The tests the public system covers, the windows that do not come back, and the deadlines that cost money if you miss them. With the official source under each one.
essentials — Norway
The deadlines we have verified, and what this country does differently. Not the full picture.
We are not a local edition: we say that a thing exists and that it has a date, in the words you will need at the counter — then we send you to the body that decides.
It is the one-off grant for those who have not worked enough to qualify for parental pay — so it mostly affects people who have just moved to Norway. It is worth several thousand euros, it is all-or-nothing, and the claim must be made within six months of the birth.
Source: NAV · re-read Aug 28, 2026
These things exist here, and we have not read the rules at the source — so we are not going to write them. What we can give you is the two halves that are useful anyway: the name to say, and the body that answers.
foreldrepenger
The parental pay for those who have worked enough to qualify.
Who to ask: NAV.
Go to the body →svangerskapspenger
What exists when your job is not safe to keep doing while pregnant.
Who to ask: NAV, together with your employer and your midwife or doctor.
Go to the body →helsekort for gravide
The pregnancy record you carry to every appointment.
Who to ask: Your jordmor — midwife — or your fastlege.
fødselsattest · folkeregisteret
Registering the birth, and the number the baby gets from it.
Who to ask: Skatteetaten, which runs the folkeregister.
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the paperwork, in the right order
The tests of a physiological pregnancy, trimester by trimester — the part that is nearly the same everywhere.
The tests, trimester by trimester →General information, not legal or medical advice. Rules change: the date next to each source is the day a person last re-read it. For your own case, the body named on the page is the one that answers.
In the app the same deadlines arrive as a reminder, counted from your own due date.
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