Working as a nurse in Norway
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Norway: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Norway, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 5,754 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Nurse is a regulated profession in Norway. Foreign qualifications go through: Apply to Helsedirektoratet for authorization under the route for the exact nursing title and country of education; applicants educated outside EU/EEA may have additional language, national-subject and proficiency-test requirements. In Norway, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals"
- ≈ 5,754 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Apply to Helsedirektoratet for authorization under the route for the exact nursing title and country of education; applicants educated outside EU/EEA may have additional language, national-subject and proficiency-test requirements.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Norway: ≈ 5,754 EUR/month (gross, 2022), from Eurostat. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of nurses alone.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Norway.
- Recognition route
- Apply to Helsedirektoratet for authorization under the route for the exact nursing title and country of education; applicants educated outside EU/EEA may have additional language, national-subject and proficiency-test requirements. Specialist (and General care) Nurse. General care nurse.
- Recognition authority
- Norwegian Directorate of Health (Helsedirektoratet) for protected nurse/midwife titles; exact title and education origin determine route.
- Language requirement
- For authorization of foreign-trained health personnel, education outside EU/EEA requires an approved Norwegian, Swedish or Danish language test/evidence at CEFR B2; specified exemptions may apply. EU/EEA routes differ and this B2 rule is not universal across all origins.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Norway: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Nurse in Norway: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 91213d668ca8550e2eaa2874863195ad]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/norway/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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