| New Norway | |
| Official Name: | Hamlet of New Norway |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Image Blank Emblem: | New Norway logo.jpg |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 10 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Camrose County |
| Leader Title2: | MP |
| Leader Name2: | Damien Kurek |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Leader Name3: | Wes Taylor |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1895 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1909 |
| Established Title3: | Dissolved |
| Established Date3: | November 1, 2012 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.13 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 307 |
| Population Density Km2: | 271.8 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 52.8694°N -112.955°W |
| Elevation M: | 745 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
| Postal Code: | T0B |
| Area Code: | +1-780 |
New Norway is a hamlet located in central Alberta, Canada within Camrose County. Named in 1895, it is located on Highway 21, approximately 100km (100miles) southeast of Edmonton and 22km (14miles) southwest of Camrose.
New Norway is home to a number of small businesses, and has an elementary and secondary school, local fire protection and municipal services provided by Camrose County.
In 1892, travelling first on the newly constructed Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) line, the Ole M. Olstad family disembarked in Wetaskiwin and made their way to the Duhamel settlement, which had been established for some years. The family quickly filed Dominion Lands Act homesteads a few miles south for themselves and several relatives and friends in the United States. In addition, they purchased available CPR land for $3.00 per acre ($7.41/ha).
For a time the area was known as the "Olstead District". However, as other Norwegian families (along with those of other nationalities) settled in the area, the name changed to New Norway around 1895. By 1903 the fledgling community had a school, general store, and a blacksmith shop to its credit.
In the fall of 1909, in anticipation of the new Grand Trunk Pacific rail line being built nearby, the community was moved (by the use of skids and seven oxen) to its present location NW-11-45-21-W4 (see Dominion Land Survey). According to the Camrose Canadian, the townsite of New Norway was put on sale on October 14, 1909, with 14 businesses filing an intent to establish within the first month. Commercial lots sold from $100 to $250, and residential lots were priced from $50 to $150.
New Norway incorporated as a village on May 6, 1910,[1] and its first council was elected on May 9, 1910, with Norman M. Smith, James F. Willows and Evan O. Olstad serving.
Over a century later, the Village of New Norway was dissolved to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of Camrose County effective November 1, 2012.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, New Norway had a population of 307 living in 129 of its 138 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 320. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, New Norway had a population of 320 living in 126 of its 136 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 278. With a land area of 1.12km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]