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Artistic performance on stage during the One Ocean Summit 2026 at Håkonshallen.

Have a great summer!

File photo of the audience aboard the Vestlandsbåten during Arendalsuken.

One Ocean Week during Arendalsuka

IN PROGRESS: The raft was launched in Vågen on June 15. Core samples are collected by pressing a tube from the raft’s frame into the seabed.

Major Survey of the Seabed in Vågen Begins

RECEIVED THE CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT AWARD: The award was presented during the county council meeting in Norheimsund on Wednesday, June 17. From left: County Mayor Jon Askeland, Board Chair Bernt Jacob Pettersen of the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Sailing Ship Foundation, Haakon S. Vatle, Director of the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Sailing Ship Foundation, and Selection Committee Chair Nils-Anders Nøttseter (MDG). PHOTO: Hilde Joranger Mæland, Vestland County Municipality)

Statsraad Lehmkuhl Receives the 2026 Climate and Environment Award

The West Coast Bat

See what's happening on the Vestlandsbåten during Arendalsuka

The University of Bergen continues to serve as a hub for UN Sustainable Development Goal 14, Life Below Water. Photo: Eivind Senneset for UiB

UiB has its mandate as the world’s ocean university renewed

the sea

The One Ocean Youth Panel Celebrates World Oceans Day

In the photo, from left: Annikken Grieg Sæthre (Grieg Foundation), Kenneth Bruvik (Framtidshavet), Ingvild Hestad (Grieg Foundation). PHOTO: Elise Birkeland/Grieg Foundation 

The Grieg Foundation is supporting a major cleanup project along the West Coast

Bergen International Shipping Conference

Bergen Brings Together Shipping Executives for an International Conference

One Ocean Week 2026: Strong Commitment to the Future of the Ocean

Bergen will bid to host the Ocean Decade Conference in 2030: “We need to work purposefully now” 

One Ocean Youth Panel

The One Ocean Youth Panel calls for meaningful participation in ocean policy

students look at maps

Students propose a new fish product: fish chips

Meeting with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Fisheries and the governing mayor the House of Public Safety on April 21, 2026. The meeting took place during One Ocean Week 2026, where the minister was one of the guests. PHOTO: Vibe Blich

Bergen shares emergency response expertise with Sri Lanka during One Ocean Week

A POWERFUL AND IMPORTANT MESSAGE: "The young people of Bergen have crafted a powerful and important message about protecting the ocean for world leaders, and it’s wonderful to see how the 'Message in a Bottle' project brings together young voices from across the globe in such a shared message," says Mayor Marit Warncke. She showed HRH Crown Prince Haakon around the exhibition.

Teenagers delivered a message in a bottle containing an important message

HRH Crown Prince Haakon walks down the aisle in Håkonshallen at the One Ocean Summit 2026.

View photos and videos from the One Ocean Summit 2026

A Crowded Family Sunday at Festningskaien

The crowd at Bryggen welcomes the Statsraad Lehmkuhl during the opening of One Ocean Week 2026.

Statsraad Lehmkuhl opened One Ocean Week with a public celebration in Bergen

The fortress quay

Preparations are now underway for the opening weekend at Festningskaien

Offshore wind turbines Photo: Flora Orosz, Unsplash

Technology Shaping the Ocean, a Featured Topic

Photo of a tanker on calm waters.

Securing, forecasting, and decarbonizing the maritime industry: Global challenges and solutions will be explored in three parallel sessions.

oil rig

From Ambition to Action: Strengthening Regional Security and Preparedness

Approach and boat parade into the harbor in Bergen

The opening weekend of One Ocean Week 2026

Picture of the audience and speakers during the One Ocean Summit conference in Håkonshallen 2025

Watch the One Ocean Summit live from Håkonshallen

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