Norway Rethinks Energy Links to Europe Amid Record Electricity Prices

Sweden’s energy minister said she is ’mad' at Germany for halting nuclear plants, blaming its reliance on renewables for soaring energy prices across Scandavia.

A wind turbine farm in the Baltic Sea, northeast of Rugen Island in Germany, on June 16, 2022. Fred Tanneau/AFP via Getty Images

Norway is considering scaling back its energy ties with Europe as domestic electricity prices soar to record levels.

Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland, from Norway’s ruling center-left Labour Party, told the Financial Times on Friday that the government is rethinking its export agreements after electricity prices reached their highest levels since 2009.