Licencia de Conducir en Noruega para Expatriados
Sí, durante Non-EEA: 3 months from arrival / residence. EEA + UK + Switzerland + Japan: exchange is required but there is no 3-month driving cut-off in the same way.. Después de eso, debes convertir a una licencia de Noruega. Buenas noticias: el examen oficial está disponible en inglés.
Datos Clave: Licencia de Conducir en Noruega para Expatriados
- Autoridad del Examen
- SVV — Statens vegvesen (Norwegian Public Roads Administration)
- Idioma del Examen Oficial
- Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), English (Category B), Sami, Sorani, Arabic, Turkish
- Período de Gracia
- Non-EEA: 3 months from arrival / residence. EEA + UK + Switzerland + Japan: exchange is required but there is no 3-month driving cut-off in the same way.
- Tiempo de Procesamiento
- Set by vegvesen — check the current processing time for your case
- Examen Teórico Requerido
- No para intercambio
- Examen Práctico Requerido
- No para intercambio
- Examen Médico
- No requerido
- Costo Total
- Vegvesen fee + any required translation; full-test path also includes trafikalt grunnkurs, mørkekjøring, glattkjøring, driving-school classes
Elegibilidad por Nacionalidad
Ciudadanos UE/EEE
EU / EEA licences can be exchanged for a Norwegian one without any tests (source: vegvesen.no — "Exchanging a driving licence from an EU/EEA country"). Before becoming resident you can drive on the licence for up to 3 months in Norway.
Ciudadanos EEUU/UK
UK / Northern Ireland: exchange without tests under the same rules as EEA licences, explicitly covered in the vegvesen.no UK canje page ("The rules are the same as for driving licences from EEA countries"). USA: exchange requires passing the Norwegian theory and practical tests (no full driver-training course).
Otros Ciudadanos No UE
Norway uses a tiered system per vegvesen.no: (a) UK, Switzerland and Japan exchange under the same rules as EEA — no tests; (b) Australia, Canada, Israel, Monaco, New Zealand, San Marino, South Korea and USA exchange with the Norwegian theory and practical tests; (c) any other country must take the full Norwegian driver-training programme.
Estudiantes
You may drive on a foreign licence for up to 3 months from arrival in Norway. After that, residency-based rules apply: exchange (if eligible) or full driver training.
Documentos Requeridos
- ✓D-number or Norwegian personal number (fødselsnummer)
- ✓Valid residence permit (oppholdstillatelse)
- ✓Original foreign driving licence
- ✓Completed vegvesen application form
- ✓Certificate of residence or documentation of when you moved to Norway
- ✓International driving permit or approved Norwegian translation if the licence is not in English, French or German
- ✓Health / eyesight certificate only if relevant to your situation — not automatically required for exchange
Desglose de Costos
- Tasa de Conversión/Examen
- Current rate published by vegvesen.no — check the driving-licence fees page for your category
- Examen Médico
- Only required if your situation calls for a health certificate (not automatic)
- Traducción
- Sworn-translator rate — only if the licence is not in English, French or German
- Total Estimado
- Vegvesen fee + any required translation; full-test path also includes trafikalt grunnkurs, mørkekjøring, glattkjøring, driving-school classes
Acuerdos de Intercambio de Licencia
Intercambio Directo (Sin Examen Requerido) · 5
Acuerdos de Intercambio de Licencia
Intercambio Directo (Sin Examen Requerido) · 5
Sin Acuerdo (Examen Completo Requerido): Any country not on the EEA-rules list or the theory+practical list must complete the full Norwegian driver-training programme (trafikalt grunnkurs, mørkekjøring, glattkjøring, klasseopplæring) plus all tests.
Consejos para Expatriados en Noruega
- The Category B theory exam in Norway is offered in English as well as Norwegian, Sami, Sorani, Arabic and Turkish — contrary to the folk belief that the test is Norwegian-only.
- UK and Swiss licences exchange under EEA rules — no theory exam, no practical test, no mandatory Norwegian driver-training course.
- Japanese licences also exchange without tests for Category B.
- US, Canadian, Australian, Korean, NZ, Israeli, Monegasque and San Marino holders exchange with the Norwegian theory + practical exam, but skip the full trafikalt-grunnkurs / mørkekjøring / glattkjøring training.
- Countries outside both lists face the full Norwegian driver-training programme (mandatory dark-driving and slippery-road courses) — one of the most thorough in Europe.