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Citizenship

Many people want to become Norwegian, and every year several thousand people are granted citizenships.



Utsikt

Have you checked that you fulfil the criteria for citizenship?

Many applications for citizenship are rejected because the applicant hasn’t lived in Norway long enough, hasn’t documented that he or she has completed the necessary language course, or because there are doubts about the identity of the applicant.
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As a Norwegian citizen you get more rights and benefits in the Norwegian society, but a citizenship also entails certain obligations and responsibilities.

These pages provide information on what rules apply to different groups, what the requirements are, and how you go about becoming a Norwegian citizen.


 
Last updated 27.01.2010
Published 19.04.2004

The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, PB 8108 Dep, 0032 Oslo. Phone: (+ 47) 23 35 15 00. Contact Information Service. Contact web editor. Editor in chief: Ingeborg Grimsmo