A survey carried out by Sentio for newspaper Nationen shows that roughly half - 53 percent - of those asked expect to feel a slight impact on their lives from climate change.
One in four, 25.2 percent, do not believe that climate change will affect their daily life in 2008, and only 15.7 percent anticipate a major impact from climate change.
Those most prepared to see change are primarily the young, while those over the age of 60 are least worried.
"I don't think we will notice very much next year either, even if there will be worse skiing conditions here and there, and a lot of rain. The question is what happens in 10, 20, 30 and 40 years," Lars Haltbrekken, leader of Friends of the Earth Norway (FoEN) told the newspaper.
Haltbrekken expects other parts of the world to feel the effects of climate change more directly, and does not rule out this leading to higher energy and food prices, also in Norway.
The survey showed that more women than men believe that noticeable effects of climate change will be felt in Norway from next year, and that voters for the governing red-green coalition of the Labour, Socialist Left and Center parties, as well as Liberal Party voters, are most wary of immediate changes.
Those least convinced that they will feel the effects of climate change support the populist Progress Party, which continues to dispute the link between human activity and global warming, and residents of northern Norway.
