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Is my site blocked on Telenor in Norway?
Telenor blocks a domain when Lotteritilsynet's gambling list, an Oslo District Court copyright order or the police list of child sexual abuse material requires it, and when its own Nettvern security filter flags it. A legitimate site is most likely to be caught by Nettvern, which shows the visitor a Telenor warning instead of your page and offers no button to continue. Telenor's customer service is the route for a wrong Nettvern block; Lotteritilsynet decides gambling blocks.
Sources: Telenor, net neutrality page, checked 11 November 2026 · Telenor business blog, 9 October 2020 · Lotteritilsynet decision, 19 February 2026
Check your page in Norway now
We open it through mobile connections of Telenor and Ice, the way their customers would, and tell you provider by provider whether it opens. Free, about a minute, a few checks per hour.
What does Telenor block, and on whose orders?
Telenor says that as a rule it does not block its customers' traffic, then lists the exceptions. It blocks domain names on Kripos's list of child sexual abuse material and follows Oslo District Court copyright rulings. It also applies Lotteritilsynet's gambling blocks, which are addressed to every Norwegian provider; the Norway page explains those regimes. For security, Telenor can null-route an IP address, dropping all traffic to it, when it is a serious malware threat to customers.
Sources: Telenor, net neutrality page, checked 11 November 2026 · Lotteritilsynet decision, 19 February 2026
How does Nettvern decide to block a site?
Nettvern is a filter inside Telenor's network that works in DNS, the internet's address book. Its blocks rest on continuously updated block lists from Telenor's suppliers and cover malware, hacking and botnets, phishing (fake pages that steal logins or money), and other online fraud. In 2020 Telenor wrote that it can block a reported phishing site within a few minutes. The optional Nettvern+ also blocks sites that are probably fake, which Telenor says includes normally safe sites that have been hacked, and attempts at cryptomining.
Sources: Telenor, net neutrality page and Nettvern page, checked 11 November 2026 · Telenor business blog, 9 October 2020 · Telenor, 29 April 2025
Telenor reports that its security filters made about 2 billion blocks on the web in 2025.
Source: Telenor, Sikkerhetsåret 2025, checked 11 November 2026
What does a Telenor customer see when Nettvern blocks my site?
A Telenor warning, not your page. In 2020 Telenor quoted it as starting "Varsel! Du er i ferd med å gå inn på en nettside som inneholder virus, svindelforsøk eller annen skadelig programvare" ("Warning! You are about to visit a site that contains a virus, a fraud attempt or other malware"). The visitor cannot click through: Telenor says the only way to reach a blocked site with Nettvern on is to switch Nettvern off, which it advises against. This also applies to links opened from e-mail or text messages. The current wording may differ.
Sources: Telenor business blog, 9 October 2020 · Telenor, Nettvern article, undated, checked 11 November 2026
For a gambling block, Telenor hosts a page whose text Lotteritilsynet fixes for every provider: "Nettstedet er blokkert", a statement that Norwegian authorities blocked the site for illegal gambling, and no links.
Source: Lotteritilsynet decision, 19 February 2026
Is Telenor mobile different from Telenor home broadband?
The filters are the same; the switches differ. On mobile a customer turns Nettvern+ on in the Mitt Telenor app or by texting "Bestill NP" to 1999; on broadband it is turned on at the Telenor router. In 2020 Telenor said Nettvern also protects mobile customers abroad, because their traffic is routed through Telenor's systems in Norway. Nkom, the regulator, reported in June 2024 that Telenor has rolled out IPv6, the newer form of internet address, to all its mobile customers, so a phone on Telenor may reach your site over IPv6. Make sure your site works over both IPv6 and IPv4.
Sources: Telenor, Nettvern page, checked 11 November 2026 · Telenor business blog, 9 October 2020 · Nkom, 20 June 2024
Not every Telenor customer uses Telenor's DNS. In a comment quoted in Lotteritilsynet's February 2026 decision, Telenor wrote that the wider such blocking orders become, the more people will use other DNS servers, VPNs or services such as Apple's Private Relay, and that customers who leave Telenor's DNS take away its tools Nettvern, Nettvern+ and SafeZone. So two Telenor customers can see your site differently.
Source: Lotteritilsynet decision, 19 February 2026
Who can lift a wrong block on Telenor?
It depends on who ordered it. For a wrong Nettvern block, Telenor points to its customer service, which can explain the reason and how the block can be lifted; it publishes no separate form for site owners. For a gambling block, Lotteritilsynet is responsible if it named the wrong domain; providers may refer customers' questions to postmottak@lottstift.no, and an appeal goes to Lotterinemnda, the appeals board, through Lotteritilsynet within three weeks. A copyright block rests on an Oslo District Court ruling, not on Telenor's own decision.
Sources: Telenor, net neutrality page, checked 11 November 2026 · Lotteritilsynet decision, 19 February 2026
How can I check my site on Telenor today?
Search Lotteritilsynet's public list of blocked sites for your domain. Telenor offers no Nettvern lookup, but a Telenor customer can open nettvern.telenor.net to see whether Nettvern+ is on for their connection. Ask anyone who reports a problem whether they are on Telenor mobile or broadband and whether Nettvern+ is on. A red warning from the browser itself is a different problem; see red warnings and lost visitors.
Sources: Lotteritilsynet · Telenor, Nettvern page, checked 11 November 2026
What does linkspect measure on Telenor?
We open your URL through ordinary Telenor mobile connections and tell you whether the page opens and, if not, what stops it. On mobile we see only what the customer's phone got, not Telenor's DNS server directly, so a DNS block is reported as "likely" at most. Nettvern+ is tested through Telenor customers who have it switched on and reported as a separate group, also "likely" at most. We do not measure Telenor home broadband.
Facts checked on 11 November 2026.