More Charter Yachts Are Heading to Norway for 2027

by Klara Braga Jakobsen, Yacht Reviewer at DMA Yachting

As of October 2026, twelve crewed yachts list Norway on their programme for 2026 or 2027, from a 50 ft catamaran that lives there year-round to an 88 m ice-class expedition ship. Two of them put Norway on their calendar since the Monaco Yacht Show in September.

Which yachts are going to Norway?

AMICA MEA, 152 ft Royal Hakvoort. We walked her at Monaco in September. After years in the Caribbean she has just arrived in Palma for the winter, and next summer she is doing Norway.
ARCTIC, an 88 m converted ice-class ship for twelve guests, based in Bergen and on offer in Norway from 1 November 2026 through summer 2027.
CAPTAIN ARCTIC, a 70 m expedition yacht launching in December 2026, built for year-round cruising in Norway, Svalbard and Greenland, with winter trips that follow the orcas north of Tromsø.
Q, a 72 m Icon expedition yacht, heading to Norway for summer 2027.
BOLD, an 85 m explorer, chartered Scandinavia in 2026, and ATLAS, a 74 m Lürssen, ran a ten-day Arctic Norway and Lofoten programme this summer from Tromsø. STARFIRE, a 73 m Lürssen, was offered for Norway in 2026 as well.
POLARFRONT, 55 m, served as Norway’s last weather ship before her conversion, and now follows the herring and the whales into the northern fjords in winter.
HU-LYSSE, a new 2026 Sunreef 80 catamaran, lists Northern Europe for next season.
MIRAGE, a 174 ft Feadship classic that cruises Norway, Scotland and Iceland; LADY 8, a 97 ft CNB sailing yacht based on the coast; and NORDVÆR, a Lagoon 51 skippered by Captain Eric that stays in Norway all year.

Three sailing yachts under white sails off Molde, Norway, with snow-capped mountains behind — Norway by yacht: sailing off Molde, the Geirangerfjord, Ålesund harbour at sunset, the fjord road above Geiranger, and the Mostraumen fjord from the water.

The Geirangerfjord in Norway seen from above, with a waterfall falling into the fjord and green cliffs on both sides — Norway by yacht: sailing off Molde, the Geirangerfjord, Ålesund harbour at sunset, the fjord road above Geiranger, and the Mostraumen fjord from the water.

Why are yachts going north?

Norway is the charter for people who have already done the Mediterranean, and the yachts are following them. Two seasons are on offer. June to August is fjord season: midnight sun in Lofoten, anchorages under a thousand metres of rock, kayaking and hiking from the boat. November to March is the other trip: orcas and humpbacks in the fjords north of Tromsø, northern lights on clear nights, and ski touring in the Lyngen Alps straight from the deck.

The requests are changing too. This month one of our brokers had a client who had just booked the Ionian ask for Norway the following August. When we saw VICTORY last year, her crew were already talking about Scandinavia.

Our take

Twelve yachts is still a small fleet for a coast that runs for thousands of kilometres, and the summer season is short. A Norway charter is a specific yacht in a specific month, so the decision happens early. Tell us the month and we will tell you which of these boats is open.