Norway - Bio-Security
COVID-19: OPEN
Yachting Protocols:
- As of February 12, 2022, all COVID-19 entry requirements have been lifted for all travellers to Norway. This means no testing, no quarantining and no registration.
- Full details at https://www.visitnorway.com/plan-your-trip/coronavirus-and-travelling-to-norway/
Resources:
- Norwegian Government Covid Information and Advice
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health – Covid19 Information
- Norwegian Tourist Board
History:
- Norway is among the countries in Europe with the strictest entry rules, and access for foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) has been strictly limited throughout the pandemic.
- March 16, 2020, Norway closed its ports and airports.
- Norway started easing lockdown restrictions at the beginning of April, with education facilities opening April 27th. Large gatherings were banned until September.
- June 15, travelers from fellow Nordic countries [Denmark, Iceland, and Finland] were able to enter Norway. Sweden was excluded from the measure.
- July 05, the EU lifted internal border controls.
- July 22, Norway opened to all nationalities, provided that the country of origin meets the epidemiological criteria defined by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).
- If coming from a high risk ara, 10 day quarantine on arrival became mandatory.
- Restrictions developed for all travelers to include a negative test result, mandatory testing on arrival and quarantine.
- In January 2021 Norway’s borders closed once again. Entry rules, in addition to an extensive border control system, included a negative test result prior to arrival in Norway, registration of each traveller’s purpose for entering and intended place of quarantine, mandatory testing at the border and legally mandated quarantine.
- In June 2021 Norway gradually began to open up.
- From 25 September, anyone arriving from an EU country in Norway, if fully vaccinated or with proof they have been infected, can come into the country with no restrictions.
- From 1 February, 2022, quarantine was abolished, and on 12 February all restrictions were lifted.
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No one needs to take a test before or after entering Norway. The info on here is dated.
Thanks for letting us know Steve – really helpful. Yes I see rules changed last week and we’ve updated the biosecurity section accordingly.
The best pilot guide we used was, in fact, an app downloaded to our iPad and phone: https://www.harbourguide.com.
Norway is very capable when it comes to gas refilling. We found that our existing UK Calor bottles could be refilled with Propane by a professional for the same or less than in the UK. We did not have to buy a Norwegian bottle.
Rorvik and Harstad are where we filled our bottles but it seems like you can do it in most major towns. This site is useful: https://www.mylpg.eu/stations/norway/
To be more precise phasing out is a process as I have explained here: http://59nord.pl/en/radio-2/
It will be finished at the and of the current year, so there is still a good chance that this season visitors to Norway may be able to use their FM receivers.
When it comes to weather forecasts I have elaborated on that here: http://59nord.pl/en/weather-forcast-on-nrk-radio/ and here: http://59nord.pl/en/marine-radio-weather-forecast/
I want to highlight that Norwegian radio has shut down their FM senders from 2017 and the only way to access public radio is by having Dab+ in your boat as this is the only transmission remaining.
To access weather, check VHF Ch 16 where they inform which working channel they will broadcast the weather every day at 9:00, 12:00, 15:00 and 21:00 local time.
Being Norwegian, I would like to expand on your statement about all shoreline being private (Restrictions section).
Few countries, if any, give a sailor better access than Norway. The public intention is to keep all shoreline within 100m open to the public. Deviations from this rule are unfortunately many. Some because of existing buildings when the law was passed, some because of too good lawyers. But the general rule is that you can freely use the shoreline.
You can anchor outside the private property. You can take your dinghy ashore anywhere that is not obviously private. You can spend the day at the shore, collect firewood, and pick berries. All this without asking anybody for permission.
Any “private” signs are most often illegal. With exceptions for the densely populated southeastern part of Norway, the vast majority of the shoreline is free to use.