Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Romeo", written and performed by Ketil Stokkan. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, (NRK), selected its entry through the 1986. In addition, NRK was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the in Bergen, after winning the with the song "La det swinge" by Bobbysocks.
(NRK) held the 1986 on 22 March 1986 at the Stavanger Forum convention center in Stavanger, hosted by actor Jarl Goli. The band was conducted by Fred Nøddelund.
Ten songs competed with the winner being decided by four regional juries (Oslo, Lillehammer, Trondheim and Vadsø), a press jury composed of newspaper, radio and television journalists, the inhabitants of the Statfjord A oil rig in the North Sea and the studio audience in Stavanger.
The winning entry was "Romeo", composed and performed by Ketil Stokkan.
Stokkan performed fourth on the night of the contest, following and preceding the . At the close of the voting the song had received 44 points, placing 12th in a field of 20 competing countries.