Family and children5 min read
Becoming a Foster Home in Norway: Requirements and Process
What a foster home is, which requirements apply, and how you become a foster parent in Norway – process, follow-up and payment explained simply.
Hlib Suslov
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Family and children6 min read
The Family Counselling Office in Norway: free advice, mediation and couples therapy
The family counselling office gives free help to couples and families with conflict, parenting cooperation and mediation without referral.
Hlib Suslov
Family and children5 min read
Your rights in a child welfare case: parents and child
Access, interpreter, a free lawyer and the right to appeal: what rights parents and children have when barnevernet opens a case.
Hlib Suslov
Family and children4 min read
Barnevernet made contact: a step-by-step guide for parents
Has barnevernet made contact? A practical step-by-step: read the letter, ask for an interpreter, prepare, and know when to get a lawyer.
Hlib Suslov
Family and children5 min read
Raising children in Norway: culture and limits
Physical punishment is forbidden in Norway – even a light smack. How immigrant parents can avoid misunderstandings with school and barnevernet.
Hlib Suslov
Family and children5 min read
Barnevernet and immigrants: fear versus facts
Why do many immigrants fear barnevernet, and what is actually true? How the support service works – and what contact really means.
Hlib Suslov
Family and children5 min read
Child welfare services in Norway 2026: what immigrants need to know
Learn how the child welfare service works in Norway, what rights you have as a parent, and what you need to know for the Samfunnskunnskapsprøven. A clear overview.
Hlib Suslov