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When your employer goes bankrupt, NAV can guarantee your wages through the wage guarantee scheme. Here is what is covered, deadlines you cannot miss, and special rules for immigrants.
Bereavement leave is not enshrined in law in Norway. Learn what the law actually provides, what collective agreements add, and what benefits NAV offers when a close person is seriously ill.
Uføretrygd from NAV replaces your income when you can no longer work due to permanent illness or injury. Learn about the requirements, how the rate is calculated and what immigrants specifically need to know in 2026.
Social assistance from NAV is the last safety net when you have no other income. Learn who can apply, what is covered, the municipality's discretionary assessment and the Qualification Programme as an alternative.
Do you have too much debt to repay? In Norway there is a statutory debt settlement scheme through the bailiff (Namsmannen), free counselling via NAV and 800GJELD, and a system for turning unmanageable debt into a payable plan.
Understand how pension in Norway is calculated for immigrants – work history, residence period, minimum pension and supplementary benefit – and how to check your own earnings record.
Everything about work assessment allowance (AAP) in 2026: who is eligible, how much you get, how long you can receive it, and how to apply to NAV.
A simple guide to Norway's welfare state: how tax and national insurance contributions fund health, school, pensions and NAV benefits through folketrygden.
Divorce usually requires one year of separation, but violence and coercion may allow direct divorce. Learn about children, mediation and finances.
Child benefit in 2026 is 2,012 kr per child per month for all under 18. See who gets it, when it is automatic, and when you must apply to NAV.
Kontantstøtte (cash benefit) in 2026 is up to 7 500 kr/month for children aged 13–19 months. See the amount, the five-year rule for both parents and how barnehage affects the benefit.
A network of 42 municipalities gave refugees a 3 – and up to 6 – percentage point higher chance of work, a NIBR evaluation commissioned by KS shows.
