In English

How to register, and when the tests are held

There is no national calendar. Your municipality sets the dates, the price and the seats – and that changes how you should plan.

There is no national calendar

People search for «citizenship test dates Norway» expecting a list. There is no list. HK-dir puts the decision with your municipality:

Our translation: it is the municipality that decides when you can take the test in your municipality.

You find your own date in the registration portal, not on a national page:

And a practical detail that saves time when you are scrolling that portal:

If nothing is scheduled anywhere near you, HK-dir's advice is to contact the test centre directly: «Har ikke prøvestedet satt opp ny prøvedato? Ta kontakt med prøvestedet for å få vite når neste prøvedato blir.»

What it costs

There is no national price either, and the range is wide.

HK-dir's wording for the citizenship test: «Din kommune bestemmer hva prøven skal koste. Prisen kan variere mellom 300–1800 kroner.»

There is one way to pay nothing:

Our translation: if you have the right and obligation to social studies tuition, you may take the test free once. Once. If you fail, the next attempt costs.

If you belong to that group, you do not register yourself — you go through your municipality: «Da kontakter du prøvestedet der du bor. De vil melde deg opp til prøve.» Everyone else registers themselves.

Payment methods vary by test centre. HK-dir lists bank card in the portal, online banking, invoice, or by arrangement with the test centre.

Registration is binding

This is the sentence people wish they had read:

Our translation: registration is binding. It means you must pay for the test if you have registered, even if you do not take it.

You are also not registered until payment is sorted: «Du er ikke meldt på til prøven før du har valgt betalingsmåte og fått bekreftelse på sms og e-post.»

Need to cancel? That goes through the test centre, not the portal: «Du må ta kontakt med prøvestedet ditt for å melde deg av.»

Sick on the day? Then there is relief, but it depends on documentation: «Har du sykemelding, kan du ta prøven igjen.» For the social studies test HK-dir adds that you can take it later «uten å betale igjen».

After you register

Two weeks before the date, the details arrive:

Read whatever the test centre sends you. HK-dir asks for it explicitly, and it is where the local practicalities live.

The three-day rule nobody mentions

If you need any adjustment — extra time, a separate room, an oral test — the deadline is counted from registration, not from the test date:

Our translation: if you need adjustments, you must contact your test centre as soon as possible, and at the latest three days after you registered for the test.

Three days after registering. Not three days before sitting. Ask when you register, even if you end up not needing it.

If you read Norwegian slowly, note that you do not need a doctor's statement for an oral test: «Har du ikke gode nok leseferdigheter, kan du søke om å ta prøven muntlig. Du trenger ikke uttalelse fra lege eller lignende for å søke om å gjennomføre prøven muntlig.» For dyslexia, speech difficulties or trauma, documentation from a doctor, psychologist, educational-psychological service or speech therapist is required.

On the day

The test is digital and it is taken at the test centre:

Bring physical ID. HK-dir accepts a valid passport, a Norwegian bank card with photo, a Norwegian driving licence — and adds that a digital driving licence is not valid — a national ID card issued within the EEA, a travel document for refugees or an alien's passport, a residence card, or an asylum seeker's registration certificate with signature and place of birth. The ID number must match the one you registered with.

No aids of any kind. Phones, smartwatches, smart glasses, dictionaries and your own notes all count as cheating, and the consequence is heavy: «du må vente ett år før du kan ta prøven på nytt».

Planning backwards

If this is for a citizenship application, remember that the test must be passed when you hand your documents to the police — and the certificate itself arrives by post 2–4 weeks after the citizenship test. Registration windows, test dates and postal delays stack up. Register first, study after.

While you wait for your date: 20 questions a day are free here, with no account and no card. The practice is in Norwegian, because the test is. Full access costs 199 kroner, paid once — less than a third of a typical test fee.

What we could not confirm

• A national list of test dates. None exists, checked 22 September 2026. Anyone showing you one is guessing.
• Whether prices inside the stated ranges are published per municipality. We found no central overview.
• How far ahead registration opens. HK-dir does not state a fixed window.