Norway retail sales volume edges up 0.6% in August
Norway’s seasonally adjusted retail volume index rose 0.6% in August, while its calendar-adjusted level was 1.0% below August 2025; wholesale volumes rose 3.4% year on year.
Statistics Norway’s volume index for retail trade increased 0.6% between July and August 2026 after seasonal adjustment. The calendar-adjusted retail index remained 1.0% below August 2025. Wholesale trade, excluding motor vehicles, was up 1.1% on the month and 3.4% over the year.
Retail categories diverged: fuel sales volume rose 5.3% from July but was 15.6% below a year earlier, while food and beverage retail rose 0.7% monthly and fell 1.1% annually. These are volume-index changes with separate seasonal and calendar adjustments, not changes in nominal sales revenue.
INSEE data for 2022 put the share of the region’s most polluting car classes at 29.8%, rising to 48.7% among car-owning households with the lowest incomes.
INE reported that the index fell 1.8% from the preceding quarter in the fourth quarter of 2026. The balance of firms expecting favorable conditions narrowed to 5.7 points.
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