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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

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

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

A Crowded Family Sunday at Festningskaien

Changes to the meeting locations for the parallel sessions on Monday

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

Julian Barbière, prog-ocean.org

The UN Ocean Decade Coordinator to Visit Bergen for One Ocean Week 

Plastjegerne, the Guerrilla Plastic Movement, and Keep Norway Clean kicked off Beach Cleanup Week 2025 on Smøla on September 12. Also in attendance were the Nordmøre and Romsdal Outdoor Council, ReMidt, the municipality of Smøla, and the Year of Outdoor Life.

Building bridges between local communities and the world's oceans

Photo from One Ocean Week 2025

Here's what's happening during One Ocean Week

Artificial intelligence, sustainability, and new business models are among the topics to be discussed when PwC once again hosts a senior executive forum in Bergen during One Ocean Week.

"Significant assets in motion"

Tech entrepreneur and investor Priya Lakhani

Welcome to the One Ocean Conference on April 21

Statsraaden Bar and Reception

Get a taste of marine research at the Ocean Science Bar

New research initiative: Arctic Ocean 2050 aims to understand a rapidly changing Arctic 

Trans Sol

TRANS SOL will serve as a floating showcase for the maritime industry during One Ocean Week 2026

Superbugs in Norwegian fjords - all the way to the Arctic

Giving the ocean a stronger voice in today's geopolitical challenges

Thomas Vogt and Trude Heggstad.

DNV acquires AquaCloud – will strengthen data-driven development in the aquaculture industry

Approach and boat parade into the harbor in Bergen

Join the arrival ceremony and boat parade when the Statsraad Lehmkuhl returns home

Record attendance and global influence at North Atlantic Seafood Forum conference

Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Marianne Sivertsen Næss

The government wants more of the value from seafood to be created in Norway

youngfish

YoungFish brings together young talent in the seafood industry

ship at sea

Maritime industry far exceeds expectations – Vestland strengthens its position

meeting at Bergen City Hall

Canadian Minister of Industry visits Bergen and One Ocean

HRH Crown Prince Haakon to attend One Ocean Week

Peter Haugan stands in the doorway of the Institute of Marine Research.

Peter M. Haugan on the program committee for the 2027 Ocean Decade Conference

Max Hartvigsen and Erik Aadland

Bergen's sailing drone measures data on world's oceans

Mira Santos in the One Ocean Youth Panel

Some of the smallest organisms in the ocean tell the biggest stories

Nils Gunnar Kvamstø in front of the fjord

A warmer ocean demands deeper knowledge of the coastline

More requirements for less plastic in the ocean

Catharina Bu, Secretary General of the United Nations Association of Norway

UN's historic ocean treaty enters into force

Jahawi Bertolli

Meet Jahawi Bertolli - the moderator of One Ocean Summit 2026 in Bergen

Daniel Cáceres Bartra

From Peru to the round-tables of global decision making

Håvard Legreid - Drawing One Ocean Week 2026 Kick-off

A successful kickoff of One Ocean Week 2026

Ship captain receives children's messages in bottles

Messages in bottles from the world's oceans – young voices on their way to One Ocean Week 2026

New app for One Ocean Week

Portrait photo of Solveig Mathiesen

Bergen prepares for the future

Photo from the Havexpo trade fair at Sotra Arena

HavExpo is getting even bigger

People around a table cheer about the awards for Vestland

Price sprinkles across Western Norway

Collage of images illustrating seabed minerals

GCE Ocean Technology invites you to a gathering on seabed minerals

Illustration about conference

Chasing Zero 2025 brings together maritime leading voices

A group of people posing on the deck of statsraad lehmkuhl

International network joins forces in the US

An artificial reef is held over Store Lungegaardsvann with a crane.

Artificial fish reef will bring new life to Store Lungegårdsvannet

Portrait photo of Vidar Helgesen

Vidar Helgesen on his way to Bergen

The sailing ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl passes the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco

With messages in bottles from all over the world

Drone photo of Bergen harbor

One of Europe's greenest ports

Bryggen in Bergen, seen from the sea.

Tourists choose sustainable destinations

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

The main theme for One Ocean Summit 2026 is decided

The VilVite center

New ocean exhibition at the VilVite center

Norwegian delegation in front of Statsraad Lehmkuhl in Seattle

In place in Seattle

Mayor Marit Warncke, Director of Marine Research Nils Gunnar Kvamstø and Principal of Rothaugen School, Hanne Hovland

The Institute of Marine Research 125 years

Statsraad Lehmkuhl at quay in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles, via Vancouver to Seattle

Grieg gaarden seen from the sea with glued-in picture from the auditorium

Successful partner gathering at Grieg

Skipet Vision of the fjords

Showcasing green maritime opportunities at international industry conference

Illustration about the SEAS collaboration

Collaboration on marine sustainability research

Picture of four people who participated in the Sustainable Ocean Solutions Kick-off in Bergen.

From the Nordics to San Francisco

Image of the University of Bergen

Establishing a center for legal research on the ocean and green transition

Image of the Space Needle in Seattle

Bergen and Seattle strengthen friendship ties through One Ocean Week

Portrait photo of Director of the Institute of Marine Research Nils Gunnar Kvamstø and Head of Research Mette Skern-Mauritzen at the Institute of Marine Research. Photographer: Photo: Øystein Rygg Haanæs, HI

Norwegian ocean researcher gets central role in the next climate report from the UN

Photo of the Institute of Marine Research's research vessel Kronprins Haakon in the police station. Photographer Michael Poltermann / HI

One billion to the Arctic Ocean

UiB and NTNU central to One Water application to EIT

The harbor in Nice, France, people standing on the quay

One Ocean made its mark in Nice

Cola of young people on a sailing trip

Do you want to be in the rigging when Statsraaden comes home to Bergen?

UN logo with ocean background

One Ocean Week is a part of the United Nations Ocean Decade

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