• Nordic citizens
• Children under 18 years of age born before 1 September 2006

Nordic citizens

1) You are required:

• To have reached the age of 18 years
• To have lived in Norway for the last seven years
• Not to have been sentenced to imprisonment or other forms of deprivation of liberty, or to a reaction for a criminal offence that is not deemed to be punishment, for example transfer to psychiatric care or enforced care.
• To document that you have requested to be released from your citizenship, and that you will be released when you are granted a Norwegian citizenship (this applies if you are a Finnish, Icelandic or Swedish citizen).
• If you have previously held Norwegian citizenship, the requirements under 2) apply.

2) Former Norwegian citizen

You are required:

• To be resident in Norway
• To document that you have been released from your citizenship (this applies if you are a Finnish, Icelandic or Swedish citizen)
  In order to send notification that you are Norwegian, you must complete form GP-7099 B and submit it to the police. In the case of former Norwegian citizens who are under the age of 18 years, the parents or person with parental responsibility must send the notification.

Children under 18 years of age born before 1 September 2006

Pursuant to the current law, children with a Norwegian mother or father automatically acquire Norwegian citizenship at birth. Moreover, children under the age of 18 who are adopted by a Norwegian citizen automatically acquire Norwegian nationality if the adoption order was issued by Norwegian authorities or if the adoption is valid in Norway.

The following applies to children born before 1 September 2006:

Children under the age of 18 years with a Norwegian father and foreign mother

A child under the age of 18 of a foreign mother who is not married to the child’s father can become a Norwegian citizen by notification if the father was Norwegian when the child was born. If the father was dead when the child was born, it is a requirement that the father was a Norwegian national when he died. The person or persons with parental responsibility must send form GP-7101 B (Notification concerning Norwegian citizenship for adoptive children and children with Norwegian fathers), and children over the age of 12 years must give their written consent. The notification must be sent to the police, or to a Norwegian foreign service mission (embassy, general consulate) if the child is resident abroad.

Adoptive children between the ages of 12 and 18 years

Children between the ages of 12 and 18 who have been adopted by a Norwegian citizen after 1 October 1999 but before 1 September 2006, can become Norwegian citizens by notification. An adoptive parent/adoptive parents with parental responsibility must send the same form as mentioned above. The child must give his/her written consent. The notification must be sent to the police, or to a Norwegian foreign service mission (embassy, general consulate) if the child is resident abroad.

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