# Norrsken

> The Northern Lights app ensures that you never miss when there are northern lights outside

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/se.runbert.norrsken](https://chrome-stats.com/d/se.runbert.norrsken)

## Overview

- **ID:** `se.runbert.norrsken`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Johan Runbert
- **Category:** WEATHER
- **Downloads:** 11,527
- **Version:** 3.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-31
- **First published:** 2023-11-06
- **Publisher country:** SE
- **Size:** 12 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.runbert.norrsken)
- **Website:** [https://ios-norrsken.netlify.app/](https://ios-norrsken.netlify.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://ios-norrsken.netlify.app/policy](https://ios-norrsken.netlify.app/policy)

## Description

**Norrsken** helps you discover the best time to see the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, from your current location. The app calculates local visibility chances and pulses green when conditions are favorable.

Receive real-time push notifications when aurora activity is at its most spectacular. Norrsken also includes a compass, three-day forecasts, live magnetic-field activity images, aurora webcams, and radar maps for clouds, temperature, and precipitation—everything you need to plan your Northern Lights experience.

## Rankings

- #534,840 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE`
- `com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE`
- `com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE`
- `se.runbert.norrsken.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `se.runbert.norrsken.permission.C2D_MESSAGE`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/se.runbert.norrsken)