Accumulation of pension rights for care work for children

You can apply for the accumulation of pension rights if you have or have had daily care for young children. The same applies if you care for sick, disabled or elderly people.

Accumulation of pension rights for care work for sick, disabled or elderly people

You can apply for the accumulation of pension rights if you have or have had daily care for young children. The same applies if you care for sick, disabled or elderly people.

Adaptation course – impaired vision and hearing

Provides tools and knowledge for the visually or hearing impaired.

Adjustment allowance

Secures income for a period if you lose your spouse, partner or cohabitant with common children.

Advance payments of child support

Ensures payment of child support.

Affordable assistive technology grant

Provides financial support when you need affordable aids that you cannot borrow from the Assistive Technology Centre.

Aids and grants

Helps you when you have a disability.

Allowance for transportation of the deceased

Covers expenses when the deceased’s body has to be transported over a certain distance.

Allowance to cover tuition and fees for former family caregivers

Financial support for tuition fees, semester fees and exam fees when you take your education.

Allowance to cover tuition and fees for survivors

Covers expenses for tuition fees, semester fees and exam fees when you study and are alone with children.

App and software grants

Provides financial support for apps and software specifically designed for various disabilities.

Assessment

This offer is available to those who unsure of what kind of job they are capable of, e.g. because your health has deteriorated or you have not worked for a long time.

Assessment of the need for follow-up

When you contact Nav for help to get a job or keep the job you have, you have the right to an assessment of your job opportunities and what kind of help and support may be relevant for you.

Assistance allowance

Financial support for children or adults who need long-term, private care and supervision.

Attendance allowance for developmentally disabled person over 18

Secures you income during absence from work when you have to care for a developmental disabled person over the age of 18 who is very seriously ill.

Attendance allowance for sick children

Ensures you income during absence from work when you need to care for a child who has been admitted or is undergoing treatment in hospital.

Attendance allowance in the final phase of life

Ensures you income during absence from work when you have to take care of a person who is at the end of life.

Basic benefit

Financial support for additional expenses when you or your child has a permanent injury, illness or disability.

Benefit for former family caregivers

The benefit ensures you an income if you cannot support yourself after caring for your parents or other people who have been close to you.

Car benefit

Provides financial support for car, car customization and special equipment for car.

Care benefit (home with a child who is ill)

Ensures your income when you need to stay home from work due to your child's or caregiver's illness.

Cash-for-care benefit

Cash-for-care benefit can be granted if you have children between the ages of 13 and 19 months, who do not attend kindergarten full time.

Child benefit

Financial support when you have children under age 18.

Child care benefit for single parents

Covers part of the cost for kindergarten, after-school program (SFO) or daycare when you have sole care of a child and are working.

Child care benefits for surviving spouse

Covers part of your childcare expenses when you are a surviving spouse who is working and alone caring for your child.

Children’s pension

Financial support if you are under 20 years old and have lost one or both of your parents.

Child support

Child support when the parents do not live together.

Contractual pension (AFP) for members of the State Pension Fund

An early retirement scheme for employees in the public sector who are between the ages of 62-67 and were born before 1963.

Contractual pension (AFP) in the privte sector

A pension scheme for employees of private companies with a collective agreement where AFP is part of the agreement.

Disability benefit

Ensures an income if your earning capacity is reduced due to illness or injury.

Education and training

This offer is available when you need qualification to be able to get a job.

Employment preparation training (AFT)

An offer of work in an adapted working environment before starting vocational training in a regular company.

Employment scheme benefits

Benefits you are entitled too while participating in one of Nav's employment schemes.

Employment status form – employment scheme benefits

To receive employment scheme benefits, you must submit an employment status form every 14 days. If you wish to remain registered as a job seeker, you must also confirm this.

Employment support scheme

This scheme is offered to those who need extra help finding or keeping a job.

Extended child benefit

A supplement to ordinary child benefits when you live alone with children under the age of 18.

Financial assistance

A temporary assistance when you are unable to financially support yourself.

Folk high school grant

Covers extra expenses when you attend an organized field of training in daily activities.

Follow up

Measures when you need comprehensive support to find or keep a job.

Fostering contribution

A contribution that the municipality can demand from you when the Child Welfare Services takes over the care of your child.

Functional assistance in the workplace

Assists you with practical tasks when necessary for you to perform your job.

Funeral grant

Covers incurred, necessary funeral expenses.

Grants for the purchase of a PC or tablet in case of reading and writing difficulties

Provides financial support for children with specific reading and writing difficulties such as dyslexia.

Guide dog

Helps you navigate indoors and outdoors when you are blind or severely visually impaired.

Hearing aid or tinnitus masker

Aids that can make everyday life easier for people with hearing loss, or reduce tinnitus (ringing in the ears) in quiet environments or at bedtime.

Higher rate assistance allowance

Financial support for children under the age of 18 when the need for care and supervision significantly exceeds those covered by the standard assistance allowance.

Inclusive subsidy

This subsidy is designed to assist your employer in adapting the workspace within your work labor market program.

Individual job support (IPS)

This offer is open to individuals facing mental health challenges or substance abuse issues, providing support for those seeking assistance in securing or maintaining employment.

Individual job support (IPS Youth)

This offer is available when you need help to get started with work or school and have challenges with mental health or substance abuse.

Insurance – sickness benefit

Insurance to get better coverage when you are on sick leave.

Interpretation for deaf, deafblind and individuals with impaired hearing

The Norwegian Interpretation Service (Tolketjenesten) performs interpretation assignments for the deaf, deafblind and for people with impaired hearing.

