2026 in Norway
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Events
January
- 15 January–1 February – 2026 European Men's Handball Championship in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.[2][3]
- 26 January – Two executives of Hemla Africa Holding, a subsidiary of energy firm PetroNor E&P, are charged with paying $25 million in bribes to Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso and his family.[4]
February
- 1 February – Marius Borg Høiby is arrested on charges of assault, threats with a knife and violation of a restraining order.[5]
- 6–22 February – Norway at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- 8 February – Mona Juul resigns as ambassador to Jordan after she and her husband, Terje Rød-Larsen, are named in the Epstein files.[6]
- 12 February – Former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland is charged with "gross corruption" after being named in the Epstein files.[7]
March
- 8 March – An explosion occurs at the US embassy in Oslo, causing minor damage to the complex.[8] Three brothers are subsequently arrested on suspicion of involvement.[9]
- 15 March – Sentimental Value, directed by Joachim Trier, wins the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Oscars, the first Norwegian film to do so.[10]
- 26 March – The Storting passes a bill temporarily cutting petrol and diesel taxes in response to surging energy costs amid the 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis.[11]
Predicted and scheduled events
- 22–24 May – 2026 UEFA Women's Champions League final[12]
Holidays
Source:[13]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 2 April – Maundy Thursday
- 3 April – Good Friday
- 5 April – Easter Sunday
- 6 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 14 May – Ascension Day
- 17 May – Constitution Day
- 24 May – Pentecost
- 25 May – Whit Monday
- 24 December – Christmas Eve
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – 2nd Day of Christmas



