Norway’s five main airports list no smoking area, inside the terminal, after security or outside it: at Oslo Gardermoen (OSL), Bergen Flesland (BGO), Stavanger Sola (SVG), Trondheim Værnes (TRD) and Tromsø Langnes (TOS) smoke in the open air outside the terminal, away from the doors, and ask staff for the nearest spot; otherwise smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. Norwegian law requires smoke-free air indoors wherever the public has access and makes no exception for a passenger smoking room in a terminal.
Norway Airports Compared: Before and After Security
Before security, you can always smoke outside: at a designated smoking area where there is one, or outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. After security, Yes means there is a smoking area past security and a dash means none is listed. Each airport’s page has the details.
| Airport | Before security | After security |
|---|---|---|
| Bergen (BGO) | Yes | – |
| Oslo (OSL) | Yes | – |
| Stavanger (SVG) | Yes | – |
| Tromsø (TOS) | Yes | – |
| Trondheim (TRD) | Yes | – |
For international travel through Norway, Oslo is the largest airport, with Bergen second and Stavanger, Trondheim and Tromsø serving their regions. All five are run by Avinor.
How Norwegian Airport Smoking Works
The Tobacco Control Act (tobakksskadeloven, Act of 9 March 1973 No. 14, as amended to 2026) requires smoke-free air in every indoor space and means of transport to which the public has access, in meeting rooms, workplaces and serving premises, and at the outdoor entrances of health institutions and public bodies (Section 25). Its exceptions allow smoking rooms only in residential institutions, on offshore installations, in a workplace whose nature stops employees leaving during the working day, and in up to half of a hotel’s rooms; an airport passenger terminal is none of these, and the supervisory authority may grant a dispensation from Section 25 only in special cases (Section 29). The same bans apply to e-cigarettes, with or without nicotine, and to any product inhaled after vaporising or heating (Section 28a). The act does not permit smoking anywhere in particular outdoors: it leaves the open air outside a terminal to the airport’s own rules, and Avinor publishes no smoking area at any of the five airports. A person who keeps smoking after a warning may be removed from the premises (Section 25), and a breach is punishable by a fine (Section 44), with no fixed amount set for a traveller. In practice:
- Oslo (OSL): no smoking area listed; open air outside the terminal, away from the doors, ask staff; after security nothing listed in gate areas A to G
- Bergen (BGO), Stavanger (SVG), Trondheim (TRD), Tromsø (TOS): no smoking area listed at any of them; open air outside the terminal, away from the doors, ask staff
- E-cigarettes and heated tobacco: banned indoors with smoking under the act; no airport publishes a rule for outside, ask staff
- A connection at any of the five means leaving the secure area to smoke and clearing security again, unless staff know of a place after security
The Main Airports
Oslo Airport Gardermoen (OSL). Norway’s largest airport, one terminal with domestic gate areas A to C and international areas D to G. The airport lists no smoking area on its pages or map, on the departures or the arrivals level; smoke in the open air outside the terminal, away from the doors, and ask staff for the nearest spot. A connection means leaving the secure area by the arrivals route, with passport control on the way out for arrivals from outside the Schengen area, and clearing security again.
Bergen Airport Flesland (BGO). Norway’s second-busiest airport. No smoking area listed on its pages or map; smoke in the open air outside the terminal, away from the doors, and ask staff for the nearest spot.
Stavanger Airport Sola (SVG). No smoking area listed; smoke in the open air outside the terminal, away from the doors, and ask staff.
Trondheim Airport Værnes (TRD). Central Norway’s main airport, with domestic and international departure areas. No smoking area listed; smoke in the open air outside the terminal, away from the doors, and ask staff.
Tromsø Airport Langnes (TOS). The main airport for northern Norway. No smoking area listed; smoke in the open air outside the terminal, away from the doors, and ask staff.
Tips for Smokers at Norwegian Airports
- Smoke before you clear security at any of the five airports: none lists a smoking area after it, and Norwegian law makes no exception for a passenger smoking room inside
- None of the five marks a smoking spot outside its terminal: ask staff for the nearest one and keep away from the doors
- Vaping and heated tobacco are banned indoors with smoking under the act; no airport publishes a rule for outside, so ask staff