Yes, you can smoke at Norway’s airports — outside the terminal buildings, landside, where Norwegian law permits smoking in the open air; Oslo Gardermoen and Bergen provide marked outdoor areas with ashtrays by the departures and arrivals doors. Avinor publishes no indoor smoking rooms at the airports covered here, so every terminal is smoke-free throughout. Norway’s Tobacco Damage Act extends its indoor smoking-ban chapter to e-cigarettes; snus, a smokeless pouch, is legal and widely used in Norway.
For international travel through Norway, Oslo (OSL) is the largest airport in the country, with Bergen (BGO) second and Stavanger, Trondheim and Tromsø serving their own regions.
How Norwegian Airport Smoking Works
Norway’s Tobacco Damage Act (tobakksskadeloven) bans smoking in indoor public spaces, and Avinor publishes no indoor smoking rooms at the airports covered here:
- No indoor airside smoking rooms anywhere — domestic, Schengen or non-Schengen
- Smoking is only outside the terminal building, landside
- E-cigarettes are covered by the same chapter of the Tobacco Damage Act as tobacco — vaping is banned indoors and on transport
- A smoking layover requires exiting the secure zone and re-clearing security
The Main Airports
Oslo Airport Gardermoen (OSL). Norway’s largest airport, operated by Avinor. The sanctioned option is outdoors, at designated areas outside the terminal building (kerbside, by the departures and arrivals entrances); there are no indoor smoking rooms in the West Wing, North, South or East piers. Airside passengers exit the secure area, smoke outside, then re-clear security — passengers arriving from outside the Schengen area clear passport control on the way out as well — so a smoking layover is impractical on a tight connection.
Bergen Airport Flesland (BGO). Norway’s second-busiest airport, also run by Avinor. Smoke at the marked outdoor areas by the kerbside outside the departures and arrivals doors of the consolidated T3 terminal, where ashtrays are provided. The building has no airside smoking area and no indoor smoking room, so connecting passengers exit the secure zone and re-screen.
Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG). Norway’s third-busiest airport, run by Avinor. Smoking is outside the terminal, landside; the terminal has no airside smoking area and no indoor room.
Trondheim Airport, Værnes (TRD). Central Norway’s main airport, with a domestic Terminal A and international Terminal B. Both terminals are smoke-free indoors; smoke outside the building, landside.
Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS). The main airport for northern Norway, above the Arctic Circle. Its two terminal buildings are smoke-free indoors; the outdoor area outside the terminal, landside, is the only sanctioned spot.
Tips for Smokers at Norwegian Airports
- Oslo has no airside smoking room — plan to smoke before security or accept a no-smoking layover
- The smoking areas are outdoors, outside the terminal building, landside, at every Norwegian airport covered here
- Don’t rely on an indoor smoking room — Avinor publishes none, airside or landside, at the airports covered here
- Vaping is banned indoors too, under the Tobacco Damage Act — outdoor areas only
Norway Airports Compared: Indoor, Outdoor & After Security
| Airport | After security | Indoor room | Outdoor area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bergen Airport, Flesland (BGO) | – | – | Yes |
| Oslo Airport Gardermoen (OSL) | – | – | Yes |
| Smoking at Stavanger Airport – SVG | – | – | Yes |
| Smoking at Tromsø Airport – TOS | – | – | Yes |
| Smoking at Trondheim Airport – TRD | – | – | Yes |