99.1% of Norwegian homes now have access to fast internet meaning only 23,000 households remain before the government’s national 2025 target is reached
Norway’s national broadband coverage with 100Mbps increased from 98.2% in 2023 to 99.1% in 2024, according to figures from the 2024 coverage survey released by regulator Nkom. This means that 2,555,000 homes now have access to fast internet. This is 23,000 more compared to the figures presented in 2023. Not bad given the government aims for everyone to have access to broadband with a download speed of at least 100Mbps by the end of 2025.
Today, 96.2% of all households and 94.8% of all active businesses in Norway have access to fixed broadband with speeds of at least 1Gbps. The largest increase in coverage for this speed class is found in rural areas. Here there was an increase of 4.4 percentage points from 78% in 2023 to 82.4% this year for households, while the increase for businesses was 4.4 percentage points, up from 76.6 to 81%. There are still just under 100,000 households left before the government’s goal of 1 Gbps internet for everyone by the end of 2030 is reached.
“We are well on our way to the gigabit society. Just under 2.5 million homes now have access to such speeds. That is 28,000 more than last year, and corresponds to a national coverage of 96.2%,” said Nkom CEO John-Eivind Velure.
The average speed for subscriptions at the national level was 325 Mbps (2023: 300 Mbps).
“It is gratifying that more people have access to fast internet, but the most important thing is that people actually take advantage of the opportunity to connect. Lack of connection can become a barrier to further development, and contribute to making development for the most expensive households even more expensive,” he added.
Cities covered
In densely populated areas, there is now 100% coverage for fast internet, while broadband coverage of 100Mbps in sparsely populated areas increased by 4.7 percentage points – from 90% in 2023 to 94.7% in 2024.
“Although the largest increase has occurred in rural areas, we also see significant differences between the counties. Oslo, Rogaland and Akershus are in the best position, while Nordland, Trøndelag and Innlandet still have some way to go,” said Velure.
Funds have previously been allocated to county municipalities to support development in areas with low coverage. For 2025, a total of NOK 415 million in state funds has been allocated, distributed according to need based on Nkom’s coverage survey.
To completely rub it in on the broadband stakes, Nkom said approximately 68.3% of holiday homes in Norway have access to broadband with a speed of 100Mbps or more. Access to fixed broadband for holiday homes is primarily based on fibre and fixed wireless broadband (FTB). Just under 32% of holiday homes in Norway have fibre access. This is an increase from 28% last year.
