Staatsbürgerschaft von Norwegen erhalten: So geht es

Person is the spouse of a citizen, with common household. Ordinary naturalisation applies (see the rules for ordinary naturalisation) with reduced residency requirement: Person must have has resided in Norway at least 5 out of the last 10 years with residence or work permits of at least 1 year. In addition, the duration of the residence and the duration of the marriage with citizen must total a minimum of 7 years.

Abstammung (im Land geboren)

Person is born to a citizen.

Abstammung (im Ausland geboren)

Person is born to a citizen.

Übertragung auf ein Kind

Person is a minor whose parent is acquiring or has acquired citizenship by naturalisation. If over 2 years old, the person must have been resident in Norway for 2 years, with residence or work permits of at least 1 year.

Miterwerb durch Kinder

Person is a minor who, if under the age of 2, has been resident in Norway for 2 years and whose parent is acquiring citizenship by naturalisation. Other conditions: see the rules for transfer to a child.

Miterwerb durch Kinder

Person is an unmarried minor child of a citizen of a Nordic country that acquires Norwegian citizenship by declaration. The child must be resident in Norway.

Person is a minor who is adopted by a citizen.

Person is a former citizen who has been resident in Norway for 2 years with work or residence permits of at least 1 year.

Person who lost his/her Norwegian citizenship and has thereafter only been a citizen of Nordic countries, may reacquire the citizenship by declaration if residing in Norway.

Person lost his/her citizenship due to acquisition of, or failure to renounce other citizenship. Exceptions apply where the person has been sentenced to certain criminal sanctions. Other conditions: person must have resided for at least 6 months in Norway before the age of 22, unless the Norwegian citizenship was originally acquired by naturalisation. There is no right to reacquisition if this goes against the vital interest of the state or foreign policy considerations.

Person is a citizen of Denmark, Finland, Iceland or Sweden and has been resident in Norway for 2 years. Other conditions: see the rules for ordinary naturalisation.

Person is over 18 and has been resident in Norway for 7 years, has a clean criminal record. Also by declaration if the person is a former citizen who acquired citizenship of Denmark, Finland, Iceland or Sweden and seeks to recover citizenship. Automatic extension to minor children.

Person is a descendant of citizens who emigrated to Murmansk or Arkhangel County in Russia from the second half of the 19th century until the Russian border was closed in the late 1920s, who have been granted a residence or work permit because they have a specific connection with Norway, and who have been resident in Norway for 2 years preceding the application with residence or work permits of at least one year. Other conditions: see the rules for ordinary naturalisation.

Person arrived in Norway as a minor. Ordinary naturalisation applies (see the rules for ordinary naturalisation), with reduced residency requirement: person must have resided a total of 5 out of 7 years with a residence permits of at least 1 year.

Person is a recognised refugee and has resided in Norway for a total of seven years during the last ten years, with residence permits of at least one year's duration. Other conditions: see the rules for ordinary naturalisation

Findelkinder

Person is found in Norway of unknown parentage.

Sonst staatenlos (im Land geboren)

Person is a recognised stateless person born in Norway. Other conditions of the provision do not apply to a child born in Norway.

Staatenlose

Person is a recognised stateless person. Ordinary naturalisation applies (see the rules for ordinary naturalisation), but with no minimum age or residence requirement. However, if the person is over 18, he or she must have been resident in Norway for 3 years, with a residence permits of at least 1 year. This provision does not apply to persons who by their own action or omission has chosen to be stateless, or who in a simple way can acquire the citizenship of another state.