Name search

Statistics Norway

Here you can search for first names and surnames and find out how many in Norway who has the name and how it has been used over time.

Kindergarten

Apply to your municipal authority for a kindergarten place for your child. If you wish change your child's attendance at a public kindergarten, you should notify your municipality. You can do so online.

Kindergarten

Apply to your municipal authority for a kindergarten place for your child. If you wish change your child's attendance at a public kindergarten, you should notify your municipality. You can do so online.

Change of name

Norwegian Tax Administration

You can change your first name, middle name and last name. Note that the middle name is not a first name. Names which can be used as a surname, may also be taken as a middle name.

Approve or reject the child's name

Norwegian Tax Administration

If you are a father or co-mother and share custody with the mother, you must approve the name choice mother has reported. You do this online. 

Report the name of your child

Norwegian Tax Administration

When the Tax Administration has sent you a request to select a name for your baby, you can report it online. This only applies to first-time name choice.