Residents in Norway: How to apply for a pension abroad

Updated 18. September 2023

When you live in Norway, you may earn the right to a retirement pension from the National Insurance Scheme. If you have also lived or worked in another country, you may be entitled to a pension from that country.

NAV only pays old-age pension based on the earnings you have in Norway. If you have earnings in another country, the country in question will pay out your pension from there.

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When you live in Norway, you may earn the right to a retirement pension from the National Insurance Scheme. If you have also lived or worked in another country, you may be entitled to a pension from that country.

NAV only pays old-age pension based on the earnings you have in Norway. If you have earnings in another country, the country in question will pay out your pension from there.

Check if we have a social security agreement

Before you apply for a pension from a country other than Norway, you must find out if this is a country with which we have a social security agreement. If the country you are applying for a pension from has a social security agreement with Norway, you must apply for a pension through NAV.

Norway has social security agreements with several countries:

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When you apply for a pension, NAV needs to know whether your application only applies to a pension from Norway, whether it applies to a pension from both Norway and abroad, or whether it is only a pension from abroad that you want to apply for.

Social security agreements with EEA countries, Switzerland and the United Kingdom

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Social security agreements outside the EEA area

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Apply for a pension from a country without a social security agreement

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Do you want to apply for a pension from a country with which we do not have a social security agreement? Then you must contact the relevant pension authorities in the country to find out how to apply.

Worked abroad for a Norwegian employer

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If you have worked outside Norway for a Norwegian employer, and paid tax to Norway during this period, you have in most cases retained your membership in the National Insurance Scheme. You have then earned Norwegian pension rights also during the period abroad. Normally, you have not earned pension rights in the country where you performed the work.

If you want to find out if you are entitled to a pension from the country in question, you can still apply for a pension from  there as well.  

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