⚡ Operating Systems in Norway

Server operating systems are designed for computers that provide network services, such as hosting websites or storing data.

Norway is a Northern European country with a population of over 5.5 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 19.3% of websites from Norway.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top operating systems on websites in Norway in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Linux with an impressive share of 49.9%, followed by Windows with 49% and Ubuntu with 19.1%.

Linux 49.9%
Windows 49%
Ubuntu 19.1%
Debian 5.8%
CloudLinux 3.2%
CentOS 1.4%
Unix 1%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 0.7%
FreeBSD 0.2%
Rocky Linux 0.2%
AlmaLinux 0.1%
Fedora 0.07%
Amazon Linux 0.03%
SUSE Linux 0.03%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top systems that are more popular in Norway than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

5. CloudLinux ^(-10)
14. SUSE Linux ^(-2)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 14 operating systems used on sites from Norway, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Linux San Francisco, California, United States A family of open-source, Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, originally created by Linus Torvalds and now maintained by a global community of contributors. FreeOpen source	49.9%
2	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	49%
3	Ubuntu London, United Kingdom A free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for use on desktops, laptops, servers, and mobile devices. FreeOpen source$500+/year	19.1%
4	Debian New York, United States A free and open source Linux distribution. FreeOpen source	5.8%
5	CloudLinux Estero, Florida, United States A commercial Linux distribution marketed to shared hosting providers. $7+/month	3.2%
6	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	1.4%
7	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	1%
8	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the enterprise market. $383.90+	0.7%
9	FreeBSD Boulder, Colorado, United States An open source Unix-like operating system designed for reliability, performance, and advanced networking across servers, desktops, and embedded systems. FreeOpen source	0.2%
10	Rocky Linux Albany, California, United States An open-source enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. FreeOpen source	0.2%
11	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open-source, community owned and governed, free enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability. FreeOpen source	0.1%
12	Fedora A Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. FreeOpen source	0.07%
13	Amazon Linux Seattle, Washington, United States A supported and maintained Linux image provided by Amazon Web Services for use on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. Free	0.03%
14	SUSE Linux Nuremberg, Germany A Linux-based operating system developed by SUSE. FreeOpen source€477.24+/year	0.03%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 15,302 websites from Norway.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.