Nødvarsel

Nødvarsel (English: Emergency Alert) is a Cell Broadcast alarm system in use by the Norwegian government to quickly alert and inform citizens of hazardous or crisis situations.

[1][2] Using this system, authorities can send messages to users of mobile phones in specific areas by using specific cell towers to alert phones within their reach.

[3] The system was launched on 10 January 2023 and is a common effort between the Police Service, the Directorate for Civil Protection and the Civil Defence in cooperation with the telecommunications companies that run the mobile networks of Norway; Telenor, Telia Norge and Ice.

It is implemented based upon a European Union directive requiring member states (Norway is a member state in the EEA) to have a digital as well as physical public warning system.

This directive is commonly known as EU-Alert.