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Wildfires in Norway
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 1,420 km² of Norway at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 126 km², ranking 162nd of 200 countries.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2014, with 201 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 72 km². The 2021–2025 average is 28% lower than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
April, May and June together hold 38% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 April 2019, with detections in 39 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,420 km² with at least one detection, 2.9% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,270 | 90% |
| 2 years | 103 | 7.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 24 | 1.7% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.4 | 0.2% |
| 11 years or more | 14 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 58.25, 6.75 and holds 18% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 118 | 599 |
| 2013 | 141 | 662 |
| 2014 | 201 | 908 |
| 2015 | 113 | 652 |
| 2016 | 120 | 765 |
| 2017 | 139 | 716 |
| 2018 | 178 | 874 |
| 2019 | 173 | 891 |
| 2020 | 86 | 598 |
| 2021 | 97 | 681 |
| 2022 | 104 | 701 |
| 2023 | 105 | 668 |
| 2024 | 72 | 606 |
| 2025 | 120 | 798 |
Nearby countries
- Russian Federation212,570 km² in an average year
- Ukraine35,560 km² in an average year
- Italy9,880 km² in an average year
- Romania7,650 km² in an average year
- Spain5,090 km² in an average year
- France3,350 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby countries
- Denmark209 km
- Netherlands679 km
- Germany778 km
- Belgium801 km
- Luxembourg947 km
- United Kingdom983 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
