Helsenorge aims to provide relevant public health services to Norway’s inhabitants. The goal is to ensure that you experience coherence and quality when interacting with the health service.
The services and content are provided by various actors within the health sector.
Who owns Helsenorge?
Helsenorge is a public collaboration created to gather health information and health services in one place. Helsenorge is owned by Norsk helsenett (Norwegian Health Network). Norsk helsenett is a state enterprise owned by the Ministry of Health and Care Services.
Self-service solutions
By logging in to Helsenorge, you gain access to a range of self-service solutions. You can also view the health information that is registered about you. Among other things, you can change your GP, view your medical documents, get an overview of your prescriptions, and check your vaccinations. If your GP uses Helsenorge, you can also book appointments with them. You can also choose which information you want to share with healthcare professionals. You need to log in to adjust your settings and see which services you can use.
Quality-assured health information
Helsenorge is the national public channel for quality-assured information on health, lifestyle, illnesses, treatments and rights.
The content is provided and quality-assured by public health authorities, such as hospitals, the Norwegian Directorate of Health, Helfo, and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. You can find a list of our partners here.
All information is updated regularly and at least every three years. You can be confident that the information you find on Helsenorge is research-based, correct, and in line with national advice and guidelines.
Responsibility for the content
The Norwegian Directorate of Health is responsible for providing the information on Helsenorge, and is ethically and legally responsible. The legal responsibility applies to, among other things, the Regulations on Universal Design, the Intellectual Property Rights Act, the Penal Code and the Language Act. The publisher is also responsible for getting actors in the health sector to contribute information.
Norsk helsenett is product owner for Helsenorge and is responsible for further development, application management and operation of the platform.
Editor
Norsk helsenett has editorial responsibility for Helsenorge and is responsible for complying with applicable laws, regulations and quality guidelines. Norsk helsenett is responsible for following all applicable legislation, including the Regulations on Universal Design, the Intellectual Property Rights Act, the Penal Code and the Language Act in particular.
Norsk helsenett is responsible for ensuring that the content is developed in line with the product strategy and content strategy for Helsenorge. Norsk helsenett is also responsible for presentation of the content on Helsenorge and for ensuring that local editorial teams who provide content to Helsenorge are familiar with the content strategy and quality guidelines.
Data processing
Norsk helsenett is the data controller. This means we are responsible for the processing of personal data on Helsenorge's public pages. We are also responsible for operation and maintenance of the website.
Unless otherwise stated, the information that is collected will be stored on servers operated by Norsk helsenett (NHN).