Visa requirements for Norwegian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Norway.
As of 2024, Norwegian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 190 countries and territories, ranking the Norwegian passport 4th, tied with passport from Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
As a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Norwegian citizens enjoy freedom of movement to live and work in other EFTA countries in accordance with the EFTA convention.[2] Moreover, by virtue of Norway's membership of the European Economic Area (EEA), Norwegian citizens also enjoy freedom of movement within all EEA member states.
The Citizens' Rights Directive[3] defines the right of free movement for citizens of the EEA, and all EFTA and EU citizens are not only visa-exempt but are legally entitled to enter and reside in each other's countries.
In order to travel to another country, a Norwegian citizen requires a passport, except within the Nordic Passport Union, where no identity card is formally required. However, an identity card such as a Norwegian driving licence is useful. A passport is also not required for holders of the Norwegian national identity card for travel to EU or EFTA countries, as well as certain other countries.
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) | |
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Afghanistan | ||||
Albania | 90 days | |||
Algeria | ||||
Andorra | 90 days | |||
Angola | 30 days |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 6 months | |||
Argentina | 90 days | |||
Armenia | 180 days | |||
Australia | 90 days |
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Austria |
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Azerbaijan | [4] | 30 days | ||
Bahamas | 8 months | |||
Bahrain | 14 days / 1 month | |||
Bangladesh | 30 days | |||
Barbados | 90 days | |||
Belarus | [5] | 30 days[6] |
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Belgium |
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Belize | ||||
Benin | [8] | 30 days |
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Bhutan | [10] |
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90 days | ||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 90 days |
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Botswana | 90 days | |||
Brazil | 90 days | |||
90 days | ||||
Bulgaria |
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Burkina Faso | [11] | 1 month | ||
Burundi | 1 month |
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Cambodia | [13] | 30 days | ||
Cameroon | [14] | |||
Canada | 6 months |
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Cape Verde | [16] | 30 days | ||
Central African Republic | ||||
Chad | ||||
Chile | 90 days | |||
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Colombia | 90 days |
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Comoros | 45 days |
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[17] | 7 days | |||
Costa Rica | 90 days | |||
Cote d'Ivoire | [18] | 3 months |
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Croatia |
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Cuba | 90 days |
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Cyprus |
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Czech Republic |
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Denmark |
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Djibouti | [19] | 90 days | ||
Dominica | [20] | 6 months | ||
Dominican Republic | 30 days |
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Ecuador | 90 days | |||
Egypt | [21] | 30 days | ||
El Salvador | 90 days | |||
Equatorial Guinea | [22] |
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Eritrea | ||||
Estonia |
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30 days | ||||
Ethiopia | 90 days | |||
Fiji | 4 months | |||
Finland |
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France |
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Gabon | [23] | 90 days |
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Gambia | ||||
Georgia | 1 year | |||
Germany |
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Ghana | ||||
Greece |
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Grenada | 3 months | |||
Guatemala | 90 days | |||
Guinea | [24] | 90 days |
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Guinea-Bissau | 90 days |
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Guyana | [25] | |||
Haiti | 90 days | |||
Honduras | 90 days | |||
Hungary |
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Iceland |
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India | 30 days | |||
Indonesia | 30 days[26] | |||
[27] | 30 days | |||
Iraq | [28] | |||
Ireland |
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Israel | 90 days | |||
Italy |
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Jamaica | 90 days | |||
Japan | 90 days | |||
Jordan | [29] | 30 days |
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Kazakhstan | 30 days | |||
Kenya | [30] | 90 days | ||
Kiribati | 90 days |
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[31] | 90 days |
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Kuwait | [33] | 3 months | ||
Kyrgyzstan | 60 days | |||
[34] | 15 days |
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Latvia |
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Lebanon | 1 month |
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Lesotho | 14 days |
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Liberia | ||||
Libya | [36] | |||
Liechtenstein |
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Lithuania |
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Luxembourg |
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Madagascar | 60 days | |||
Malawi | 30 days | |||
Malaysia | 90 days | |||
Maldives | 30 days | |||
Mali | ||||
Malta |
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Marshall Islands | [37] | 90 days |
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Mauritania | 30 days |
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Mauritius | 180 days |
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Mexico | 180 days | |||
90 days |
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90 days |
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Monaco | ||||
Mongolia | 30 days |
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Montenegro | 90 days | |||
Morocco | 90 days | |||
Mozambique | [40] | 30 days |
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Myanmar | [41] | 28 days |
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Namibia | 3 months |
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Nauru | ||||
Nepal | 90 days[42] | |||
Netherlands |
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New Zealand | 3 months |
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Nicaragua | 90 days | |||
Niger | ||||
Nigeria | [45] | 90 days | ||
90 days | ||||
Oman | [46] | 14 days / 30 days | ||
Pakistan | [47] | 90 days |
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Palau | 90 days | |||
Panama | 90 days | |||
Papua New Guinea | [48] | 60 days |
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Paraguay | 90 days | |||
Peru | 90 days | |||
Philippines | 30 days | |||
Poland |
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Portugal |
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Qatar | 90 days | |||
Romania |
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[49] | 16 days | |||
Rwanda | [50] | 30 days | ||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 months | |||
Saint Lucia | 90 days | |||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 months | |||
Samoa | 90 days | |||
San Marino | 90 days | |||
15 days[51] | ||||
Saudi Arabia | [52] | 90 days | ||
Senegal | 90 days | |||
Serbia | 90 days |
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Seychelles | [53] | 90 days[54] |
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Sierra Leone | [55] | 3 months / 30 days |
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Singapore | 90 days | |||
Slovenia |
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Slovakia |
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Solomon Islands | 90 days |
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Somalia | 30 days | |||
South Africa | 90 days | |||
[56] |
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Spain |
