The COVID-19 certificate shows whether you have been vaccinated, whether you have recently had COVID-19 disease, and your test result if you have recently had a negative COVID-19 test.
How do you access your COVID-19 certificate?
How to use your COVID-19 certificate
Important information before you travel
What is needed for a valid COVID-19 certificate
How long is the certificate valid for?
What does the COVID-19 certificate show?
How the vaccine doses are shown in the certificate
Do you need to take a COVID-19 test for the certificate?
COVID-19 certificate for children
Have you found any errors or omissions in your COVID-19 certificate?
Retrospectively register vaccinations or positive test results
Privacy and the COVID-19 certificate
How do you access your COVID-19 certificate?
If you have a Norwegian national ID number or a D number, you can access your certificate by logging in to Helsenorge.
All EU/EEA countries are obliged to accept the COVID-19 certificate as proof of having had COVID-19 disease, vaccination or a negative test result when travelling.
Before you travel, you should consider to print out or download a copy of your certificate - especially if your child is about to turn 16. If you do, you will still have access to your certificate in case of problems with digital services such as helsenorge.no or BankID.
Note that your COVID-19 sertificate has a 90 days technical validity from the date you print or download a copy.
Also note that each EU country adopts its own rules, and the documentation that is required will vary. You must find out the rules that apply in the country you intend to travel to. You will find an overview of this at Re-open EU.
It is also important that you check that all the information in your certificate is correct well before departure. For example, is the number of vaccine doses correct?
Several countries outside the EU have adopted the EU COVID-19 Certificate. You will find more information and a list of which countries this applies to on the European Commission's website.
Different rules within the EU determine if you have a valid certificate. The rules may be revised in the event of changes linked to the vaccines, the disease itself or the infection situation.
EU country adopts its own rules, and the documentation that is required will vary. Even if you have met the requirements for within Norway, and have one or more QR codes in your certificate, it is not certain that the certificate will be accepted in all countries you are traveling to.
You must find out for yourself which rules apply for entry into the country you are going to, and what kind of documentation is required.
How long is the certificate valid for?
Each time you open your COVID-19 certificate, its technical validity (expiry date) will be stated, which is 90 days into the future.
The reason why the COVID-19 certificate is only technically valid for 90 days is to avoid misuse.
There is a difference between how long the certificate is technically valid for and the requirements that must be met for a valid certificate. Medical rules determine whether or not your certificate is valid based on the test and vaccination information that has been registered about you.
The technical validity will in general expire after 90 days from todays date. This date is sliding, so the next time you go in and view the certificate, it will be valid for another 90 days.
In some cases the technical calidity will be shorter than 90 days, this apply to:
Negative test gives valid certificate for 72 hours from test time
Reviewed illness where it is less than 90 days until the medical validity expires
The COVID-19 certificate is valid for 180 days (around six months) after you have had COVID-19 disease, 270 days (around nine months) for those who have received the basic vaccinations, and for an unlimited period of time for those who have received a booster dose.
Certificate based on vaccine will always show 90 days validity - even if 270 days validity after basic vaccination expires in less than 90 days.
What does the COVID-19 certificate show?
What does the EU/EEA control page show?
Under the blue field on the control page, a QR code is displayed when there is data on vaccination status, undergone COVID-19 disease and/or negative COVID-19 test
The certificate will show the most recent COVID-19 vaccine administered or registered in Norway. You will see detailed information about the type of vaccine, date of vaccination and the position of the vaccine in a series.
The QR code for the vaccine does not disappear, even if the latest available vaccination information does not necessarily meet the requirements for the use of the certificate.
Adults over the age of 18 have a valid corona certificate for 270 days after basic vaccination. If the period of validity of the certificate is about to expire, a refresher dose of COVID-19 vaccine is required to extend its validity.
Children and young people under the age of 18 have a valid certificate indefinitely after basic vaccination.
