Rijbewijs in Noorwegen voor Expats
Ja, voor 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.. Daarna moet je omwisselen naar een Noorwegen rijbewijs. Goed nieuws: het officiële examen is beschikbaar in het Engels.
Kernfeiten: Noorwegen Rijbewijs voor Expats
- Examenautoriteit
- SVV — Statens vegvesen (Norwegian Public Roads Administration)
- Officiële Examentaal
- Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), English (Category B), Sami, Sorani, Arabic, Turkish
- Overgangsperiode
- 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.
- Verwerkingstijd
- Set by vegvesen — check the current processing time for your case
- Theorie-examen Vereist
- Niet voor omwisseling
- Praktijkexamen Vereist
- Niet voor omwisseling
- Medische Keuring
- Niet vereist
- Totale Kosten
- Vegvesen fee + any required translation; full-test path also includes trafikalt grunnkurs, mørkekjøring, glattkjøring, driving-school classes
Geschiktheid per Nationaliteit
EU/EER-burgers
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.
US/UK-burgers
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).
Andere Niet-EU-burgers
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.
Studenten
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.
Vereiste Documenten
- ✓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
Kostenoverzicht
- Omwisselings-/Examenkosten
- Current rate published by vegvesen.no — check the driving-licence fees page for your category
- Medische Keuring
- Only required if your situation calls for a health certificate (not automatic)
- Vertaling
- Sworn-translator rate — only if the licence is not in English, French or German
- Geschat Totaal
- Vegvesen fee + any required translation; full-test path also includes trafikalt grunnkurs, mørkekjøring, glattkjøring, driving-school classes
Rijbewijs Uitwisselingsovereenkomsten
Directe Omwisseling (Geen Examen Vereist) · 5
Rijbewijs Uitwisselingsovereenkomsten
Directe Omwisseling (Geen Examen Vereist) · 5
Geen Overeenkomst (Volledig Examen Vereist): 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.
Tips voor Expats in Noorwegen
- 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.