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Sri Lanka | [57] | 60 days / 30 days | ||
Sudan | ||||
Suriname | [58] | 90 days | ||
Sweden |
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Switzerland |
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[59] | ||||
Tajikistan | 30 days |
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[61] | 90 days | |||
Thailand | 60 days | |||
Timor-Leste | 90 days |
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Togo | [62] | 15 days | ||
Tonga | [63] | 90 days |
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Trinidad and Tobago | 90 days |
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Tunisia | 3 months | |||
Turkey | 90 days |
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Turkmenistan | ||||
Tuvalu | 90 days | |||
Uganda | [64] | 3 months |
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Ukraine | 90 days |
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United Arab Emirates | 90 days |
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United Kingdom | 6 months | |||
United States | [67] | 90 days | ||
Uruguay | 90 days | |||
Uzbekistan | 30 days | |||
Vanuatu | 90 days | |||
90 days | ||||
90 days | ||||
45 days | ||||
Yemen | ||||
Zambia | 90 days |
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Zimbabwe | 30 days |
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Visa requirements for Norwegian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:
Visitor to | Visa requirement | Notes (excluding departure fees) | |
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Europe | |||
Tourists from all countries (except Georgia) can visit Abkhazia for a period not exceeding 24 hours as part of an organized tourist group.[70] | |||
90 days[71] | |||
Mount Athos | Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[72] [73] | ||
and | Visa-free for 10 days[74] | ||
3 months[75] | |||
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus | Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.[76] | ||
Faroe Islands |
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Büsingen am Hochrhein and Heligoland |
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Livigno and Campione d'Italia |
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Gibraltar | Up to 6 months. | ||
90 days within a 12 month period.[77] | |||
Up to 6 months.[78] | |||
Up to 6 months.[79] | |||
Jan Mayen | Unlimited, Norwegian citizens may live and work freely | ||
Svalbard | Unlimited, Norwegian citizens may live and work freely | ||
and |
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Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[80] | |||
Samnaun |
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Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[81] [82] | |||
Registration required after 24h.[83] [84] | |||
Africa | |||
Eritrea outside Asmara | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[85] | ||
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3 months within any year period.[86] [87] | |||
Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[88] | |||
Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[89] | |||
, and |
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Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara, same entry requirements with Morocco, controlled territory. | |||
30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[90] [91] | |||
Sudan outside Khartoum | All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. | ||
Darfur | Separate travel permit is required.[92] | ||
Asia | |||
British Indian Ocean Territory | Special permit required.[93] | ||
India PAP/RAP |
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You can apply for an e-Visa (30 days) to visit the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.[99] | |||
& Priozersk | Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near .[100] | ||
Kish Island | Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[101] | ||
Sabah and Sarawak | These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[102] | ||
Maldives outside Malé | Tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[103] | ||
outside Pyongyang | People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving) | ||
Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[104] | |||
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province | OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[105] [106] [107] | ||
Hong Kong | 3 months[108] | ||
90 days | |||
90 days | |||
Tibet Autonomous Region | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[109] [110] [111] | ||
Turkmenistan | A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[112] | ||
Korean Demilitarized Zone | |||
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar | |||
Yemen outside Sana’a or Aden | Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[113] | ||
Americas | |||
Anguilla | 3 months | ||
Bermuda | Up to 6 months; Decided on arrival. | ||
30 days; Extensions possible. | |||
Cayman Islands | 6 months | ||
Montserrat | 6 months | ||
Turks and Caicos Islands | 90 days | ||
Aruba, and | 3 months | ||
, and | 3 months[114] | ||
French Guiana& Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
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French West Indies |
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Greenland |
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Puerto Rico | Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required. | ||
Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required. | |||
Margarita Island | All visitors are fingerprinted.[115] | ||
San Andrés and Leticia | Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.[116] | ||
Galápagos | Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[117] | ||
Oceania | |||
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Special authorisation required.[118] | ||
Macquarie Island | A written authorisation of the Director of National Parks and Wildlife is required. | ||
Cook Islands | 31 days | ||
Niue | 30 days[119] | ||
Tokelau |
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Norfolk Island |
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Christmas Island | 90 days; Passports and visas are not required when travelling from the Australian mainland. However, photographic identification must be produced for clearance through Customs and Immigration. Normal Australian Customs and Immigration procedures apply when entry is made from outside Australia. | ||
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 90 days; Passports and visas are not required when travelling from the Australian mainland. However, photographic identification must be produced for clearance through Customs and Immigration. Normal Australian Customs and Immigration procedures apply when entry is made from outside Australia. | ||
Lau Province | Special permission required.[123] | ||
Clipperton Island | Special permit required.[124] | ||
French Polynesia |
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New Caledonia |
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Wallis and Futuna |
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14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[125] [126] [127] | |||
American Samoa | 30 days[128] | ||
Guam | 45 days | ||
Northern Mariana Islands | 45 days | ||
United States Minor Outlying Islands | Special permits required for Midway Atoll, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, and Navassa Island. [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] [134] [135] | ||
South Atlantic and Antarctica | |||
A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival, The maximum validity period is 1 month.[136] | |||
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[137] [138] | ||
Special permits required for,,, Australian Antarctic Territory, Bouvet Island, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[139] [140] [141] [142] [143] [144] [145] [146] [147] [148] [149] [150] |
When in a country with no Norwegian representation, Norwegian citizens may seek assistance from public officials in the foreign services of any of the Nordic countries. This is afforded by the Helsinki Treaty which states that public officials in the foreign services of any of the Nordic countries shall assist citizens of another Nordic country if that country is not represented in the territory concerned.[151] [152]
See also: List of diplomatic missions of Norway.