A negative test result from a PCR or rapid antigen test will be shown if the test was taken within the last 72 hours. Previous negative test results will not be shown on the certificate. Antibody tests and self-tests will not be shown.
However, you will be able to view all your COVID-19 test results under Test results.
Note that it varies from country to country whether, and if so for how long, a negative test result remains approved.
If you have had COVID-19 disease, your test result from a PCR or rapid antigen test registered in Norway will be shown between 11 and 180 days after a positive test result.
Note that self-tests that are registered in the municipality's self-registration system do not appear in the COVID-19 certificate.
If you test positive again more than 60 days after the first test, the new test result will be shown after 11 days.
If an antibody test is used as documentary proof of having had COVID-19 disease in combination with vaccination, this will also not be shown on the certificate, even though it provides a basis for "fully vaccinated" status in the COVID-19 certificate after only one vaccine dose.
It is not possible to register test results from previously confirmed cases of COVID-19 disease from abroad in MSIS.
For valid documentation of having had COVID-19 disease, see Test results.
The EU has decided that the COVID-19 certificate will be valid on day 11 after a positive PCR test. You will therefore not receive a valid COVID-19 certificate based on a positive test result until 11 days after you took the test.
The EU/EEA control page shows your first, middle and last names, and your full date of birth because this information is required at border control where this control page must be used.
How the vaccine doses are shown in the certificate
The EU has decided that only your last vaccine dose will be shown in the COVID-19 certificate. In order for this to provide the controller with sufficient information, it must be stated which number in the series of vaccinations the last dose is.
Therefore the dose is shown as two numbers that make up a fraction.
Do you need to take a COVID-19 test for the certificate?
If you need to document a negative test result, check the municipality's website if they offer this. Private clinics also offer testing.
COVID-19 certificate for children
The COVID-19 certificate works in the same way for children as for adults. Children can be issued with a valid COVID-19 certificate based on a negative test result, after having had COVID-19 disease or after being vaccinated.
If you are a parent or guardian of children under the age of 16, you can access their COVID-19 certificates by logging in to Helsenorge.
In the case of children aged between 16 and 18, you will not normally be able to access their COVID-19 certificate, unless they have given you power of attorney.
Sixteen and seventeen-year-olds must obtain an electronic ID, either BankID, Buypass or Commfides, in order to log in and download their own COVID-19 certificate on Helsenorge.
If your child soon turns 16, you may want to print or download a copy of their COVID-19 certificate, outside Helsenorge, before their birthday.
Then the child is guaranteed access even if there should be a waiting time when ordering an electronic ID. Note that the COVID-19 certificate has a technical validity of 3 months from storage or printing.
Have you found any errors or omissions in your COVID-19 certificate?
If any information is missing or incorrect in your COVID-19 certificate, the certificate may be invalid when you attempt to use it.
Can't find your vaccination or test details?
The COVID-19 certificate retrieves the information about vaccines from the Norwegian Immunisation Registry (SYSVAK), which provides an overview of vaccination status for all inhabitants in Norway.
You can check your vaccination status yourself in the vaccination overview at helsenorge.no. If a vaccine dose is only missing from the COVID-19 certificate, and is shown in the vaccination overview, it may mean that the time between administration of the two doses was too short. You must then contact the vaccination centre for further follow-up.
If the vaccination does not appear in the certificate or the vaccination overview, contact the centre where you were vaccinated, so that they can register it or correct the error.
COVID-19 certificates retrieve the information from the MSIS Lab database of tests performed in Norway. The summary shows the last test which was registered for you during the past seven days. You will only be able to see the most recent test if COVID-19 was not detected.
No tests will be shown on this page if you have been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the past seven days. This also applies if the laboratory was unable to obtain a definite result from your last test. On the test results page, you can see all the COVID-19 tests you have had.
If you have had a COVID-19 test during the last seven days where COVID-19 was not detected and you still cannot find the test in this summary, the test may not have been registered. You can then contact the centre where you took the COVID-19 test and ask whether they have registered the result of your test.
