How this list was made
We searched YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Apple Podcasts, the Norwegian association registers and the Norwegian government's own English sites for English language sources about moving to and living in Norway, then kept the ones with a real audience and evidence they are still publishing. We favoured people who live here over people who visited, and material aimed at adults planning a permanent move. Anything with no upload or post in twelve months was dropped. Norway has plenty of scenery and language teaching and almost nothing on the practical layer, and this page reflects that rather than padding it.
Audience figures. Every YouTube subscriber count was read off the channel's own page on 18 September 2026 and every Instagram follower count off the profile itself on the same day. Every video shown was confirmed by YouTube's oEmbed service to belong to the channel named, and all thirteen passed first time. Upload dates come from each channel's official feed and are exact. The four TikTok follower counts are Social Blade approximations, because TikTok is the one platform we cannot read directly. Podcast episode counts and dates come from Apple's lookup service, not from the rendered Apple Podcasts page, which reports them wrong.
What we dropped and why. Six channels carried by current Norway listicles were removed after we read their feeds: Simple Norwegian, 102,000 subscribers, has published nothing since August 2021; Learn Norwegian Naturally, 47,700 subscribers, nothing since January 2024; Fjord Norway's YouTube channel nothing since August 2024; Ivanna's Norsk Life nothing since July 2023; Nicca Wanderlust nothing since February 2025; and Namaste from Norway, 115,000 subscribers, has posted nothing about Norway since February 2025. Speak Norsk was dropped because its recent uploads are discount codes for its own courses rather than lessons. One channel with exactly the right subject matter was dropped on identity: it gives no name, no website and no links, and its stated business address is a Gmail account built on another publisher's brand.
Three things this page will not do. It will not quote a Facebook group size, because no dated figure exists for any Norway group and every number in circulation traces to one relocation agency's undated article. It will not link norwaytoday.info, which reads like an established English language Norwegian newsroom, still appears on recommendation lists, and now carries paid placements for Casino-Norge, Casinainfo and RSA-Bet in its footer while its news section serves a notice saying the address is left over from an earlier version of the site. And it will not link an Apple Podcasts show called Norway Travel Podcast with Ingrid Solberg, which publishes near daily from feed.paris2tokyo.com under a host who does not exist; the same operator runs format identical shows for dozens of countries and this is the ninth of ours in which we have found it.
Commercial interests are stated on the card. Where a creator sells courses, runs tours, takes sponsorship or publishes for a business, we say so rather than leaving you to find out. That includes the people we recommend most warmly.
Nothing here is copied to our servers. Every video, post and player is the platform's own official embed, loaded only when you click it, and every link opens the creator's own page. If you run one of these and want the entry changed or removed, tell us and we will do it.
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Instagram and TikTok
Seventeen Instagram accounts and four on TikTok. Ten of the seventeen are tourism boards, which is the honest shape of Norway's English social layer, and they are good: the national board alone has a million followers and the regional boards all publish in English. Only five named people living in Norway post about it in English at any scale, and two of those five teach Norwegian for a living. Three handle traps are worth knowing before you go looking. Visit Oslo is @visitoslo on Instagram but @visitoslo.com on TikTok, with the .com inside the handle. Lofoten's board is @lofoteninfo, not @visitlofoten, even though its website is visitlofoten.com. And the northern Norway board now trades as Arctic Norway Tourist Board while still holding @northernnorway.
Torleif Villmones
Torleif Villmones, Norwegian, teaching Norwegian to English speakers. Sells his own courses at norwegianwithtor.com, which his bio leads with
146,000 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026, and 1,564 posts. The largest Norwegian language account there is, and the free material is a real daily lesson rather than a teaser. Language is the constraint on permanent residence and on ever having a Norwegian friend, and this is the most consistent free source of it. He sells courses and we would rather you knew that going in.
Ilys, Norwegian Teacher
A Norwegian teacher based in Oslo, publishing in English. Surname not published anywhere we could find. Runs a paid Patreon, stated in her own bio
84,000 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026, on only 286 posts, which is the best followers to posts ratio of any account on this page. Monthly written journals through 2026 designed to be studied alongside the posts. Second only to Torleif for free Norwegian, and better if you prefer reading to listening.
Silvia, Heart My Backpack
Silvia Lawrence, American and Norwegian dual citizen, living in Lofoten. Runs a travel blog with affiliate links and sells guides
61,800 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026. Her bio reads eighty countries later my heart chose Norway, and the location pin says Lofoten, which settles a question other listings get wrong: she is in the far north, not Bergen. The account is the daily picture of life above the Arctic Circle from someone who chose it deliberately. Her written moving to Norway guide is four years old and we have not linked it.
David Nikel, Life in Norway
David Nikel, the Briton in Trondheim listed above. Commercial: affiliate links, books, courses and paid calls
11,800 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026. Small by the standards of this page and the most useful of the lot, because the subject matter is relocation, tax, residency and culture rather than scenery. If you follow one Norway account for practical reasons rather than pretty ones, follow this.
Henrik Jordal
Henrik Jordal, Norwegian comedian and public figure trading as Mr Scandinavia. Represented by a management company, so assume paid work
549,000 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026, and the largest Norway based account on this page by a distance. Comedy about Norwegian habits and social codes, in English. It is entertainment rather than information, and it is on the page because the social codes are the thing new arrivals find hardest and this is the most watched explanation of them. His TikTok handle is the same, which we checked rather than assumed.
