Norway emergency food list
From Norway's Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB): food for one week that keeps at room temperature. The amounts are from an earlier DSB example list for one person.
Water
About 20 litres of drinking water per person for the week.
Per person, one week
- Crispbread2 packs
- Oats1 pack
- Tinned dinners, or bags of dried meals3
- Dried fruit or nutsa few bags
- Biscuits
- Chocolate
Also
- Tins of various kinds
- Baby food and pet food, if needed
- The per-person amounts come from DSB's example list as published by the County Governor of Troms and Finnmark in 2021.
Buying and storing
- Stock food you already eat, and rotate it: use the oldest first and replace it, so nothing expires unnoticed.
- For 72 hours, choose food that keeps at room temperature and can be eaten without cooking: tins, crispbread, dried fruit, nuts, muesli, long-life milk.
- For a week or longer, add dry staples such as rice, pasta, oats and pulses, plus oil, salt and sugar, and a stove to cook on.
- Dry staples need water to cook: count it in your water stock.
- Store food cool, dry and dark, in airtight containers once opened.
- Allow for babies, special diets, allergies and pets.
- Keep a manual can opener, and throw away tins that are swollen, dented or rusty.
Official source: DSB: Self-preparedness. Read our guide to this list.