Norway: broadband penetration rate in private households, by county 2018

As of the fourth quarter of 2018, Svalbard had a penetration rate of broadband subscriptions in households of nearly 99 percent, while Oslo had the highest penetration rate among counties, of roughly 94 percent that year.

Broadband internet penetration rate in private households in Norway in Q4 2018, by county

Characteristic	Share of private subscriptions per 100 households
Oslo	94.2%
Akershus	89.7%
Hordaland	89.6%
Telemark	87.7%
Vestfold	87.2%
Rogaland	86.4%
Aust-Agder	86.4%
Buskerud	86.1%
Østfold	85.4%
Møre og Romsdal	84.1%
Nordland	84.1%
Trøndelag	83.8%
Hedmark	83.6%
Vest-Agder	82.6%
Oppland	81.9%
Sogn og Fjordane	81.1%
Troms - Romsa	80.7%
Finnmark - Finnmárku	76.6%
Svalbard	98.6%

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Release date

February 2019

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Norway

Survey time period

Q4 2018

Supplementary notes

Data is collected directly from all enterprises that deliver fixed broadband access to end-users in the Norwegian mainland and Svalbard. Libraries, Internet cafés, businesses offering different types of temporary Internet-access etc. are not included in the figures. Suppliers of mobile broadband are not included in the survey.

The source adds the following information: "Svalbard is not defined as a county within the Law, but in official statistics Svalbard is treated along with the other counties in Norway."