Police Investigate Incident After ‘Loud Bang’ and Damage at US Embassy in Norway

Authorities in Norway are currently examining what seems to be an explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, which fortunately resulted in no injuries and caused only slight damage.

With tensions escalating due to the conflict with Iran, Norway’s Justice Minister, Astri Aas-Hansen, announced the allocation of substantial resources to identify and apprehend any individuals involved in the incident.

“We are treating this incident with utmost seriousness,” Aas-Hansen remarked to the Norwegian news agency NTB.

According to police reports, a “loud bang” was heard at the embassy in the early hours of Sunday at 1 a.m. local time (7 p.m. ET on Saturday), and witnesses informed Reuters of observing dense smoke near the entrance to the consular area.

Technical teams and police are actively investigating the explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, as captured in photographs by Hans O. Torgersen for NTB Scanpix and shared via AP.

“There was a very thick layer of smoke on the street,” said Sebastian Toerstad, 18, a high school student who drove past the embassy at the time of the explosion.

“There was some damage to the entrance.”

No explosive devices had been found in the area, according to police.

“Investigations have been carried out at the scene with the aid of dogs, drones and a helicopter, searching for one or more potential perpetrators,” the Oslo police department said in a statement.

PST, the Norwegian police security service, called in additional personnel following the incident but has not changed the country’s terror threat level, according to communication adviser Martin Bernsen.

Norwegian police are outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway in the early hours of Sunday, March 8, 2026, after reports of an explosion. (Javad Parsa/NTB Scanpix via AP)

PST operations manager Mikael Dellemyr does not “connect” the attack to U.S. bombings in the Middle East or terrorist or Iranian retaliation.

“It is far too early” in the investigation, he told Oslo’s TV 2.

Fox News Digital reached out to the State Department for comment, but they did not immediately respond.

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