{"version":"1","article":{"id":"norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026","slug":"norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026?lang=en","title":"Norway’s net foreign assets reached a record in Q2","summary":"Statistics Norway reported a NOK 3,408 billion quarterly increase in net international investment position to NOK 22,825 billion.","category":"finance","region":"world","topics":["statistics"],"published_at":"2026-10-10T23:57:14+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-10T23:57:14+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-06","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Statistics Norway (SSB), International accounts","url":"https://www.ssb.no/en/utenriksokonomi/utenriksregnskap/statistikk/utenriksregnskap/articles/very-high-net-iip-in-the-second-quarter-of-2026","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","publishedAt":"2026-09-02"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/norway-net-foreign-assets-record-q2-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Statistics Norway’s international accounts, published on 2 September, show Norway’s net international investment position rose by NOK 3,408 billion in the second quarter of 2026 to NOK 22,825 billion. SSB said this was the highest level recorded in the series.","The increase was driven mainly by market gains on Norwegian portfolio investments abroad; a weaker krone and NOK 470 billion in net lending also contributed. The current-account surplus was NOK 279 billion and the goods-trade surplus NOK 232 billion, separate measures in the same accounts release."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Statistics Norway reported a NOK 3,408 billion quarterly increase in net international investment position to NOK 22,825 billion.\n\nStatistics Norway’s international accounts, published on 2 September, show Norway’s net international investment position rose by NOK 3,408 billion in the second quarter of 2026 to NOK 22,825 billion. SSB said this was the highest level recorded in the series.\n\nThe increase was driven mainly by market gains on Norwegian portfolio investments abroad; a weaker krone and NOK 470 billion in net lending also contributed. The current-account surplus was NOK 279 billion and the goods-trade surplus NOK 232 billion, separate measures in the same accounts release.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"finance","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/finance-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic financial system with a vault door, columns and unmarked coins.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"finance","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/finance-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic financial system with a vault door, columns and unmarked coins.","language":"en"}}}