{
  "id": 4801307,
  "title": "Hopp i drivstoffprisene",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/hopp-i-drivstoffprisene",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-01T05:59:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "E24 Norway",
    "slug": "e24-norway",
    "url": "https://e24.no/norsk-oekonomi/i/3pQkR0/hopp-i-drivstoffprisene"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, fuel taxes returned to their level prior to April 1st, as the Storting decided to temporarily reduce the taxes. The temporary cuts amounted to around four kroner per liter. On Monday, the average price for fuel was about 20 kroner per liter for gasoline and 21.50 for diesel, according to the Drivstoffappen. Tuesday morning, prices increased to 25.78 for gasoline and 26.98 for diesel, as shown on the website. Thus, prices rose by over five kroner for both gasoline and diesel, according to the Drivstoffappen. Vinjar Sandmæl (69), one of those who filled up on Monday, described the price increase as \"terrifying\". He wished that the tax cut would be extended, or that politicians would cut taxes in other areas, he told E24 on Monday. The reason for the tax cut was the increase in oil prices following the conflict in the Middle East and the closure of Hormuz Strait. Harald Magnus Andreassen, head economist at SB1 Markets, thought it was unfortunate to cut taxes earlier in the year. \"It is a positive news that the Storting seems to have gotten a bit wise and collected on how to prioritize in politics and budgets,\" he told E24 regarding the cuts being reversed. Julie Brodtkorb, managing director of the Industrialists' Association, spoke about fuel taxes on NRK's Political Quarter on Tuesday. She pointed out that it doesn't help that oil prices have fallen since the tax reduction in the spring. Oil prices are at $91 per barrel on Tuesday, while they were well over $100 in March. \"We always talk about how much a barrel of oil costs, but we drive construction machinery on diesel, not on a barrel of oil,\" she told the Political Quarter. According to Brodtkorb, the price of construction diesel has increased. \"With taxes, construction diesel cost 16.54 kroner in March when we made this decision, now it is 18.78,\" she said. So we are not in a normal day, we are in a crisis. It seems like those sitting here in Oslo and deciding now are not enough out in the country and see what is happening, she told NRK. Construction diesel is not subject to road usage tax. The reduction in CO2 tax, which has expired, amounted to 2.20 kroner per liter, excluding VAT, for construction diesel with 88 percent fossil diesel and 12 percent biodiesel according to the Finance Ministry.",
  "summary": "Økningen i drivstoffavgifter gir kraftige utslag i pumpeprisen.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}