OSLO Airport has been shut after a drone was spotted circling its airspace late on Monday night - the second Scandinavian locale to shut in just hours.

Police confirmed the sighting just before 11pm local time, with several incoming flights forced to divert to Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand.

At 12.30am, operator Avinor announced the entire airport was closed following a second drone sighting.

Press officer Karoline Pedersen told local outlet NRK : “This means that flights that are now coming in will be redirected to the nearest airport.”

Security services are on alert, with police deployed at Gardermoen and the domestic security service PST kept updated “continuously,” according to senior advisor Eirik Veum.

Operations manager Gisle Sveen said officers were “taking measures to t

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