Blocked address: code 6 and code 7 in Norway

A blocked address means your address is hidden in the Registry (Folkeregisteret). There are two levels: code 7 (confidential address) and code 6 (highly confidential address). The police decide. Call 112 in acute danger, the police on 02800 otherwise, or the helpline 116 006 24 hours a day.

A blocked address hides your address in the Registry

A blocked address is a protection measure. Your address is classified so that it is no longer shared in the usual way. The rule is in the Registry Act § 10-4, which refers to the protection regulations.

The law uses only two classification names: confidential and highly confidential. The words "code 6" and "code 7" are not in the law. They are codes in the Registry. Everyone uses the numbers in everyday speech, but you can use the classification name when you speak with the police, NAV (Labour and Welfare Administration) or the municipality.

It helps to know what the Registry is before you read on. SamfunnPrep also has an overview of help for violence in close relationships.

Code 6 and code 7 do not provide the same protection

Code 7 (confidential address) means the address is not given to private persons. Code 6 (highly confidential address) means the address is not in the Registry at all.

Many misunderstand one point: with code 7, public agencies still see your address. The Registry Act § 10-4 mentions only highly confidential. That confidential addresses are nevertheless shared with public agencies, but not with private persons, is based on a general permission from Kripos, the police's national unit, under the protection regulations § 7.

The police decide, not the Tax Authority (Skatteetaten)

The police are the classifying authority in all ordinary cases. The only exception concerns children in child welfare care. Then it is the child welfare service in the municipality that decides.

The Tax Authority and the Tax Directorate (Skattedirektoratet) decide nothing here. They register the blocking after notification. Older websites, and an answer from a minister in 2012, say that the Tax Directorate processes the applications. That was correct under the old rules, but it is wrong today. Today's wording in the Registry Act § 10-4 applies from 1 January 2023.

The blocking can only be changed or removed by the authority that classified it, namely the police or the child welfare service (protection regulations § 5 no. 4).

How you apply for a blocked address

You apply to the police. Call the police in your own district on 02800, or visit the local police station.

1. Contact the police once. The police district where the case starts has main responsibility thereafter.
2. The police conduct a risk assessment. They use the tools SARA (violence in close relationships) and PATRIARK (honour-related violence), and assess whether the measure is necessary and suitable.
3. The decision is signed by the highest police authority in the district.
4. Kripos reviews the case. The national point of contact for address blocking checks the decision, the threat assessment and that you have signed consent. Then Kripos notifies the Tax Directorate, which blocks the address in the Registry.

You do not need to have reported anything. To report to the police can be useful, but is not a requirement. The measure is voluntary: no one can impose a blocked address against your will. You do not pay a fee to apply, in the same way as for violence alarms and contact bans. You can bring someone from the crisis centre with you. If you receive a rejection, ask for a written explanation and ask the police how you can appeal.

What happens with post, bank, NAV and health services?

A blocked address changes several practical things in daily life. The police go through this with you.

• Post: Kripos takes over the administration of your post through a special system for secure mail delivery. Ordinary mail forwarding with the Postal Service is not a protection measure.
• Bank and online shopping: Many must change banks. You should not save your address in registers, and this blocks, among other things, credit purchases and online shopping. Login with BankID and other high-security level services work as before.
• NAV: Cases with code 6 are handled by one national unit with special access control. Cases with code 7 are handled at the ordinary NAV office, with a ban on giving the address to private persons.
• Health: With address blocking, you cannot book patient transport in NISSY, the booking system for patient transport. You must pay for the transport yourself and apply for travel support afterwards. The claim is sent to the special unit at Patient Transport HF (Pasientreiser) in Skien, which covers taxi and air fully in case of documented need (patient transport regulations § 22a, national guidance updated 18 August 2025).
• Work, school and kindergarten: Working should in principle not cause problems. The police advise the school and kindergarten, including on the sharing of pictures of children.

Can I notify a move myself when the address is blocked?

No, not in the usual way. If you send a move notification directly to the Registry authority, the notification is returned to you with a message that the matter must be taken up with the local police. In child welfare cases, the same applies to the child welfare service.

This is the opposite of what applies otherwise. The usual, free move notification is the main rule for everyone else. With a blocked address, the move goes through the police instead.

A decision on a blocked address is time-limited and can be renewed. Ask the police how long your decision lasts and who will notify you before it expires.

Other protection measures: choose the right tool

A blocked address is meant as a last resort. Often a less intrusive measure is enough, and several measures can be used at the same time.

A contact ban forbids another person to visit or contact you, but does not hide your address. A violence alarm gives you quick contact with the police's operations centre, but changes nothing in the Registry. Electronic monitoring tracks the person the ban is directed at, not you. A secret telephone number you arrange with your telephone provider: ask for a hidden number and that you are not listed in telephone directory services. This only applies to the telephone, not the Registry. Name change is a separate arrangement that is requested from the Tax Authority, and a new name does not block your address.

Where do you get help now?

The crisis centre is the fastest place to start. The offer is free, open all year and 24 hours a day, and you can come directly without referral or appointment (Crisis Centre Act § 2). You have the right to qualified interpretation, and the law makes no requirement for ID or residence permit. From 1 January 2026, the crisis centre can retrieve necessary information from the Registry without hindrance of confidentiality (Crisis Centre Act § 5 b).

• 112 in acute danger. 02800 for the police otherwise, also for questions about protection measures.
• VO-line (VO-linjen) (Violence and Assault Line) 116 006: free and anonymous. The telephone is open 24 hours. The chat has shorter opening hours, Monday to Friday 09:00–15:00 as of 29 July 2026. The website is available in 12 languages.
• dinutvei.no: national guide for violence and assault, run by NKVTS (National Centre of Knowledge on Violence and Traumatic Stress).

If you are under pressure from family or environment, the article on negative social control explains what applies.

Many of these rules about rights and the help system are part of the curriculum for the citizenship test. You can practise for free on SamfunnPrep.