Lump sum grant

You can receive the lump sum grant if you have not had an income which entitles you to the parental benefit. You can also choose to apply for the lump sum grant even if you are entitled to parental benefit. 

There are normally two requirements you must meet to receive the lump sum grant.

• You are the mother of the child. In some instances, the father or co-mother can receive the lump sum grant.

• You live in Norway

Lump sum grant are intended to help cover some of the expenses in connection with having children.

Birth and adoption

You may receive lump sum grant upon birth or adoption of the child.

Membership

To be entitled to a lump sum grant, you must be a member of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme at the time of birth or adoption.

If you live in Norway, you are usually a member of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme. See more about membership here.

If we must decide whether you have membership in the national insurance scheme, it may take longer to process your application. In some cases where there is great uncertainty about the membership, we cannot process your application until after the child is born, or after care for the child has been taken over.

Situations that do not entitle you to a lump sum grant

If you adopt the child of your spouse, you are not entitled to a lump sum grant. The same applies if you adopt a child over the age of 15.

You receive a lump sum grant of NOK 92,648 for every child you give birth to or adopt.

You cannot receive both a lump sum grant and parental benefit for the same child.

You can choose to apply for a lump sum grant even if you are entitled to parental benefit. Please note that once you have received the decision about lump sum grant, you cannot change yout decision later.

You may be entitled to parental benefit instead of a lump sum grant if you for at least 6 of the last 10 months before parental leave starts have had income, been in the military or had some of these benefits from NAV:

• work assessment allowance
• unemployment benefit
• sickness benefit
• nursing or care benefits
• pregnancy benefit
• parental benefit

When you receive parental benefit:

• the father or co-mother may be entitled to paternal/co-mother quotas.
• tax will be deducted from the payments.
• the parental benefit will earn you right to other benefits, such as sickness benefit, unemployment benefit and work assessment allowance.

When you receive lump sum grant:

• the father og co-mother may be entitled to parental benefit, but the father og co-mother is not entitled to the paternal/co-mother quota. When the father or co-mother applies for parental benefit that is not the quota, there are requirements for your activity. You can read more about it under the section "Når bare far eller medmor har rett".
• tax will not be deducted from the payment.
• the lump sum grant does not earn you right to other benefits.

Are you unsure of what you may be entitled to? Use the wizard below, to find out what you are entitled to.

If you are the child's father or co-mother, you may in some cases be entitled to the lump sum grant. This may apply:

• for every child you adopt alone
• if you take over or have parental responsibility for the child when the other parent passes away. You must have had less contact with the child than what is called regular contact (Children's Act § 43).
• if you take over the care of the child when the mother passes away in connection with the birth or the takeover of care. A lump sum grant cannot already have been paid to the mother.
• if you have taken over the care of the child within 56 weeks after the child was born or adopted, with a view to take over parental responsibility alone.

You must be a member of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme when you take over the care of the child.

If you adopt the child of your spouse, you are not entitled to a lump sum grant. The same applies if you adopt a child over the age of 15.

If one of the parents passes away and another caregiver takes over the care of the child, a lump sum grant can be granted.

The person who takes over the care must have or be assigned parental responsibility for the child.

The new caregiver must previously have had less contact with the child than what is known as regular contact (Children's Act § 43). What matters is the actual extent of the contact, not what has been agreed.

If you study in Norway, you will as a rule be entitled to a lump sum grant. 

If you study abroad with a loan or grant from the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund, you are usually entitled to a lump sum grant.

You must apply no later than 6 months after the child is born or adopted. Otherwise, as a rule, you will lose the right to the lump sum grant.

Mother

The earliest you can apply for a lump sum grant is the 22nd week of pregnancy.

Father or co-mother

You cannot apply until you have a date for parental responsibility or assumption of care.

Adoption

You cannot apply until you have a date for assumption of care.

Before you apply for a lump sum grant

Documentation

It may be a good idea to check whether there is relevant documentation to submit with the application. Then you can have this ready when you apply.

You can apply for lump sum grant digitally, or by a paper application that you send in the post.

You can also forward documentation.

After you apply for a lump sum grant

You will receive an answer to your application at the earliest when you have submitted all the necessary documentation in the case. 

You will receive a written decision when your application has been processed.

After you have applied, you can log in to Dine Foreldrepenger (Your parental benefit) Here you can see an overview of your case and upload documents. If you have applied on a paper form, you can see the status of your case after about 10 days.

Log in to Dine Foreldrepenger (Your Parental benefit)