Health rights when you live or study abroad

Are you going to live abroad temporarily or permanently? Read about your entitlement to healthcare coverage.

Living in the EU/EEA or Switzerland?

Certificate S1 for employees, posted workers and pensioners
Employee in the EU/EEA area
Employees from the EU/EEA or Switzerland who work in Norway but do not live here
Nursing and care services in the EU/EEA (in Norwegian)
Pensioners in the EU/EEA and Switzerland
Posted workers in the EU/EEA and Switzerland
Self-employed in the EU/EEA and Switzerland (in Norwegian)
Students in the EU/EEA and Switzerland

Three ladies. One worker, one student and one pensioner.

Worker, employee, au pair, student or pensioner in another EU/EEA country or Switzerland?

On this page you will find an overview over different groups of people. Which category do you belong to?

Illustration: Morten Rakke / Helfo

Living outside the EU/EEA?

Au pair outside the EU/EEA (in Norwegian)
Employee for a foreign employer outside the EU/EEA (in Norwegian)
Pensioners outside the EU/EEA
Posted workers outside the EU/EEA
Self-employed outside the EU/EEA (in Norwegian)
Students and posted workers in Québec
Students outside the EU/EEA

What can you get covered when living abroad?

Extended subsidisation
Ordinary subsidisation

Employees on ships

As a citizen of Norway or another EEA country employed on a Norwegian vessel operating overseas, you are entitled to healthcare when you are overseas.

Illustration: Morten Rakke / Helfo

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