I travelled through Oslo yesterday and asked both the security guys and the “connecting norway” assistants. Right now you must meet two requirements to avoid the circus:
(a) you land from abroad (no matter if it’s EU/Schengen or any other country) and you continue in Norway with the SAME airline or an airline with shared code.
AND
(b) you travel only with hand luggage.
In this case you follow the “connecting norway” signs (not the transfer flight signs!) that leads you to a small security check. After you pass the check you go downstairs to the international departures hall and walk towards the domestic departures hall. Between the two halls there is a toll check where you scan your boarding pass for your trip from Oslo to another city in Norway. You MUST have your boarding pass beforehand, as there is no machine to print it in the international hall.

In the future (nobody knows when) it will be possible to do the same with checked in luggage too. You will wait before the security check and when the bags of your flight are cleared (there is a screen in the security check), you will follow the same route.

Be careful that you should continue with the same airline! I landed in Oslo with Norwegian and my next flight was with SAS to Trondheim. I followed the “connecting Norway” signs, went through the security check and relaxed in the international hall for a while. When I tried to cross the toll check for the domestic hall my boarding pass was rejected. An assistant told me that it’s because of the change of airline, so finally I had to go out again! So, I went through 2 different security checks! Luckily I had 1,5 hour and the airport was almost empty late at night.

TL;DR : Only hand luggage and same airline –> follow connecting norway signs.

Norwegian aren’t to blame for the rules, but you could argue they are to blame for not informing you well enough. However be warned if you complain… I complained to Norwegian in July (a totally unrelated issue) and only just had a reply this week..!!

A very useful article you wrote here. I just came back from Scotland to Bergen via Oslo (OSL) and had to collect my bags before checking them in again. I was travelling alone with my 3 month old baby girl and NO ONE has told me that this transit rout would be so problematic. I ended up missing my check-in and was then rebooked by Norwegian for the next flight. This time they did it for free but they told me to book a longer transit time next time.

I am looking to complain about this, because if i knew that through transit i have to collect my bags and check them in again….all with a baby on my chest…then i would have booked a different (longer) transit ticket. Do i blame the airport? or do i blame norwegian? for not giving me this vital information during booking of the tickets? And how dare they even think of charging me for another ticket when they did not advise on current rules, where everywhere in europe you do not have to go through this nuisance.

Thanks in advance 🙂

Warning ‘re Norwegian, as used to be ok for direct flights to. Trondheim from LGW: only direct flights changed to arrive @ Værnes airport do now not land until close to midnight!! Can cause issues if you have further travel with bus, boat, ferry etc. Not sure why Norwegian in their ‘wisdom’ changed the arrival time to something so absurd, but there you go..

Thanks again for the information, very much appreciated.

Best Wishes,
Helene

Hi Helene, yes, exactly right! If you have more than one hour transit time at OSL then it doesn’t tend to be so much of a problem. Your other option is direct from Gatwick to Trondheim with Norwegian.

Thanks so much in advance.

Best Wishes,
Helene