A Summary care record ("Kjernejournal") provides healthcare professionals with fast access to certain important health information about you, regardless of where you are receiving treatment.
Here you can find information about your health care rights as a worker, asylum seeker, au pair, student, pensioner or tourist in Norway.
Patient travel is transportation to and from publicly approved medical treatment. Primarily, you should arrange your own travel and apply for compensation of travel expenses afterwards. You may apply for compensation of travel expenses electronically or by the paper-based travel expenses form.
En del sykmeldte arbeidstakere kan nå motta og sende sykmeldingen elektronisk til arbeidsgiveren sin. Den sykmeldte får et varsel på SMS eller e-post med oppfordring om å logge seg inn på nav.no. Her kan man se sykmeldingen og sende den til arbeidsgiveren. (In Norwegian only)
The food database shows the nutritional value per 100 grams of edible food. The tabel has data about more than 1400 raw food items, products, prepared food items and dishes. The food items are placed in eleven main categories and associated sub-groups. You can select and compare the nutritional value of food items.
A free a diet tool from the Norwegian Directorate of Health and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority which allows you to compare the energy and nutritional content of food items, and to compare the energy and nutritional content with dietary recommendations.
Helsenorge.no is a guide for citizens wanting to take care of their health, as well as learn about public health care in Norway. The web site includes links to online services and information about the treatment of illnesses and patients' rights.
If you have suffered from adverse effects after using a specific medication, you may report this by completing and submitting an online report form. You can also report on behalf of your family members. (In Norwegian only)
Everyone who wishes to do so, may have a regular General Practitioner (GP). The majority of people who reside in Norway are entitled to a regular GP. You may select and change your regular GP doctor yourself by either logging in to the helsenorge.no website ("Bytte fastlege"). You may change your regular GP twice per calendar year.