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Youth Health Station (HFU) is free, offers drop-in visits, and maintains patient confidentiality. Learn the age limit, who may be informed, and contraception rates for 2026.
Basic support and care allowance are tax-free benefits from NAV for chronic illness. See the 2026 rates, the coeliac disease table, and how to apply in time.
How sickpay works in Norway: 16 days from your employer, self-reporting, a 4-week qualifying period and up to 819 294 kroner (6G) from NAV.
The health centre is a free service for all families with babies in Norway. Learn about home visits, the 14 check-ups, and how the health centre differs from child protective services.
Safety alarms and welfare technology help elderly live safely at home. Learn how to apply for the service from your municipality, who can get one, and what it costs.
Do you lack legal residence in Norway? You still have the right to emergency care and necessary healthcare. Read about your rights and free health centers for undocumented migrants.
Is your child traveling to an area with a measles outbreak this summer? Children can get the MMR vaccine earlier than 15 months. It is free – here's how you get it.
Swimming in Norway: school swimming proficiency test for children, drowning risk, free swimming lessons for newcomers and swimming courses for adults – also women-only.
Are you 19–28 years old? You pay only 25 percent at the public dental health service in Norway. Here's how to get the discount, where it applies, and what it covers.
Patient rights in Norway explained: right to healthcare, interpreter, access to medical records and consent, and how to complain to the service, the Governor and NPE.
People with disabilities have strong rights in Norway: protection against discrimination, free assistive devices from NAV, municipal services and financial support.
Smoking and snus in Norway are legal from age 18, but strictly regulated. See where smoking is banned and how to get free help to quit.
In Norway, you don't automatically become an organ donor. Here's how to say yes to organ donation: register in the central journal, get a donor card, and tell your family. It's free and for everyone.
The dark season makes winter dark in Norway, and the skin does not produce vitamin D from sunlight. Read about risk groups and how light therapy helps with seasonal depression.
A practical guide to your first Norwegian winter: layering clothes, dark winter months and vitamin D, electricity and heating, winter tires and how to walk safely on ice.
Travelling for treatment? You can get your travel covered. See rates and copay for 2026, how to apply on helsenorge with BankID, and when you get arranged transport.
How gambling works in Norway: only Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto can offer gambling, the age limit is 18, foreign casinos are illegal, and help is free.
You have the right to an interpreter in Norway when language is a barrier. Learn who pays, what the Interpreter Act requires, and why you should never use children as interpreters.
Everyone with a national ID number or D number has the right to a GP in Norway. Learn how to get one, change your GP on Helsenorge, and what a doctor's visit costs.
The influenza vaccine is offered every autumn in Norway. Learn who belongs to risk groups, when you should get vaccinated, what it costs, and where you can get it this year.
A free healthcare ticket gives you free health services for the rest of the year once you've paid the out-of-pocket ceiling. See the amount for 2026, who is exempt, and what counts.
Elderly care in Norway is the responsibility of the municipality. How to apply for home help, home nursing care and nursing homes, what the co-payment costs, and how to appeal a decision.
Your child's right to extra help at school: what special education is, how PPT and decisions work, and how to appeal – under the Education Act 2024.
Being young in Norway means school, leisure, and increasing independence as you age. Learn the age limits, free youth health clinic, and the balance between freedom and boundaries.
Norway offers free treatment for substance use problems through primary care physicians, TSB, and LAR. Here are the first steps, what services are available, and special considerations for immigrants.
Pleiepenger provides 100% salary from NAV when you need to care for a seriously ill child. Here is who can apply, what counts as serious illness, 2026 rates and the application process.
The Helsenorge app lets you renew prescriptions, view medical records, book appointments with your GP and communicate with health services — all in one place. Here is a practical guide for immigrants.
To see a specialist in Norway you usually need a referral from your GP. Here are your rights, the waiting time guarantee, free hospital choice, and what immigrants should know.
Children and young people in Norway have the right to free dental care from the public dental service until the end of the calendar year they turn 21. Here are the rules, what is covered, and what you pay yourself.
A practical guide to mental health help in Norway: GP, municipality, rapid mental health help, school health service, DPS and emergency numbers.
Free vaccines against 12 diseases for every child in Norway, from the helsestasjon to school. Here is the calendar, and how newly arrived children catch up on missing vaccines.
The difference between condoms and IUDs, STI testing, contraception support for young people and rights in Norwegian healthcare.
A practical guide to pharmacies, e-prescriptions, blue prescriptions, medicine substitution, online pharmacies and when to ask a GP or pharmacist in Norway.
In Norway, the pregnant person decides about abortion until week 18. Here are the rules, help and rights explained simply.
Cancer and cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of death in Norway. Here is the key information on public health, migration and prevention.
Everything about free antenatal care in Norway: check-ups with a midwife and GP, ultrasound, a home visit after birth, and the helsestasjon for children 0–5.
How health rights, membership in the national insurance, GP, copayment, free ticket and European health insurance card (EHIC) are connected. Clear overview with figures for 2026.
Dentist is free for children up to 18 and costs young people 19-28 just 25 percent at a public clinic. Adults pay themselves. See what Helfo covers and how to keep costs down.
Emergency help in Norway: when to call 113, 116 117, the out-of-hours clinic or your GP, and what to say to get the right help fast in 2026.
GP legevakt hospital explained for Norway: learn who to call, what counts as urgent, and how to get the right help faster.
Want to change your GP in Norway? Learn how to choose, check open lists and use the waiting list safely in 2026 — without losing time or rights.
