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# Working as a plumber in Norway

Plumber is not a regulated profession in Norway. Foreign qualifications go through: No profession-wide foreign professional-recognition application is identified for this broad title in the checked official list. Voluntary HK-dir education recognition assesses level/credits and is not a licence to practise. In Norway, plumbers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Regulation: Not marked regulated
- Recognition route: No profession-wide foreign professional-recognition application is identified for this broad title in the checked official list. Voluntary HK-dir education recognition assesses level/credits and is not a licence to practise.
- Recognition authority: No profession-wide professional-recognition authority is identified for this broad title in the checked HK-dir regulated-professions list; HK-dir can voluntarily assess foreign education, which is not a practice licence.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission

## Sources

Regulated-professions list and profession entries; title-level matches and named authorities checked. — https://hkdir.no/en/foreign-education/lists-and-databases/regulated-professions
NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en

## Cite

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Plumber in Norway: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ce7703acdb055c710b82b95073873f9d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/norway/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_plumber-in-norway-recognition-and-shortage-status_8c40bb3c0ddf,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Plumber in Norway: recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {ce7703acdb055c710b82b95073873f9d},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/norway/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Plumber in Norway: recognition and shortage status](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/norway/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version ce7703acdb055c710b82b95073873f9d; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

- Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1`
- Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/norway/
- Title: Plumber in Norway: recognition and shortage status
- Author: ImmigrationDB
- Publisher: ImmigrationDB
- Snapshot: `approved-static-48d32b636f07abc8`
- Version: `ce7703acdb055c710b82b95073873f9d`
- Retrieved: 2026-10-16
- Built: 2026-10-16
- Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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