You will normally be protected if you have had COVID-19 disease during the past six months. Note that your COVID-19 disease history will only be shown on the certificate for six months after the first positive test result.
For some people, it will unfortunately not automatically be possible to show that you are protected. This could for example be because it was not possible to automatically interpret your previous COVID-19 test results.
Contact the test centre or the laboratory concerned if you can see your test result on the test results page on helsenorge.no, but it is neither confirmed nor unconfirmed.
Different dates of birth in the COVID-19 certificate and passport?
A few people may have different dates of birth in their COVID-19 certificate and passport. Everyone who is affected by this will be notified by the National Population Register at the time the number is assigned.
Retrospectively register vaccinations or positive test results
Retrospectively registering vaccination or positive COVID-19 test from abroad
You can retrospectively register covid-19 vaccines taken abroad in SYSVAK, provided that the vaccines have been approved by the European Medicines Agency EMA. The vaccines approved by EMA are the vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, Astrazeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Novavax.
In addition, some vaccines pre-approved by the World Health Organization may be retrospectively registrated, including Covishield, Coronavac, Covovax, Sinopharm BIBP, Convidecia, Covaxin and Valneva.
You must pay for the consultation yourself to retrospectively register the COVID-19 vaccine.
To be able to retrospectively register COVID-19 vaccines, you must have a Norwegian birth number or d-number.
How do you proceed for post-registration in SYSVAK?
Registration can be carried out before you travel to Norway. Request a consultation (e-consultation/video conference consultation where possible) with either
your GP
the municipal health service, or
a private health service
What type of documentation will I need to show?
COVID-19 certificate issued in the EU/EEA, or
Written documentation of vaccination
Your GP, the municipal health service or the private health service will assess whether the documentation is sufficient. The documentation must contain all variables that are mandatory in the registration to SYSVAK: Identification number, vaccination date and vaccine. Batch number, vaccinator and signature or stamp.
Healthcare professionals do not have a duty to retrospectively register COVID-19 vaccines given outside Norway.
Updating the COVID-19 certificate
The information will appear in the COVID-19 certificate after some time, ranging from a few seconds from registration to 24 hours, depending on what kind of medical record system the GP, municipal health service or the private health service uses.
It is not possible to retrospectively register previous positive COVID-19 test results from abroad in MSIS. Information in MSIS is regulated by the MSIS Regulation.
MSIS contains information about persons in Norway, so it does not allow for the registration of test results from other countries for persons who are no longer ill.
The duty to notify MSIS only applies to health professionals, and the results of COVID-19 tests are notified to MSIS by Norwegian laboratories based on notification criteria, in line with the duty to notify in Section 2-3 of the MSIS Regulation.
If you wish to check the level of consent you have given or change your consent, you can do this under Privacy settings.
In order to use this service on behalf of others for whom you do not have parental responsibility, they must grant you power of attorney for the service area number 1: Access to information registered about you.
You can use this service on behalf of a child under 16 you have custody of, but only if at least one parent is registered in the National Population Register at the same address as the child:
If one or more of the parents are registered at the same address as the child, both parents will be able to represent the child.
If neither parent is registered at the same address as the child, neither of them will be able to represent the child.
When a child for whom you have parental responsibility turns 16 years of age, you will no longer have access to their health data. In order to gain access, the young person can either log in to Helsenorge or give you power of attorney.
Unlisted address is often referred to as «confidential address» or «blocked address».
This service is available to people with an unlisted address.
If this service contains information from another service that is not accessible to you because of the confidential address, you will also not be able to see this information here.
If you live at a confidential address, you will not be able to represent others at Helsenorge, nor will others be able to act on your behalf.
Information hotline is closed
The information hotline for COVID-19 is now closed.
Do you have questions about COVID-19? Use the chat in the right corner or read updated information here at Helsenorge.
