Name search
Here you can search for first names and surnames and find out how many in Norway who has the name and how it has been used over time.
Here you can search for first names and surnames and find out how many in Norway who has the name and how it has been used over time.
You can change your first name, middle name and last name. Note that the middle name is not a first name. Names which can be used as a surname, may also be taken as a middle name.
If you are a father or co-mother and share custody with the mother, you must approve the name choice mother has reported. You do this online.
When the Tax Administration has sent you a request to select a name for your baby, you can report it online. This only applies to first-time name choice.
Gives you access to the municipal master plan, the zoning plan proposal and the building development plans.
If you have previously opted out of receiving letters and documents from public authorities digitally, and now wish to change this, you can do so here.
You must be a Norwegian citizen to get a Norwegian passport or ID card. You must book an appointment online before appearing at the passport and ID office. To renew a foreign passport, you must contact your home country's embassy or consulate in Norway.
You can add or change a postal address if you want post from the public sector to be sent there instead of your address registered with the National Population Register. This also applies even if you live abroad.