Health services in ​​Norway

Everyone living in Norway is entitled to essential medical and care services. The official health information webpage HelseNorge has more information about this.

Right to an interp​reter in the health services in Norway

You have the right to receive information about your health, illness and treatment in a language you understand.

• As a patient with a limited knowledge of Norwegian, you are entitled to an interpreter in your preferred language.
• You may have the right to an and benefit of using an interpreter even if you speak Norwegian on a daily basis. This especially applies with serious and chronic diseases, and with consultations on mental disorders.
  
Read more about using an interpreter in appointments with the health services in Norway
• ​The information about right to interpreter is also available as a brochure in twenty different languages (Norwegian, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Englisch, Farsi, French, Chinese, Lituainian, North-sami, Polnish, Russian, Somali, Sorani, Spanisch, South-sami, Tagalog, Thai, Tigrinja, Turkisch, Vietnamese).
  
  
  
  Find the broch​ure in one of the 20 languages here​

Social services i​n No​rway

The Norwegian welfare and social services "NAV", offer a range of services to people living in Norway.