More than 100 activists have braved the chilly waters off Oslo in a paddle-out protest against oil drilling proposed for the Great Australian Bight.
Organiser Peter Dawson told the ABC it was the largest paddle-out demonstration ever held in Norway, even though the water was only 8 degrees Celsius.
"It was incredibly moving and heartening to see Norwegians not only paddling side by side with Australians, but chanting 'fight for the Bight' as loud as they possibly could," the Wiradjuri man said.
"I was in the water, surrounded by hundreds of Norwegian surfers splashing and chanting, with Mirning Aboriginal elder Bunna Lawrie in the centre, singing in his traditional language.
The Norwegian Government has a 67 per cent majority stake in Equinor.
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