STORY / PUBLIC SOURCE RECORD
Norway is mapping out the future’s smart cities
- Published 15 March 2023; updated 21 September 2026; estimated reading time 3 minutes. The article centers on the 2019 “Roadmap for smart and sustainable cities and communities in Norway,” created by Design and Architecture Norway (DOGA), the Norwegian Smart City Network and Nordic Edge with input from over 150 public/private/community participants. It frames technology and data as tools and emphasizes collaboration, co-creation and citizen well-being.
- Stavanger developed Norway’s first local smart-city roadmap in 2015 and established a cross-sector smart-city office. In 2019 the city received the Norwegian Public Roads Administration Mobility Award and was named the country’s smartest city, based on projects and new collaborative practices. Examples include a co-created school prototype with the University of Stavanger and IoT sensors monitoring sea level, drainage and bathing-water temperature; small-business partnerships helped develop the sensor work.
- Stavanger’s rationale included sustainable business transition and demographic change, particularly transforming oil-and-gas-related firms and addressing an ageing population/workforce shortage. The article identifies collaboration among municipalities/counties, industry, academia, civil society and residents as central, including shared learning/resources and financing.
- Stavanger collaborated with Eindhoven and Manchester in Triangulum, an EU Horizon 2020 smart-cities project. Related welfare-technology work contributed to the Norwegian Smart Care Cluster; the article says the project also helped lead to Stavanger’s smart-city roadmap and office. Stavanger also participated in UNaLab and sought further projects at publication. Related industries: Smart cities and Technology. No direct contact block shown.