Norway as a Donor - UNHCR Northern Europe

UNHCR works to ensure that everyone has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled conflict, violence or persecution at home.

Norway is a generous and reliable donor to UNHCR and has provided key support to our efforts in protecting and providing education to refugee youths and children. Norway was strongly involved with Education Cannot Wait who work on providing access to education for refugee children. Furthermore, Norway’s unearmarked funding has allowed UNHCR to protect vulnerable refugee women, girls, boys and men from SGBV.

For detailed information and statistics, visit our reporting page on Norway.

Norwegian Contributions to UNHCR

Norway is one of UNHCR’s most important strategic partners and a generous donor. In 2019, Norway was our 4th biggest donor and the biggest donor to UNHCR per capita. In 2019, 47% of Norway’s contribution came as unearmarked funding.

Key facts about Norway as a donor:

Norway is a supporter of education for displaced children and refugees.
In 2019, Norway provided USD 94 million to UNHCR, of which 47% was unearmarked, allowing UNHCR to support where the needs were the greatest. Norway was the biggest donor per capita.
Norway provided key contributions to the Syria situation response, Jordan, Lebanon and the Central Mediterranean situation.
At the Global Refugee Forum, Norway pledged USD 850,000 to UNHCR’s resettlement efforts.
Norway also supports the Nansen Refugee Award and contributes annually with a monetary prize to the Nansen Refugee Award winner.

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Norway’s contributions to UNHCR by the end of 2019.

Visit our reporting pages to see more contribution data from Norway.

Norwegian Contribution Stories

Norway provides resettlement and financial support to life-saving evacuations from Libya

May 11, 2020

Hundreds of vulnerable refugees have been evacuated from risk and abuse in Libya and taken to safety in Rwanda via UNHCR’s Emergency Transit Mechanism. This is possible thanks to funding and resettlement commitments from Norway.  

Norway’s support to UNHCR provides protection and education to Syrian refugees

Jan 14, 2019

The situations in Syria and Iraq are among the world’s most underfunded crises. Support and unearmarked funding from Norway enables UNHCR to help the most vulnerable refugees.

Norway’s funding to UNHCR prevents ‘lost generation’ in situations of crisis and conflict

Oct 29, 2018

Humanitarian crises have become more complex, longer-lasting, and affecting more people. Norway recently launched a new humanitarian strategy focusing on protection, the humanitarian-development nexus and commitment to providing effective, flexible and consistent funding.