A European health insurance card entitles you to health services when staying temporarily in another EU/EEA country or in Switzerland. When you present the insurance card to the person/institution treating you, you will be entitled to medical treatment in the country you are staying on the same conditions as the people living there. This also means that you must pay the same patient charges as them.
To be entitled to a European health insurance card, the primary condition is that you are a member of the Norwegian National Insurance scheme, and that you are a Norwegian citizen or a citizen of another EU/EEA country or Switzerland. The European health insurance card is a plastic card the size of a regular bank card. If you are a member of the National Insurance scheme and are staying temporarily in another EEA country or in Switzerland, you should take your European health insurance card with you.
The scheme also covers family members, i.e. spouses and children under the age of 25. They are entitled to European health insurance cards regardless of citizenship and of whether they are members of the National Insurance scheme.
Each family member must carry their own European health insurance card. The insurance card is issued for three years, provided that conditions are still met. The card holder is obliged to report any changes that may influence their right to use the card.
Order your European health insurance card in one of the following ways:
- go to www.helfo.no
- write SMS with the word KORT (space) your personal identity number (11 digits) and send it to 26626
- call HELFO's service centre on tel. 815 70 030 or (+47) 33 51 22 80