Christian Hoiberg
Christian Hoiberg, Norwegian landscape photographer based in the Lofoten Islands. Founder of Capture Landscapes; sells photo tours, ebooks and courses, stated in his own bio
86,600 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026. Lofoten through the year from someone who lives there rather than visits for a week in February. Worth following for the months nobody photographs: the grey ones. Commercial, and open about it.
Ole Salomonsen
Ole C. Salomonsen, nature and wildlife photographer in Tromso, selling fine art prints. Note his own website now redirects away, so use the account
64,300 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026. Aurora and Arctic night photography, and the best single answer to what the polar night actually looks like from the ground in Tromso. Anyone weighing northern Norway against the fjords should spend ten minutes here before deciding.
Visit Norway
Innovation Norway, the national tourist board. Its bio states Official Tourist Board of Norway and links visitnorway.com, which is how we confirmed the handle
1,005,000 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026, across 6,935 posts. The national account and the largest on this page. Destination marketing, in English, and organised by region in its highlights, which makes it a quick way to see what each part of the country looks like before you commit to visiting one.
Visit OSLO
VisitOSLO, the city's official tourist information service, at Jernbanetorget 1. Municipal marketing
405,000 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026. Neighbourhood by neighbourhood highlights, which is the single most useful thing a board account can do for somebody deciding where in a city to live. Note the TikTok handle is @visitoslo.com with the .com inside it, which is listed separately below.
Visit Bergen
Visit Bergen, the official board for the World Heritage city and the surrounding fjords
214,000 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026. Bergen, Nordhordland and Oygarden, and unusually for a tourism account it runs question and answer highlights rather than only photographs. The second city and the one most of our readers who rule out Oslo end up looking at.
Visit Tromso
Visit Tromso, the official tourist information for Tromso and the surrounding region, at Storgata 83
143,000 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026. The best of the Norwegian boards for practical content: its highlights include Arctic driving, polar night and walks, which is closer to useful information than most boards get. If northern Norway is on your list this is the account to follow first.
Visit Svalbard
Visit Svalbard, the official board for Svalbard and Longyearbyen
138,000 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026. Listed because Svalbard comes up constantly in conversations about moving to Norway and is almost always misunderstood: it sits outside the Norwegian immigration rules entirely and has its own visa position. Follow it for the reality of the place, then read the rules separately.
Arctic Norway Tourist Board
NordNorsk Reiseliv AS, the regional board for northern Norway. Note the display name is now Arctic Norway Tourist Board although the handle is still @northernnorway
125,000 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026, across 9,276 posts. Organised by place in its highlights, which for a region this large is genuinely useful: Nordkapp, Helgeland, Lyngenfjord, Vesteralen, Senja, Alta, Narvik, Bodo. The quickest way to work out which part of the north you actually mean.
Fjord Norway
Fjord Norge AS, the official board for western Norway. Its bio states Official Tourism Board of Fjord Western Norway
115,000 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026. The board covering the fjord counties, and it now carries Alesund and Geiranger too, because that destination company has been folded into it and no longer runs its own account. Its YouTube channel has been dormant since August 2024, so this is where the brand still publishes.
Visit Region Stavanger
Region Stavanger, the official board for Stavanger and Ryfylke, trading as Edge of Norway
49,600 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026. Stavanger is the Norwegian city with the deepest Anglo connection, through half a century of North Sea oil, and it is the one place in the country with a visible English speaking social infrastructure. This is the board account for it.
Visit Trondheim
Visit Trondheim, the official city board
44,500 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026. Trondheim is the quiet answer for a lot of people who want a real city without Oslo prices, and it is where David Nikel lives. The account is the city through the seasons, including the winter ones.
Lofoten Tourist Board
The official Lofoten board. Worth knowing the handle is @lofoteninfo and not @visitlofoten, even though the website is visitlofoten.com
31,700 followers, read off the profile on 18 September 2026, and the smallest board here. Listed because Lofoten is the image that sells Norway to half our readers and the account is honest about the rest of it, running safety and local food alongside the landscape. Two of the photographers on this page live there.
Henrik Jordal
Henrik Jordal, the comedian listed above. Same handle on both platforms, which we confirmed from his own Instagram bio rather than assuming
Approximately 623,000 followers and 25.4 million likes, from Social Blade on 18 September 2026. The largest Norwegian account on TikTok that publishes in English, and the fastest way to absorb what Norwegians find funny about themselves.
Torleif Villmones
Torleif Villmones, the Norwegian teacher listed above. Sells courses
Approximately 111,400 followers and 1.5 million likes across 518 videos, from Social Blade on 18 September 2026. The same daily Norwegian lessons in the format most people actually watch them in. Handle is identical to his Instagram, checked separately.
Visit OSLO
VisitOSLO, the city board. Note the handle carefully
Approximately 32,900 followers and 537,500 likes across 246 videos, from Social Blade on 18 September 2026. The handle is @visitoslo.com, with the .com inside it, while the Instagram account is plain @visitoslo. Both are listed side by side in the footer of visitoslo.com, which is how we caught it. Assume parity here and you link an account that does not exist.
Silvia, Heart My Backpack
Silvia Lawrence, the American Norwegian dual citizen in Lofoten listed above. Affiliate links and paid guides
Approximately 7,231 followers and 208,900 likes across 101 videos, from Social Blade on 18 September 2026. Small, consistent, and the only North American on TikTok documenting life in the Norwegian far north rather than a two week trip through it.