Start in Norway
A practical step-by-step path through life in Norway. Choose your situation and see what to do now, what documents you need and where to go next.
You do not need to know which authority handles your case. Choose your situation and we will guide you through the next steps.
What do you want to do now?
- I have just arrivedSee what you should arrange during your first days in Norway.
- I am looking for workFrom job vacancies and CVs to interviews and your first employment contract.
- I am starting workCheck your contract, taxes, salary and rights as an employee.
- I need housingRenting, contracts, deposits and the most important rules for renting safely.
- I arrived with childrenSchool, kindergarten, SFO and family benefits.
- I need healthcareFind out where to get help and how the Norwegian healthcare system works.
- I lost my jobSee what to do from the first day and how support from NAV works.
- I want to start a businessFrom choosing ENK or AS to taxes, VAT and your first employee.
- I want to stay in Norway long termGet an overview of what you should arrange for long-term life in Norway.
Guides by situation
I have just arrived
- Starting in Norway: the first 30 days, step by step
- EU/EEA citizen in Norway: what to arrange after arrival?
- D-nummer or fødselsnummer: what is the difference and which number will you get?
- Folkeregister: when and how to report a move to Norway?
- SUA in Norway: what can you actually handle in a single visit?
- Skattekort in Norway: what to do before your first payday?
- Bank account and BankID in Norway: why one doesn't mean the other?
- First visit to a doctor in Norway: how the system works when you suddenly fall ill
- Fastlege, legevakt or 113? Where to seek help in Norway
- Moving to Norway step by step. How to prepare a fresh start
- Fake SMS from NAV, BankID or your bank? How to recognize a scam and what to do
- Katarzyna Brodowińska joins Wataha experts. She went through the same path she now helps others with
I am looking for work
- Job hunting in Norway: how to start when nobody here knows you yet
- CV and application in Norway: how to make an employer want to talk to you
- First day at work in Norway: 7 things you shouldn't leave for "we'll sort it out later"
- EU/EEA citizen in Norway: what to arrange after arrival?
- Moving to Norway step by step. How to prepare a fresh start
- Norway - Know Your Rights
I am starting work
- Skattekort in Norway: what to do before your first payday?
- Kildeskatt/PAYE 25% in Norway: when is it simpler, and when might you overpay?
- Employment contract in Norway: what to check before you sign it
- First day at work in Norway: 7 things you shouldn't leave for "we'll sort it out later"
- Is your pay incorrect? How to check your payslip in Norway and resolve it step by step
- Norway - Know Your Rights
- Tax refund in Norway. How to check when you'll get the money?
- ANOTHER ARTICLE TO DO Next we create as: The 90 percent rule in Norway – when does a Pole have the right to full deductions?
- Katarzyna Brodowińska joins Wataha experts. She went through the same path she now helps others with
I need housing
- First apartment in Norway: before you sign the contract and transfer the money
- Security deposit in Norway: where should the deposit money really go?
- Social assistance in Norway 2026. What you can get from NAV, the municipality and Husbanken and where to start
- Moving to Norway step by step. How to prepare a fresh start
I arrived with children
- You arrived in Norway with a child: what you need to arrange first
- How to enroll your child in a Norwegian school after moving
- Barnehage and SFO in Norway: how to find a place and how much does it cost?
- Child benefit in Norway 2026. How much is the allowance per child and how to get it
- Your child lives in Poland, you work in Norway. What benefits may you be entitled to?
- Social assistance in Norway 2026. What you can get from NAV, the municipality and Husbanken and where to start
- Katarzyna Brodowińska joins Wataha experts. She went through the same path she now helps others with
I need healthcare
- First visit to a doctor in Norway: how the system works when you suddenly fall ill
- Fastlege, legevakt or 113? Where to seek help in Norway
- Interpreter at the doctor in Norway – when are you entitled to one and who pays?
- Katarzyna Brodowińska joins Wataha experts. She went through the same path she now helps others with
I lost my job
- You lost your job in Norway: what to do on the first day
- Registering as arbeidssøker at NAV: what to do after losing your job
- Dagpenger in Norway – who is eligible, how much you will receive and how to apply?
- Norway - Know Your Rights
- Social assistance in Norway 2026. What you can get from NAV, the municipality and Husbanken and where to start
- Free legal aid in Norway 2026. Who can get a lawyer and how to apply
- Katarzyna Brodowińska joins Wataha experts. She went through the same path she now helps others with
I want to start a business
- Sole proprietorship in Norway 2026. How to set up an ENK and is it worth it?
- Support for businesses in Norway 2026. Grants, reimbursements and tax relief
- ENK or AS in Norway: which to choose before you register a company?
- How to register a company in Norway step by step: ENK and AS
- MVA in Norway: when to add the tax and what to do after exceeding 50 000 NOK?
- First invoice in Norway: how to issue it and correct an error
- Tax in ENK: how much to set aside and how forskuddsskatt works
- Company expenses in Norway: what can you really deduct?
- Accounting for ENK: how to organize your company's first month
- Vipps, card or cash: when does a company in Norway need a cash register?
- Customer doesn't pay an invoice in Norway: what to do step by step
- Illness in an ENK: when will NAV pay sykepenger?
- Car in ENK: private or business and how to account for trips
- Closing an ENK in Norway: how to deregister a business and settle obligations
- Katarzyna Brodowińska joins Wataha experts. She went through the same path she now helps others with
I want to stay in Norway long term
- Norwegian citizenship and dual citizenship in Norway
- Pension in Norway 2026. How many years do you have to work and what happens to the pension after returning to Poland?
- Winter tires in Norway: when to change, when studded tires are allowed and what fines apply
- Katarzyna Brodowińska joins Wataha experts. She went through the same path she now helps others with
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