Sample questions
91 sample questions with answers and explanations from all 13 topics, for the Norwegian citizenship test and social studies test.
Working Life
- How many working days of holiday are you entitled to at minimum under the Holidays Act?
- What is the task of a union representative (tillitsvalgt) at a workplace?
- How many hours is normal working time per day under the Working Environment Act?
- What is a requirement for getting unemployment benefit (dagpenger) from NAV?
- Must Norwegian employers have an occupational pension scheme for their employees?
- What is financial social assistance (økonomisk sosialhjelp)?
- Does Norway have a statutory minimum wage for all employees?
School and Education
- What are children who do not know Norwegian well enough entitled to in compulsory school?
- What does Lånekassen (the State Educational Loan Fund) do?
- What does the youth right (ungdomsrett) to upper secondary education mean?
- What is the aim of the school subject KRLE?
- From which year do adults who have not completed upper secondary school have a right to upper secondary education?
- What is special about a folk high school (folkehøgskole)?
- How long is the usual repayment period for student loans from Lånekassen?
Faith, Religion and Values
- What does freedom of religion mean in Norway?
- How many public holidays does Norway have each year?
- In which Norwegian law is the right to practise your religion freely written?
- What is the holy book of Muslims called?
- Does Norway have a state religion that everyone must follow?
- What is humanism?
- About what share of the population were members of the Church of Norway in 2025?
Family and Leisure
- What does NAV do when parents cannot agree on child support (barnebidrag)?
- Do cohabitants automatically have the same inheritance rights as married couples?
- Until what age do parents usually have a duty to support their children financially?
- What is the "shared period" (fellesperiode) in parental leave?
- What happens to the father's quota (fedrekvoten) if the father does not use it?
- Is kindergarten free for all children in Norway?
- How long is the total parental leave with 100% salary coverage in Norway?
Health
- How much does it cost to use the youth health clinic (helsestasjon for ungdom)?
- How much does it cost to go to the GP for children and young people under 18 (from August 2026)?
- Who covers the cost of ambulance transport for the patient?
- You are the first to arrive at a serious traffic accident. What must you do?
- What is an e-prescription?
- Is the Childhood Immunisation Programme in Norway voluntary or mandatory?
- Which medicines do you get on a "blue prescription"?
This is Norway
- Which sea lies north of Finnmark?
- How many national minorities does Norway have?
- About how long is the coastline of mainland Norway, including fjords and bays?
- What is the name of Norway's highest mountain?
- In which city is the Storting located?
- Which sea area separates Southern Norway from Denmark?
- What do Norwegians celebrate on National Day, 17 May?
History
- How long was Norway occupied during the Second World War?
- What did Norway keep in the union with Sweden from 1814?
- When did the first labour migrants from countries such as Pakistan come to Norway?
- How long was Norway in a union with Denmark?
- Where did King Olav Haraldsson die in 1030?
- Where was the Constitution adopted in 1814?
- Which date is Liberation Day in Norway?
Politics and Democracy
- What is the title of the top political leader of a municipality?
- What does it mean that Norway is a constitutional monarchy?
- What is one of the main tasks of the county municipality (fylkeskommune)?
- What is a minority government?
- What does it mean that you are innocent until proven otherwise?
- Can Norway hold a snap Storting election in the middle of the term?
- How often are parliamentary elections held in Norway?
Personal finances and housing
- What is benefit fraud (trygdesvindel)?
- Who can give you free advice if you have trouble paying your debt?
- Which insurance must you have for a car registered in Norway?
- What is the minimum length of a fixed-term residential lease as a general rule?
- What is the 'standard deduction' (minstefradrag) on taxes?
- What is the normal rate of national insurance contribution (trygdeavgift) on wages in 2026?
- What is the deadline for most employees to submit the tax return?
Environment and climate
- What do you do with hazardous waste such as old batteries and chemicals?
- Which energy source provides most of Norway's electricity?
- What does sustainability mean?
- Which agency checks that food in shops and restaurants is safe?
- When must dogs be kept on a leash in the countryside across the whole country?
- What is a national park?
- How do you usually pay for the municipality to collect your waste?
Critical Thinking and Media
- What does copyright mean?
- Which source is usually best for finding official rules on residence permits?
- You get a text message from "the Tax Administration" with a link to log in with BankID to get a tax refund. What do you do?
- What can you do on helsenorge.no?
- Which question is important in source criticism?
- What should you do before you post a picture of another person on social media?
- What does Faktisk.no do?
Violence, social control and rights
- What did the UN adopt in 1948 about rights that all people have?
- What does the presumption of innocence mean?
- Where can you get free medical help and evidence secured after a rape?
- May you hold a mobile phone in your hand while driving?
- What is normally the longest fixed prison sentence in Norway?
- From what age must great weight be given to what the child thinks in matters that affect the child?
- Where can you complain for free if you believe you were discriminated against because of skin colour or gender?
Being New in Norway
- How long must you usually have lived in Norway to apply for citizenship?
- Do you have to pay tax on the introduction benefit?
- How old must you be to get a car driving licence (class B) in Norway?
- Is it allowed to drive through a red light if there are no other cars?
- How many days of right of withdrawal do you normally have when you shop online in Norway?
- How strong a drink can ordinary grocery shops sell?
- How many correct answers do you need to pass the citizenship test?