Networks

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Subsea (Outside Norway)

Cables running along the ocean floor connecting Norway to other countries. These cables are vulnerable to damage from fishing trawlers, anchors, and—in recent years—suspected sabotage.

System	Status	Route	Owners
Arctic Way	Planned	Bodø ↔ Jan Mayen ↔ Hotellneset (Longyearbyen area)	Space Norway (NO)
Celtic Norse	Planned	Trondheim / Øysanden ↔ Killala Bay	Celtic Norse AS (NO), Vodafone Iceland (IS), Aqua Comms (IE)
Havfrue/AEC-2	Active	Kristiansand ↔ Blaabjerg ↔ Killala Bay ↔ Wall Township (NJ)	Aqua Comms (IE), Bulk Infrastructure (NO), Meta (US), Google (US)
HAVSIL	Active	Kristiansand ↔ Esbjerg (DK01)	Bulk Infrastructure (NO)
IOEMA	Planned	Kristiansand ↔ Dumpton Gap ↔ Eemshaven ↔ Wilhelmshaven ↔ Blaabjerg	IOEMA Fibre Ltd (GB)
Leif Erikson (planned)	Planned	Kristiansand	Bulk Infrastructure (NO)
NO-UK Cable System	Active	Stavanger ↔ Seaton Sluice (Newcastle area)	NO-UK Com (consortium) (NO)
Skagen Fiber West (Larvik-Hirtshals)	Active	Larvik ↔ Hirtshals	Lyse/Altibox (NO)

Count: 8

Terrestrial (Outside Norway)

Land-based fibre routes crossing Norway's borders to Sweden, Finland, and beyond.

Connection	Status	Route	Notes
Terrestrial fiber corridor (Bodo-Lulea)	Active	Bodø ↔ Luleå	Schematic representation of North Norway cross-border terrestrial connectivity via Sweden. Exact routes/capacities are typically not public.
Terrestrial fiber corridor (Bodo-Oulu)	Active	Bodø ↔ Oulu	Schematic representation of North Norway cross-border terrestrial connectivity via Finland/Sweden corridors. Exact routes/capacities are typically not public.
Terrestrial fiber corridor (Oslo-Gothenburg)	Active	Oslo ↔ Gothenburg	Schematic representation of Norway-Sweden terrestrial cross-border fiber connectivity (Oslo-Gothenburg corridor).
Terrestrial fiber corridor (Oslo-Stockholm)	Active	Oslo ↔ Stockholm	Schematic representation of Norway-Sweden terrestrial cross-border fiber connectivity via major road/rail corridors. Exact routes/capacities are typically not public.

Count: 4

Domestic (Inside Norway)

Cables and routes connecting regions within Norway—both undersea (coastal) and land-based.

System	Status	Medium	Operators
Inter-City Ring	Active	terrestrial	Bulk Infrastructure
Longyearbyen-Ny-Alesund	Active	terrestrial	Space Norway
N0r5ke Phase 2: Bergen-Oslo subsea (planned)	Planned	subsea	N0r5ke Fibre
N0r5ke Phase 2: Oslo-Trondheim terrestrial (planned)	Planned	terrestrial	N0r5ke Fibre
N0r5ke Viking	Active	subsea	N0r5ke Fibre
N0r5ke Viking (Molde-Andalsnes crosslink)	Active	subsea	N0r5ke Fibre
NORFEST (Nordic Festoon)	Active	subsea	Tampnet
Svalbard Undersea Cable System	Active	subsea	Space Norway
Tampnet Offshore Network (North)	Active	subsea	Tampnet
Tampnet Offshore Network (South)	Active	subsea	Tampnet

Count: 10

Arctic Connectivity

Cables serving Svalbard and the Arctic region—critical for research, military, and civilian communications in the High North.

System	Status	Notes
Arctic Way	Planned	Planned system connecting mainland Norway to Jan Mayen and Svalbard.
Longyearbyen-Ny-Alesund	Active	Local Svalbard connectivity for research/community needs (schematic).
Svalbard Undersea Cable System	Active	Twin submarine communications cables connecting mainland Norway to Svalbard (schematic route).