Norway: How Do I Get There?

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It's hard to get a decent matrix of flights to Oslo from America because you're going to have to connect in a hub somewhere in Europe. Direct flights to Oslo may be possible, but it really depends on the carrier. As you can imagine, summarizing it here can be quite complicated and beyond the scope of this website. So instead, we've broken down our experiences on our first trip to Norway to give you an idea of what's involved...

In our situation, we actually had rather grueling travel days. On the way there, the travel day went like this...

• Los Angeles to Chicago: 4 hours
• roughly 3 hour layover in O'Hare
• Chicago to Stockholm, Sweden: 8.5 hours
• roughly 2 hour layover in Stockholm
• Stockholm to Oslo: 1 hour

On the return trip, it was even more grueling...

• Tromsø to Oslo: 2 hours
• roughly 5 hour layover in Oslo
• Oslo to Copenhagen, Denmark: 1.5 hours
• a rushed layover incl. customs in Copenhagen (1.5 hours)
• Copenhagen to Chicago: 8.25 hours
• roughly 3 hour layover in Chicago
• Chicago to Los Angeles: 4 hours

I'm sure there are better ways to go about a transatlantic flight from LA to Norway, but this ought to give you an idea of how taxing it can be.

If you're short on time or don't feel like driving long distances on winding mountain roads, you can fly domestically. Check out Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) for routes and flight times.

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