Reimbursement of expenses for infertility drugs

User fee

You can claim reimbursement for your expenses relating to drugs for infertility treatment once you have reached the maximum user fee. In 2025, the maximum user fee is NOK 20,761 (the corresponding amount in 2024 was NOK 20,176). You will therefore have to pay NOK 20,761 before you can claim reimbursement for your expenses above this amount. You can claim reimbursement for your expenses for your first three cycles of treatment per birth.

User fees are not calculated per calendar year. A new user fee will start to accrue when you begin a new course of treatment after giving birth. You can also claim reimbursement for a further three cycles:

• if you begin a new relationship
• if you are a woman who has previously received support while in a relationship and you receive infertility treatment as a single person
• if you are a woman who has previously received infertility treatment as a single person and you begin a new relationship

The deadline for submitting claims is six months for each drug purchase after you have reached the maximum user fee.

How to claim reimbursement for drug expenses

Points to remember when claiming reimbursement for expenses for infertility drugs:

• The treatment must be documented through confirmation from your doctor when you submit itemised receipts after each course of treatment. This also applies when claiming reimbursement for expenses relating to drugs used in treatment cycles which are terminated prematurely or in connection with hormone stimulation.  
• The time period stated in the confirmation must correspond to the dates stated on the receipts you send us.
• You can claim reimbursement for your drug expenses by uploading your itemised receipts and the confirmation from your doctor via Helfo’s digital form (Altinn). You can access Helfo’s digital form further down the page by clicking on “Log in to Helfo’s digital form and apply for reimbursement of expenses (in Norwegian only)”.

Make sure you obtain itemised receipts of all the drugs you purchase. You can ask the pharmacist for itemised receipts. Itemised receipts must state

• date of purchase
• your name
• your date of birth
• name of the drug
• price of the drug
• name of the doctor who issued the prescription

Reimbursement for drug expenses in the case of infertility treatment abroad

If all or some of your treatment took place abroad, you must attach the following documentation:

• statement from the treating doctor abroad after each course of treatment - this also applies when you wish to claim reimbursement for expenses concerning drugs used in cycles which are terminated prematurely or in connection with hormone stimulation 
• personal declaration from you and your partner, if you have one, for each cycle of treatment
• childcare certificate of conduct from the Norwegian police for you and your partner, if you have one
• clearly itemised and legible receipts from the pharmacy showing the date of purchase and your date of birth
• name and price of the drug or food product
• name of the doctor who issued the prescription

The deadline for submitting claims is six months for each drug purchase after you have reached the maximum user fee.

If you submit your application online, you can upload the certificate from the treating doctor abroad, in addition to other necessary documentation (see the bullet list above).

If you are unable to use our digital form, you can complete the ​paper form below instead

Send your application with all documentation to Helfo, Postboks 2415, 3104 Tønsberg.

How to complete your application

The first time you apply, you must

• click your way to “logg inn på Helfos digitale skjema og søk om å få refusjon” (Log in to Helfo’s digital form and apply for reimbursement of expenses in Norwegian only)
  
  
• continue to "Gå til Altinn" (Go to Altinn) and select “Ny søknad” (New application)
  
  
• choose the option to indicate that your submission concerns “Søknad om dekning av utgifter/spesifiserte kvitteringer” (Application for reimbursement of expenses/itemised receipts)
  
  
• select the expense type “Infertilitets-/pgd-behandling” (Infertility/PGD treatment)
  
  
• number the receipts, so that you can refer to each individual receipt in Altinn
  
  
• state the drugs and expenses for which you are claiming reimbursement
  
  
• upload scanned or photographed documentation (receipts and confirmations of treatment/doctor’s certificates)
  
  
• submit your application

The deadline for submitting claims is six months for each drug purchase after you have reached the maximum user fee.

If you are unable to use our digital form, you can complete the ​paper form instead

If you submit your application via ordinary post, send the information to Helfo, Postboks 2415, 3104 Tønsberg.

How to forward documentation to Helfo

In many cases, you will need to apply several times or submit more documentation to Helfo. This could either be because you have obtained more receipts or confirmations of treatment from the doctor, or because some documentation is missing. If Helfo has not received certain documentation from you, you will receive a letter (“Innhenting av informasjon”) from Helfo requesting the documentation.

 In these cases, you must

• go to “Logge inn for å sende tilleggsopplysninger” (Log in to submit additional information) at helsenorge.no
  
  
• select the option to indicate that the submission concerns “Tilleggsopplysninger til søknad/fullmakt” (Additional information for application/power of attorney)
  
  
• select “Etterspurt dokumentasjon” (Requested information) under “Tilleggsopplysninger” (Additional information)
  
  
• fill in the case number from the decision or the letter you have received from the Helfo. The case Number may look like this: “23/0000”
  
  
• upload scanned or photographed documentation (receipts and doctor’s certificates/confirmations of treatment)
  
  
• submit your application

The deadline for submitting claims is six months for each drug purchase after you have reached the maximum user fee. 

If you are unable to use our digital form, you can complete the ​paper form instead

If you submit your application via ordinary post, send the information to Helfo, Postboks 2415, 3104 Tønsberg. 

Who can claim reimbursement?

In order to claim reimbursement for infertility drugs from Helfo, you must meet the conditions for the treatment of childlessness (see the Biotechnology Act). Only expenses for hormone preparations specifically used in the treatment of infertility will be reimbursed.

The scheme applies to both single women and couples. 

You can claim reimbursement for drugs for the following infertility treatments (see Section 5-22 of the Norwegian National Insurance Act):

• fertilisation outside the body (IVF treatment or ICSI treatment) 
• insemination (AIH/AID) 
• hormone stimulation
• PGT/PGD procedure (genetic testing of the embryo prior to insertion into the uterus) 

The support for infertility drugs is the same regardless of whether you decide to use a public or private clinic.

The user fee is calculated per couple. If you begin a new relationship, a new user fee will be calculated and Helfo will be able to provide support for a further three cycles. 

In the case of couples consisting of two women, the partners can divide the three cycles among themselves. Helfo will only provide support to one of the women if they are treated at the same time.

What is a cycle?

You can claim reimbursement for drugs for your first three cycles per birth. This applies even if you change clinics. The retrieval of eggs and reinsertion of an embryo in the woman’s uterus is considered to be one cycle.

In some cases, several eggs are retrieved and then fertilised. Embryos that are not inserted will be frozen. When these embryos are inserted at a later date, this will not be treated as a new cycle.

If you want to have more children after giving birth, you can claim reimbursement for the drugs used in three further cycles. If embryos saved from previous retrievals are used for sibling cycles, this will not be treated as a complete cycle. You must still pay a further user fee at the start of each new course of treatment after giving birth.

When a pregnancy has lasted for 22 weeks, delivery of the baby will be defined as a birth.

Purchasing unmarketed drugs

If you intend to use drugs that are not marketed in Norway, your treating doctor must provide an explanation for this. 

Examples of special reasons are:

• marketed preparations have been used but the desired effect has not been achieved
• your treatment has caused unwanted side effects

Claim processing time

Helfo takes up to eight weeks to process claims.