Guide
A golf trip to Norway
Published 2026-08-17
As a golf country Norway is smaller than Sweden but scenically in a class of its own: there are around 150 courses, and on the northernmost you play under the midnight sun. The most famous name is Lofoten Links, a links course squeezed between sea and fells that regularly features among the world's most extraordinary golf experiences. Note: the Golfmökit.fi distance catalog currently covers Finland only — this guide is an overview, not a property listing.
The courses: Lofoten Links, Miklagard and the Oslo region
Lofoten Links on the island of Gimsøya is Norway's most internationally famous course: links golf by the sea, and in midsummer you can tee off at midnight. In the Oslo region you play Miklagard, among the country's most respected, and Oslo Golfklubb's Bogstad course at the city's edge. On the west coast Stavanger GK is one of the oldest. Courses are mostly open to visitors, but Lofoten Links' summer tee times should be booked months ahead.
When and how
The southern season runs from May to October; in the north it is shorter but brighter — the midnight sun shines over Lofoten from June to mid-July. Oslo has direct flights from Helsinki; Lofoten is reached most easily via Harstad/Narvik or Leknes airport. For accommodation the Norwegian hytte culture mirrors Finnish cottage life: a rental cabin or a seaside rorbu fisherman's cottage is the classic Lofoten choice.