🇳🇴 Norway Fishing

Best lakes, species and fishing license guide

Fishing in Norway is world-class: thousands of clean lakes filled with wild brown trout, arctic char, pike and salmon. Below you'll find the best-known Norway fishing lakes indexed on FishMap, plus a quick guide to fishing licenses and rules.

Norway fishing license

A national fishing license (fiskeravgift) is mandatory for salmon, sea trout and char in rivers. Lake fishing usually requires a local permit sold by the landowner or fishing association.

Top species

Brown trout, arctic char, pike, perch, grayling and Atlantic salmon.

Biggest lakes in Norway

More Norwegian lakes on FishMap

På norsk (bokmål)