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'We have decided that in the present situation, we will not give new licenses for the export of defense material or multipurpose goods for military use to Saudi Arabia,' Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said in a statement, quoted by Aljazeera news network.
While Khashoggi's murder was not mentioned, the statement said the decision had been taken following 'a broad assessment of recent developments in Saudi Arabia and the unclear situation in Yemen'.
The announcement came a week after Norway's foreign minister summoned the Saudi ambassador to Oslo to protest Khashoggi's assassination.
Germany said last month that it would halt its arms exports to Saudi Arabia until the killing of Khashoggi was explained.
Saudi Arabia has admitted Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
Khashoggi - a Saudi writer, US resident and Washington Post columnist - entered the building on October 2 to obtain documentation certifying he had divorced his ex-wife so he could remarry.
After weeks of repeated denials that it had anything to do with his disappearance, the kingdom eventually acknowledged that the murder was premeditated. The whereabouts of his body are still unknown.
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