If you have a foreign education or professional qualification and wish to practice your profession in Norway, you generally need authorisation or license. You will find information about documentation requirements, the application process, and regulations here. The Norwegian Directorate of health will assess whether you meet the requirements to use the professional title in Norway. If you intend to establish in Norway and work in your profession, the rules below apply to you. If you only want to work in Norway for shorter periods of time within your profession, the rules for temporary provision of services apply.
Please submit the application electronically via the service Application for authorisation and license as a healthcare professional. If you do not already have a Norwegian national ID-number, you will need to register a user account for the Altinn services. Please access the registration procedure here.
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Applications can only be submitted by the professional/individual.
Please submit the application electronically via the service Application for authorisation and license as a healthcare professional.
Establishment:
If you wish to establish yourself or work in Norway within your profession, you must apply for recognition from The Norwegian Directorate of health before you can practice this profession.
Temporary provision of services:
You can work temporarily in this profession if you are already legally established in an EEA country or Switzerland and can practice the same profession in that country. To be able to work temporarily in Norway, you must submit a prior declaration to the competent authority. This is because the practice of the profession may have imminent and serious implications for the safety and health of the recipient, and the competent authorities may therefore check your qualifications prior to the first provision of services.
Documentation requirements for establishment:
- Diploma / Certificate.
- Transcript / Diploma Supplement.
- A detailed overview of the curriculum showing the specific subject content (not only the name of the subject) and the duration of the education.
Possible additional documentation. - Authorisation from the country of education, alternatively from another EU/EEA country.
- If relevant, certificate of employment.
Documentation requirements for temporary provision of services:
You must provide evidence of:
- Identity and nationality.
- Proof that you are legally established in another EEA state or in Switzerland for the purpose of exercising the profession in question and that you are not prohibited from practicing the profession, not even temporarily.
- Professional qualifications.
- Proof that you have practiced the profession for at least one of the last ten years, if the profession is not regulated by law in the country in which the service provider has established its business.
Comments
- All documentation must be submitted as scanned PDF copies of the original documents. If the original documents are in colour, the scanned copies attached to the application must also be in colour. Photographs of documents will not be accepted. Ensure that all pages are rotated the right way. If a document consists of several pages, the pages must be submitted in one file and in the correct order.
- If you have changed your name since completing your education, please enclose documentation of change of name.
- Applicants without a Norwegian personal ID number or D number must use the alternative log-on in Altinn. You must attach a scanned copy of passport or European ID card in your application. First name and surname in the application form must be the same as in the passport/ID card, and be written in the same order.
- If you wish to authorise someone to act on your behalf, you must fill in an authorisation form (see the Norwegian Directorate of Health's website).
- If you need to submit additional attachments or make changes to your application after submission, you have to send this by mail to godkjenning@helsedir.no. Please do not submit another application via Altinn.
- In some cases, the Norwegian Directorate of Health may request further information and documentation that is not listed here.
Language requirements:
Norwegian language skills are not a requirement for recognition of the professional qualification for applicants with education from countries within the EU/EEA. It is expected that the professional has the language skills in Norwegian necessary to practice the regulated profession in Norway.
Criteria/conditions for recognition:
The statutory requirements for being entitled to authorisation are stipulated in the Norwegian Health Personnel Section 48 a.
Case processing deadlines:
Establishment:
When the application has been sent, a confirmation is sent in Altinn that the Directorate of Health has received the application.
The Norwegian Directorate of Health should complete processing your application within three months after the application was complete.
Temporary provision of services:
You can practice this profession after you have sent advance notification and received a decision from The Norwegian Directorate of Health.
Fees:
Everyone who applies for approval must pay a processing fee of NOK 1,665 The fee is paid via Altinn when you register your application for authorisation or a licence.
Right of appeal:
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the decision, you may appeal in writing, pursuant to Chapter VI of the Public Administration Act. If your application is processed in accordance with the Professional Qualifications Act, the right of appeal also applies if the competent authority has exceeded the case processing deadlines (see Case processing deadlines above).
Competent authority
The Norwegian Directorate of Health
P. O. Box 220, Skøyen,
0213 Oslo
E-mail: godkjenning@helsedir.no
Phone: (+47) 21 52 97 00
