Norwegian police are investigating an attack on the US embassy in Oslo that caused no injuries and only minor damage.
Amid the war against Iran, Norwegian Justice Minister Astri Aas-Hansen is deploying “significant resources” to search for potential multiple perpetrators.
“This is an unacceptable incident that we take very seriously,” she told Norwegian news agency NTB.
According to police, a “loud bang” was reported at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo early Sunday morning at 1 a.m. local time (7 p.m. ET Saturday), and eyewitnesses told Reuters they saw thick smoke at the entrance to the consular section.
Norwegian police and technicians investigate an explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, on Sunday morning. (Hans O. Torgersen /NTB Scanpix via AP)
“There was a very thick layer of smoke on the street,” said Sebastian Toerstad, 18, a high school student who was driving past the embassy at the time of the explosion.
“There was some damage to the entrance.”
According to the police, no explosives were found in the area.
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“An on-site investigation was conducted using dogs, drones and a helicopter in search of one or more potential perpetrators,” Oslo police said in a statement.
PST, Norway’s police security service, called in additional personnel after the incident, but has not changed the country’s terror threat level, according to communications adviser Martin Bernsen.
Norwegian police stand outside the US embassy in Oslo, Norway, in the early hours of Sunday, March 8, 2026, following reports of an explosion. (Javad Parsa/NTB Scanpix via AP)
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PST operations manager Mikael Dellemyr did not link the attack to US bombing in the Middle East or terrorist or Iranian retaliation.
“It’s way too early” for the investigation, he told TV 2 in Oslo.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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