What changed in Norway

Wallet-to-wallet transfers and gifts received are not taxable events

Crypto tax and legal status

CARF reporting is live, but your return is still not pre-filled

Crypto tax and legal status

High-frequency trading risks reclassification as business income

Crypto tax and legal status

Staking and mining are taxed as income on receipt, not on eventual sale

Crypto tax and legal status

Crypto is the only major asset taxed at 100 percent in the wealth tax, no discount

Crypto tax and legal status

Every disposal, including crypto-to-crypto swaps, is taxed at 22 percent

Crypto tax and legal status

Crypto is legal, MiCA-regulated and Finanstilsynet-supervised

Crypto tax and legal status

NOKUS rules can attribute a foreign company's profits to you personally

Moving your company

AS, NUF or ENK: pick the entity to match how the business actually runs

Moving your company

Ceasing Norwegian tax residence takes more than just leaving

Tax residency

Whether the exit tax reaches directly held crypto is unresolved

Leaving home: exit tax and ties

Leaving Norway later can trigger a 37.84 percent exit tax

Leaving home: exit tax and ties

Wealth tax hits worldwide net assets annually, whether or not they earned income

Personal income tax

Dual citizenship has been allowed since 2020, but check the other country's rules

Permanent residency and citizenship

Citizenship needs 8 of the last 11 years residence, a B1 oral Norwegian test and permanent residence first

Permanent residency and citizenship

No investor, golden or retiree visa exists at any price

Residency routes

Skilled worker permit is the main third-country route, pay floor raised 1 May 2026

Residency routes

EEA nationals get the fastest legal relocation route into Norway

Residency routes

Non-EEA visitors need comprehensive travel insurance, EHIC is unavailable

Healthcare coverage

EHIC covers medically necessary care on Norwegian terms

Healthcare coverage

No social security agreement means genuine double contribution cost

Social security

EEA social security coordination protects postings up to 24 months

Social security

Signing contracts or managing from Norway creates real PE and CFC risk

Permanent establishment risk

Permanent establishment risk looks low for pure remote work

Permanent establishment risk

The treaty 183-day article can keep short remote stints tax-free

Personal income tax

PAYE gives short-stay foreign workers a flat 25 percent rate

Personal income tax

Past 183 days you become a Norwegian tax resident

Tax residency

Under 183 days keeps you outside Norwegian tax residency

Tax residency

Visitor status allows checking email, not doing your job

Right to work

EEA nationals can work remotely for any employer without a permit

Right to work

No digital nomad visa exists past the 90-day Schengen limit

Immigration and visa

Some nationalities need a Schengen visa before travel

Immigration and visa

Visa-free entry for up to 90 days in any rolling 180

Immigration and visa

EEA nationals must register with UDI after three months

Immigration and visa

EEA nationals get automatic free movement into Norway

Immigration and visa