{"id":45604,"date":"2026-03-22T05:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T05:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/45604\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T05:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T05:57:41","slug":"us-embassy-in-norways-oslo-hit-by-explosion-but-no-injuries-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/45604\/","title":{"rendered":"US embassy in Norway\u2019s Oslo hit by explosion but no injuries, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The US embassy in Oslo was hit by an explosion in the early hours of Sunday but no one was injured, police in the Norwegian capital said, adding the cause was not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The blast occurred around 1am local time and caused only \u201cminor material damage\u201d to one of the building\u2019s entrances, Oslo police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Investigators were examining the scene, while dogs, drones, and helicopters were involved in the search \u201cfor one or more potential perpetrators\u201d, it said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cPolice view such incidents in public spaces as very serious, and are investigating the case with substantial resources and high priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The area outside the US embassy in Oslo is cordoned off, after the Norwegian police said the building was hit by a loud explosion on Sunday. Photo: Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/08\/2c2f5ea7-0480-4572-936e-d6598ff5827e_b3ee84ec.jpg\" title=\"The area outside the US embassy in Oslo is cordoned off, after the Norwegian police said the building was hit by a loud explosion on Sunday. Photo: Reuters\"\/>The area outside the US embassy in Oslo is cordoned off, after the Norwegian police said the building was hit by a loud explosion on Sunday. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Police commander Michael Dellemyr told TV2 police would \u201cnot comment on anything related to the type of damage, what it is that has exploded and similar details, beyond the fact that there has been an explosion\u201d because \u201cit is very early in the investigation\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US embassy in Oslo was hit by an explosion in the early hours of Sunday but no&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[85],"tags":[25903,11600,25906,25901,25902,15117,2271,25905,25904,4174,157,156,3618,17958,25900,4538],"class_list":["post-45604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oslo","tag-american-military-operations","tag-blast","tag-bomb-squad","tag-diplomatic-targets","tag-edvard","tag-explosion","tag-iran","tag-kristian-wendelborg-einung","tag-michael-dellemyr","tag-middle-east","tag-norway","tag-oslo","tag-police","tag-tehran","tag-us-embassies","tag-us-embassy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116271293730297590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}