Questions and answers
The public has signed agreements with two digital mailbox providers; e-Boks and Digipost. You choose the mailbox you prefer.
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Go to the website www.norge.no
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Click on Choose a digital mailbox
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Read the information and select either Digipost or e-Boks.
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To create an e-Boks or Digipost digital mailbox account, you must identify yourself with the electronic ID BankID, Buypass ID or Commfides.
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Log in with ID-porten to access the contents of your chosen mailbox.
If you have a problem setting up your selected mailbox, contact your mailbox provider’s help desk by e-mail or telephone.
Help desks:
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Digipost: kundeservice@digipost.no or telephone (+47) 22 03 00 00
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e-Boks: contact form or telephone (+47) 22 89 85 04
A digital mailbox is a secure online service that can receive and store mail from public authorities. All you need to do is open a digital mailbox account, with either e-Boks or Digipost. The public authorties can not send regular e-mail because it is not encrypted.
To access mail from public authorities in your digital mailbox, you must have an electronic ID and use ID-porten.
The public authorities has entered into an agreement with two suppliers of digital mailbox, Digipost and e-Boks
By having two mailbox providers, you, as a user, will get a better deal, as the two mailbox providers work hard to offer you the best product. The two mailboxes are equally secure, and fulfill strict security requirements.
Both mailboxes are approved for handling mail from public authorities. You choose the mailbox you like best, or you think offers the better product. You choose your mailbox in the same way as you would choose an electricity, telephone or bank services provider.
You can only use one mailbox to get mail from public authorities. Choose digital mailbox.
To create a digital mailbox account, you must have:
- a Norwegian personal identification number, or a D-number
- an electronic ID, such as BankID, Buypass ID or Commfides
Read more about electronic ID.
No, everyone must have their own mailbox to get mail from public authorities. However, you may permit other people to access your mailbox as long as they have mailbox from the same mailbox provider as you.
Contact your mailbox provider for help:
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Digipost: kundeservice@digipost.no or telephone (+47) 22 03 00 00
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e-Boks: contact form or telephone (+47) 22 89 85 04
No, the digital mailbox for citizens is free of charge to set up and use.
If you upload lots of private documents or pictures, you will have to pay for any storage space that exceeds 1GB.
ID-porten is a common login solution to online public services. To log in and access mail from Norwegian public authorities, sent to your digital mailbox, you must use ID-porten.
To log in with ID-porten you must have an electronic ID, such as MinID, BankID, Buypass ID or Commfides.
Read more about ID-porten.
Posten Norge AS has developed and owns Digipost. e-Boks A/S is an independent Danish company owned by Nets and Post Danmark. e-Boks A/S owns the Norwegian subsidiary e-Boks AS.
When public authorities is sending e-mail encouraging you to create a digital mailbox, they use the contact information collected from the common contact register.
If you previously have registered your e-mail address on behalf of another person, the e-mail will be sent to you. You might have helped a family member or a friend.
Once you have created a digital mailbox from Digipost, you can open your mail on digipost.no, or download the app.
Log in with ID-porten to read public mail.
- Enter www.digipost.no and click 'Logg in'
- Click 'Login with ID-porten'
- Select an electronic ID and log in
Once you have created a digital mailbox from e-Boks, you can open your mail on eboks.no, or download the app.
Log in with ID-porten to read public mail.
- Enter www.eboks.no and click 'Log in via the ID-portal'.
- Select an electronic ID an log in.
No, a digital mailbox is more secure than an e-mail because both the sender and the recipient need to verify their identity.
E-mails from public authorities sent to your digital mailbox is encrypted. In order to open and read public mail in your digital mailbox, you have to identify yourself through ID-porten.
Only you, and those to whom you have granted permission, may access mail from public authorities in your secure digital mailbox.
Yes, even though your digital mailbox is personal to you, you may permit someone you trust to access your mailbox and read your mail.
The person permitted to access your mailbox must have the same mailbox provider as you.
You can retract your permission if and when you want, so that you regain sole access. You will find more information about how you grant someone permission to access your mailbox on the Digipost or e-Boks websites.
Help desks:
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Digipost: kundeservice@digipost.no or telephone (+47) 22 03 00 00
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e-Boks: contact form or telephone (+47) 22 89 85 04
Yes, you are responsible for reading all mail that is sent to you. Contact your mailbox provider’s help desk if you have problems opening mail from a public authority.
Deadlines apply from the day you were notified and can open your mail.
Contact your mailbox provider for help:
- Digipost: kundeservice@digipost.no or telephone (+47) 22 03 00 00
- e-Boks: contact form or telephone (+47) 22 89 85 04
To get access to mail from public authorities you have to log in through ID-porten.
The ID-portal has two security levels. The sender of an e-mail decides which security level must be adhered to in order to open an e-mail from them.
Contact ID-porten helpdesk at (+47) 800 30 300, if you have further questions about this.
