On Sunday, 18 October, TV-aksjonen, NRK’s annual fundraiser, announced 251,299,209 Norwegian kroner for NRC Flyktninghjelpen, the Norwegian Refugee Council. The figure is from the end of the broadcast day, updated towards midnight. It is not the final total: NRK writes that the sum keeps rising until mid-December.

Across the country, 62,000 collectors went out with tins, in streets and neighbourhoods. King Haakon walked a round too, in the morning, on Kvitsøy. NRK says that municipality gave the most per inhabitant: 323 kroner. That is their municipal ranking, not an audit.

The 2026 money is meant, the campaign says, for people who have fled war and crises, so they have somewhere to stay. The countries listed by TV-aksjonen are Syria, Gaza, Afghanistan, Chad, Sudan and DR Congo. That is the announced destination, not an account that the houses have already been built.

Jan Egeland, NRC’s secretary general, said Norwegians had overwhelmed them and that, with this money, they can start at once finding shelter for thousands of families. That is his wording after the broadcast, not a field report from December. He also thanks the door-knockers, businesses and private donors.

The campaign’s official page repeats the same 251 million and the same warning: you can still give; the closed result comes in December. We do not mix door, school or business splits from statements that do not match kroner for kroner. The broadcast was presented by Adelina Ibishi and Tarjei Strøm.

Sunday’s closed fact is NRK’s announcement: 251,299,209 kroner, 62,000 collectors, NRC as beneficiary. What remains in December, and how many people actually sleep differently: still open.

Image: NRK at Marienlyst, Oslo, 27 May 2006, Hans A. Rosbach, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The building, not Sunday’s broadcast and not a portrait of the king.

Sources consulted: Over 250 millioner kroner kom inn til TV-aksjonen 2026 — NRK; 251 millioner til TV-aksjonen og mennesker på flukt — TV-aksjonen.