Comments on: Alcohol in Norway: Regulations, Tax Rates & Where to Buy It

By: Northern Europe (NoEur) – Days 00-04 – Oslo & Geilo, Norway – Blue Lime

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:06:11 +0000

[…] where I accidentally ordered NA beer. Norwegians don’t sell alcohol on Sundays and have the strictest alcohol laws of any place we’ve been. It doesn’t matter, but we were surprised to learn […]

By: regulator

regulator — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 15:03:03 +0000

You have not mentioned that alcohol can’t be purchased on public holidays either, especially around Easter there is like 4 days no alcohol.

By: Ferdinand

Ferdinand — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:10:10 +0000

You can’t order a double G&T in Norway (or any other double-distilled).
Well, you can try to order, but you’ll be told: ‘I’m not allowed to sell you a double. But I can give you a single G&T and a shot of gin on the side. Just don’t show me you’re adding the shot to the single’.
This is the case in every single bar and a great example of Norwegian ‘dobbeltmoral’ (double standards).

By: Libby Mitchell

Libby Mitchell — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 23:20:23 +0000

This “nanny state” rant above is given totally without care. It fails to recognize the huge social damage to our communities, that are caused by alcohol when taken to excess!

We have excellent ways of picking up the pieces, with many counselors employed…but we have far too few safeguards in place in Australia…to avoid the harms of alcohol in the first place!

Australians have long equated alcohol with celebration…either of gender differences or social class. We can no longer afford such trite cultural definitions, when alcohol increasingly kills and maims people, especially our young for whom drunkenness is a new art form.

Like we license our drivers we need to license alcohol drinkers to limit over-use. Same should happen with all gamblers….but across the world the rotten to the core, lazy politicians are too busy taking political donations to genuinely try to reduce social harms. We should all listen far more to Sweden and Norway!

By: Janfred

Janfred — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 19:08:33 +0000

Thanks for an as always great article!
This is, though, Norwegian mentality at its worst! Even though this might just be a tax grab, they shamelessly say that they overtax alcohol to prevent the People from excessive drinking. This arrogant “guardian” attitude is despicable. Just as is the law of Jante, by the way.
Norwegians have gotten drunk ever since alcohol was presented to them, they will also get drunk whenever alcohol is presented to them, alcohol is not in their culture, it’s in their veins, if I may say so.