Healthcare benefits in Norway if you are a tourist from another EU/EEA country or Switzerland
On this page you will find an overview of which healthcare rights you have during a temporary stay in Norway if you are from another EU/EEA country or Switzerland.

Illustration: Morten Rakke / Helfo
- Doctors
- Hospital treatment
- Ambulance
- Prescriptions
- Dentists
- Oxygen therapy and dialysis
- Reimbursement
It is advisable that you bring your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) with you. The card documents your entitlement to necessary treatment covered by the Norwegian national health service.
If you have citizenship from a country outside the EU / EEA or Switzerland, you can in principle not use your European Health Insurance Card in Norway. This applies even if you now live in the EU / EEA or Switzerland.
In addition to EU / EEA citizens, however, the following groups of persons can use a European health insurance card in Norway:
- spouses or children of EU / EEA citizens
- persons with refugee status
- stateless persons
Regardless, we recommend that you have a private travel insurance.