Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement onForm S-8 of our report dated February 1, 2018 relating to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Novo Nordisk’s Annual Report onForm 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers
Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab
Copenhagen, Denmark
February 8, 2018