Job club

Help to be an active job seeker when you are registered as a job seeker with Nav.

Job coping centre

This offer is available when you have anxiety or depression and need help to find a job or stay in work.

Job coping follow-up

Coverage of sickness benefit during the employer-financed sick leave period when you have frequent sick leave due to chronic illness or pregnancy.

Job seeker course (digital)

An offer when you are looking for work or when you are laid off.

Kvalifiseringsprogrammet (KVP)

A full-time program for you between the ages of 18 and 67 who need extra follow-up to be able to get into work.

Lump sum grant

A lump sum instead of parental benefit when you are expecting a child and have not had income for at least 6 of the last 10 months before parental benefit leave.

Membership in the national insurance during stay in the EEA or Switzerland

If you are going to work or stay in the EEA or Switzerland, it may affect your membership in the national insurance.

Membership in the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme while staying in a country outside EEA or Switzerland

If you intend to work or stay outside Norway, this may affect your membership in the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme.

Mentor

Practical help, guidance or training when you need help to master your job or education.

Occupational injury or illness - report to Nav

Employers and others in similar positions have a duty to report the injury on your behalf when occupational accidents or harmful exposures occur at work. You can also send a report yourself.

Occupational rehabilitation

Offer of counselling sessions and individually adapted activities when you have health problems or social problems.

Parental benefit

Replaces your income when you stay at home with the child at birth or adoption.

Permanent impairment compensation in the event of an occupational injury or illness

Compensation when you have sustained a permanent physical or mental injury caused by an approved occupational injury or illness.

Permanent wage subsidy

A grant that will increase your chances of getting a regular job when you have permanent and significantly reduced work capacity.

Permanent work adsjustment

This offer is available to those who receive disability benefits when you work in a sheltered or ordinary company with adapted work tasks.

Pregnancy benefit

Replaces income when you are healthy but cannot continue to work during pregnancy because it may entail risks to the baby.

Reading and secretarial assistance

You can get help with reading and writing when you are blind or visually impaired.

Rebuilding grant

Financial support for changes to a home instead of ramp and lift, to achieve a permanently adapted home.

Retirement pension

Retirement pension from the National Insurance Scheme (Nav) guarantees an income when you retire.

Service dog

Helps you in everyday life when you have physical disabilities.

Sickness benefit

Compensates for your income when you are unable to work due to illness or injury.

Spousal support

A contribution when your ability to support yourself is diminished because of marriage or caring for your children.

Studies with support (support to finish school)

This offer is available when you have mental health problems and need help to complete schooling or studies.

Summer job grants

A contribution for employers when you want work experience and need help finding a relevant employer.

Supplemental benefit

Support for childcare and expenses you have in connection with education or job search.

Supplemental benefit for former family caregivers

Support for expenses when you complete necessary and approved education to find or keep a job.

Supplemental benefit for single parents

Support for childcare and expenses you have for education or job hunting when you are alone with children.

Supplemental benefit for surviving spouse

Support for childcare and expenses you have in connection with education or job search.

Supplementary benefit for disabled refugees under the age of 67

If you are both disabled and have refugee status, you are guaranteed a total income equivalent to the minimum disability benefit.

Supplementary benefit for persons over 67 who have only lived a short period in Norway

Ensures you a minimum income if you have lived in Norway too short to get full retirement pension.

Support for extraordinary expenses

Payment from the other parent for their share of expenses for braces, confirmation, glasses, etc.

Support for school fees for single parents

Covers expenses related to tuition fees, semester fees and examination fees for single parents when you are studying and are alone with children.

Survivor’s pension

Ensures income if you lost your spouse, partner or cohabitant with whom you have joint children. You can no longer apply for survivor's pension, but you may be entitled to adjustment allowance.

Temporary (emergency) accommodation

Help from Nav to find temporary accommodation when you do not have a place to sleep and stay for the next 24 hours.

Time-limited wage subsidies

Subsidy to your employer when you need to increase your chances of getting a job with regular pay.

Training allowance

Secures you income during absence from work when you are in training to be able to care for a child or an adult.

Transitional benefit for single parents

Ensures you income for up to 3 years when you have at least 60 per cent of the daily care for children under 8 years of age.

Transitional benefit for survivors

Secures income when the marriage has lasted less than 5 years and you have no children together, or if you have daily care for the deceased's children.

Travel allowance

If transportation to and from work enables you to work part or full time, you can get travel allowance instead of sickness benefit.

Travel cost for visiting arrangements

How to distribute travel costs for visiting arrangements.

Travel expenses

Covers your travel expenses when you try out, adapt or repair assistive technology.

Unemployment benefit (dagpenger)

Unemployment benefit (dagpenger) is a financial support you may get if you are unemployed or temporarily laid off.

Voluntary membership of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme during stay in Norway

Most of those who live and work in Norway are members of the National Insurance Scheme, but there are exceptions. If you are not a member, you can apply for voluntary membership.

Voluntary occupational injury benefit

A voluntary insurance policy when you are self-employed or freelancer.

Wage guarantee

Ensures that you are paid wages, holiday pay and other payment for work you are due, when your employer is unable to pay.

War pension

A compensation for reduced working capacity due to injuries resulting from the war of 1939-45.

Work and education travel grant

Provides support for taxis to and from work or school when you have a mobility impairment.

Work assessment allowance (AAP)

Ensures that you have an income during periods where, due to illness or injury, you need help from Nav.

Work training

This offer is available to people who need work experience to master a certain type of job or need a reference.