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Archive photo · 2 June 2025Trump Says Norwegian Immigrants Not Welcome After Nobel Peace Prize Snub In Oslo
“Taking a U-turn from his stance of welcoming migrants from countries like Norway and Sweden, he said that citizens from Norway are no longer welcome”
“However, there was no indication that the Trump administration was adopting new official policy on Norwegian immigrants.”
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Trump called Norway a shit house country at a Michigan rally. Norwegian immigrants not welcome in the United States due to Nobel snub.
Rally in Port Huron
US President Donald Trump told a political rally in Port Huron, Michigan that Norwegian immigrants are not welcome in the United States because the Nobel committee, based in Oslo, has not awarded him a Peace Prize.
Trump said, “Because I didn’t get the Nobel Prize ... So I don’t want anybody from Norway,” and he also called Norway a “shit house country.”
Trump linked his remarks to unrest in France that he attributed to immigration, and he said he would welcome immigrants from some countries but not Norway.
Trump made the comments ahead of next week’s midterm elections, and the reporting said there was no indication the Trump administration was adopting new official policy on Norwegian immigrants.
Nobel snub and response
Trump escalated his invective against Norway after the Nobel committee did not award him the Nobel Peace Prize, and he tied the criticism to the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay. Trump told the crowd that he was no longer fond of Norway because he had not received the honour, and he complained that the prize had gone to “a woman that nobody ever heard of”.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told national broadcaster NRK that “He knows very well that the Nobel Committee is independent.” The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a representative for the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not immediately return requests for comment outside regular office hours.
What is at stake
Trump’s remarks put Norway into a campaign focus tied to the Nobel Peace Prize, and the reporting said there was no indication the Trump administration was adopting new official policy on Norwegian immigrants. The reporting also said Norway’s sovereign wealth fund posted a record profit of 1.75 trillion Norwegian crowns ($184.3 billion) for the first half of 2026, while Trump continued to frame his grievance around the Nobel committee’s decision.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the independent Norwegian Nobel Committee, whose five members are appointed by Norway’s parliament, and the Norwegian government does not select the laureate. The reporting said Trump earlier this month called the failure to give him a Nobel Peace Prize an “indelible stain” on Norway, and it placed the latest comments in the run-up to the midterm elections.