajaureStora LulevattenMjøsa
What governments advise No specific warning

Overseas territories, shown separately so the main map stays readable

Svalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warningSvalbard — No specific warning
Svalbard · Svalbard · Svalbard
Nordland — No specific warning
Nordland
Bouvet Island — No specific warning
Bouvet Island

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole country — No specific warning. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The colour reflects general caution levels only, not a warned area.

Shading marks whole regions named in an advisory, but a warning is often narrower — a border strip, one road, or a single city. Read the wording, and check the official advisory linked below.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly flooding
28/100
40th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
16/100
10th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
9/100
72nd of 220
Crime
15% of score
8/100
6th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
5/100
9th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
2/100
9th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
0/100
9th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
9/100

Biggest factor here: natural hazards. Earthquakes, floods, cyclones, drought and tsunami exposure.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
112
Police 112 · Ambulance 113 · Fire 110
Currency
NOK kr
€1 ≈ 11.00 NOK
Languages
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk, Sami
Visa (EU passport)
Visa free
US: 90 days visa-free · UK: 90 days visa-free
Population
5.6m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Oslo
Driving
On the right
2.1 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, F
220-240V
Safely managed water
99%
Widely available · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+47
GDP per capita
$95k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
5.9m
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Oslo, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around July to August.

Daytime high freezing cold mild warm
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain. Norway is big. These numbers describe Oslo only — elsewhere in the country can be nothing like it.

Compare with neighbours

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Norway:

CDC Travelers' HealthTravelHealthPro (NHS/UKHSA)

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.