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Universities in Norway
Norway has 23 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1750. Most were founded in the modern era. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.
UNIVERSITIES23
OLDEST1750
FOUNDED 1900+17
By founding era
Before 12000 · 0%
1200–15990 · 0%
1600–18996 · 26%
1900 or later17 · 74%
Date unknown0 · 0%
Oldest universities in Norway
The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.
1750Norwegian Military Academy
1811University of Oslo
1817Royal Norwegian Naval Academy
1859Norwegian University of Life Sciences
1870Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
1893Folkeuniversitetet Innlandet
1907MF Norwegian School of Theology
1910Norwegian Institute of Technology
1946University of Bergen
1949Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy
1968University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway
1971Norwegian Film School
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