AI in Norway
Norway punches above its weight in AI: home robots, AI browsers and open Norwegian language models. Here are 10 Norwegian AI stories worth knowing.
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1. Opera (Neon & Aria)
The browser company founded in Oslo in 1995 now makes Opera Neon, an agentic AI browser that can do tasks for you, plus the free Aria assistant built into Opera.
2. 1X Technologies (NEO)
Started in Moss in 2014 as Halodi Robotics, 1X now builds NEO, a humanoid robot for the home that can tidy, fold laundry and chat. First deliveries go to the US in 2026, with other markets from 2027.
3. National Library AI Lab (NbAiLab)
Nasjonalbiblioteket trains free, open AI models on Norwegian text and speech: NB-Whisper turns Norwegian speech into text (trained on about 20,000 hours of Norwegian), the Borealis models write and answer in Norwegian, and there are models for Sámi too.
4. NorwAI (NTNU)
NTNU’s AI research centre in Trondheim, which has released open Norwegian large language models for research and business.
5. NorMistral (NORA.LLM)
Open Norwegian-adapted language models from the Norwegian research community, including a “thinking” version for harder reasoning.
6. Kahoot!
The Norwegian quiz app used in classrooms worldwide can now generate a whole quiz with AI from a topic, a web page or a PDF.
7. Cognite
Oslo-based industrial AI company whose software helps energy and manufacturing companies use their data, with AI agents for engineers.
8. AI data centre in Narvik
Announced in 2025 as “Stargate Norway” by Nscale, Aker and OpenAI. In April 2026 OpenAI stepped back and Microsoft took over as the main user. It runs on renewable hydropower above the Arctic Circle.
9. KI Norge
Norway’s national AI centre, set up by Digdir to help the public sector and businesses use AI in a safe and responsible way.
10. Datatilsynet’s AI sandbox
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority helps companies build AI that respects privacy, and publishes what they learn for everyone.
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