Cookie Notice

Here you will find information about how and why Hurtigruten ("we"/"us") uses cookies on our website.

MS Richard With sailing through the scenic Raftsundet in northern Norway

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (mobile, tablet, PC) to identify your browser across different visits (sessions) and web pages. Cookies can be used both on behalf of the website owner (first party) or on behalf of others (third parties).

Pixels are image files (pixels) that trigger the use of a cookie after an event occurs. Pixels are used to connect you to third party websites.

Scripts are pieces of code that are necessary to activate a pixel or used to identify your browser or device across different visits and websites.

In the following, we refer to cookies, pixels and scripts as "cookies" (however we will in the table below identify the type).

We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device until the expiration date or until you delete them).

Our use and categories of cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • Strictly necessary cookies are cookies which are strictly necessary for basic functions on our website, such as security and network management, to enable you to log in to your account, fill out forms, or place orders.

  • Analytics cookies are used to analyze, create statistics and reporting for the purpose of improving our websites and services, such as to count the number of visitors and how these visitors navigate on our websites.

  • Personalization cookies are cookies allowing us to remember your previous choices, if any, and to provide you with customized content on our websites.

  • Personalized marketing cookies are cookies which provide you with relevant marketing on other websites and social media based on certain parameters and to measure its impact.

Your consent

We will ask for your active consent for the use of cookies other than those that are strictly necessary for the basic functions of our website to work. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking 'Manage Preferences' in the footer.

Data protection

Normally, our use of cookies does not involve the processing of data that we may link to you as an identifiable individual. Where our use of strictly necessary cookies involves the processing of personal data, our legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR: our legitimate interest in providing a website. Where our use of other cookies involves the processing of personal data, our legal basis is Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR: your consent.

Third parties

We offer social media features such as Facebook, Google and YouTube. These features may collect your IP address, the page you are visiting on our websites, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. These features may be hosted by a third party, and your interaction with these features is governed by the terms and conditions and privacy policies of such third parties.

Changes to this cookie notice

This Cookie Notice was last updated on 2 March 2026.

This Cookie Notice may change from time to time. We will notify you by appropriate means if we make any changes of significance to you. You will always find the latest version of this Cookie Notice on our websites.

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