US President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against Norway on Sunday, using vulgar terminology to disparage the Nordic nation and declaring that Norwegian immigrants are unwelcome in the United States because the Norwegian Nobel Committee has not awarded him a Peace Prize.
Speaking at a political rally in Port Huron, Michigan, held in support of Republican US Senate candidate and former US Representative Mike Rogers ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, Trump explicitly linked his grievances over the Nobel committee to his stance on immigration. During the address, while attributing recent unrest in France to immigration, he stated that while he might welcome immigrants from certain nations, he would exclude individuals from Norway.
“Norway has become a shit house country, actually,” Trump told the rally crowd, employing a derogatory term he has previously used when referring to nations such as Haiti, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. Elaborating on his position, he added that he would bar Norwegian immigration “because I didn’t get the Nobel Prize… So I don’t want anybody from Norway.”
Despite the remarks made from the campaign stage, there was no immediate indication that the administration was formalizing or adopting any new official government policy regarding immigrants from Norway.
The outburst follows comments made earlier in the month by the US president, in which he characterized the failure to award him a Nobel Peace Prize as an “indelible stain” on Norway. The Norwegian Nobel Committee is headquartered in the nation’s capital, Oslo, though the five-member committee is appointed by the Storting, the Norwegian parliament, and operates independently of the government.
Economic indicators contrast sharply with the president’s characterization of the country. According to data from the International Monetary Fund, Norway ranks among the highest-income nations in the world when measured by gross domestic product per capita. Additionally, the country’s sovereign wealth fund announced a record-breaking profit of 1.75 trillion Norwegian crowns, equivalent to approximately $184.3 billion, for the first half of 2026.
Representatives for Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside of regular office hours.