You will receive correspondence from public authorities using the service as soon as you set up your mailbox. This is of course as long as you have not reserved yourself from digital communication with the public sector.
You will be notified by SMS or e-mail when new messages from a public authority are available in your digital mailbox. The notifications will be sent to your e-mail address or mobile phone number registered in the common contact register.
You can check your registered details in the register by logging in to your userprofile.
If you have any questions, contact the ID-porten help desk at (+47) 800 30 300.
Yes, you can change from e-Boks to Digipost, or vice versa, whenever you like. Information about how to do this is available on www.norge.no.
When you have logged in to your contact details, you can see what digital mailbox you have, and you can change it by clicking on the pencil icon. If you have not choosen a digital mailbox earlier, you can do it from this website.
You can move mail from your old mailbox to your new one.
Contact your mailbox provider for help:
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Digipost: kundeservice@digipost.no or telephone (+47) 22 03 00 00
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e-Boks: contact form or telephone (+47) 22 89 85 04
Yes, if you want to return to getting mail from the public on paper again, you need to opt out of getting mail digitally. You can go to www.norge.no and opt out of digital communication, or call ID-porten help desk (+47) 800 30 300.
If you choose to deactivate your digital mailbox, you can store the documents on your own computer.
Contact your mailbox provider for help:
Digipost: kundeservice@digipost.no or tel. +47 22 03 00 00
e-Boks: contact form or by tel. +47 22 89 85 04
When a public authority sends mail to your digital mailbox, you will receive an SMS or e-mail notification. Mail sent to your digital mailbox is stored in your mailbox.
You are responsible for reading any mail that is sent to you electronically, in the same way as you are responsible for reading mail sent to you by standard paper mail.
Deadlines for replying to an official letter are set from the time a notification, telling you that a new e-mail from a public authority is available in your digital mailbox.
To ensure that no unauthorized person can read your digital mail from public authorities, it is sent and stored encrypted as hidden text. An encrypted transmission can be compared to a padlock; you need a key to unlock and read the contents of the letter.
When you receive mail digitally from public authorities, you have to log in through ID-porten to read your mail.
Read more about the ID-porten security
Yes, but you have to specify one of them as your mailbox for receiving mail from public authorities.
You can log in to your contact information at all time and check which digital mailbox you have.
Contact the ID-porten help desk at (+47) 800 30 300 if you have questions about this.
More than 800 government agencies and municipalities are now sending mail digitally to the citizens.
You will not receive advertising letters in your digital mailbox. Businesses that you have a customer relationship with, such as bank or insurance company, may send you messages if you have accepted this.
No, but there should be a link in e-mails you receive from public authorities, which you can reply to them.
Yes, you can print e-mails from public authorities, so you can have them on paper. You can save them on your personal computer too.
Your digital mailbox works as an online archive; documents that you have received electronically will remain in your digital mailbox for as long as you like.
Contact your mailbox provider for help:
- Digipost: kundeservice@digipost.no or telephone (+47) 22 03 00 00
- e-Boks: contact form or telephone (+47) 22 89 85 04
Yes, you can save mail on your personal computer. Your e-mails will also remain in your digital mailbox.
You can upload personal documents to your mailbox and use it as a secure archive.
Contact your mailbox provider for help:
- Digipost: kundeservice@digipost.no or telephone (+47) 22 03 00 00
- e-Boks: contact form or telephone (+47) 22 89 85 04
No, you can receive and store as much mail from public authorities as you need, for as long as you like.
However, the capacity of your digital mailbox for uploading and storing private documents is limited to 1GB. You can buy more storage space for private documents if you wish.
You are the only one who can delete mail from public authorities in your digital mailbox.
If you delete an e-mail and regret it, check to see if your mailbox has a folder for deleted items. If so, you can open this folder and retrieve your previously deleted e-mail.
Contact your mailbox provider’s help desk if you need further help. You can also contact the sender of the deleted e-mail and ask them to resend you the e-mail.
Contact your mailbox provider for help:
- Digipost: kundeservice@digipost.no or telephone (+47) 22 03 00 00
- e-Boks: contact form or telephone (+47) 22 89 85 04
Your mail will be stored in your digital mailbox for as long as you have your digital mailbox account.
If you wish to swap mailbox provider, you can move mail from your old mailbox to your new mailbox.
Contact your mailbox provider for help:
- Digipost: kundeservice@digipost.no or telephone (+47) 22 03 00 00
- e-Boks: contact form or telephone (+47) 22 89 85 04
e-Boks: At deaths, e-Boks has the right to delete the user's e-Box after 15 months. Relatives authorized to administer the estate should contact e-Box to access the mailbox of the deceased.
Digipost: At deaths, the Digipost-user account will be deleted within 12 months after Digipost has received written notification of the death by the death certificate. Relatives have to contact Digipost to access the Digipost account of the deceased.
