If you are a Norwegian citizen and you become a citizen of another country after 1 January 2020, you are allowed to have dual citizenship, according to Norwegian law.
Norway will not take away your Norwegian citizenship if you become a citizen of another country. You do not need to submit an application to Norwegian authorities to keep your Norwegian citizenship.
You must still check whether the country you wish to become a citizen of, accepts that you keep your Norwegian citizenship. You must check this with the authorities in this country.
If you applied for, or clearly accepted citizenship in another country before 1 January 2020, you will normally have lost your Norwegian citizenship. You will not have lost your Norwegian citizenship if you were granted the new citizenship without asking for it.
If you have lost your Norwegian citizenship because you became a citizen of another country, you can submit a notification to get it back. Please see our information about requirements and how to submit a notification.
If you are a child under the age of 18, you will have lost your Norwegian citizenship if the person or persons who have parental responsibility for you have applied for, or clearly accepted, for you to get citizenship in another country, and you got it before 1 January 2020.
You can also have lost your Norwegian citizenship automatically if one of your parents were granted citizenship in another country. The legislation in the country in question decides whether this will happen automatically, but it can in any case only happen if
If your parent/parents changed citizenship before 1 September 2006, special rules apply. Please contact the UDI to clarify what rules apply in such cases.
If you have lost your Norwegian citizenship because you became a citizen of another country, you can submit a notification to get it back. Please see our information about requirements and how to submit a notification.
If you have lived in Norway for less than two years before you turn 22, and you are also a citizen of another country, you must apply to keep your citizenship. You must to so before you turn 22.
You can apply to be released from your Norwegian citizenship in three different situations:
There is no special application form. It is enough that you write a letter to the UDI. You must document that you meet one of the three requirements for being released from your Norwegian citizenship.
If you live abroad, you must go to the nearest Norwegian embassy or consulate (external website)to deliver the letter. If you live in Norway, you must go to the police to deliver the letter.
Children will not automatically lose their Norwegian citizenship if their parents are released from theirs. It is also possible to apply to have children released from their Norwegian citizenships, regardless of the age of the child and of whether the parents apply at the same time.
You can lose your Norwegian citizenship by having it revoked by the UDI. This can happen in two situations: