Residence registration for Members of the Norwegian Parliament, the Storting, and government politicians

Specific information if you are:

• a Member of the Storting or the Government
• a State Secretary
• a political adviser in a ministry or at the Prime Minister's Office
• the spouse or children of someone in one of the roles listed above
• the Prime Minister or a part of their household

As a general rule, you must be registered as a resident where you spend most of your nights

The main rule states that you must be registered as a resident in the National Population Register where you spend the majority of your nights.

Special rule for Members of the Storting and Government politicians

As a Member of the Storting or a Government politician, you can choose to use the special rule in section 5-4 of the National Population Register Act. You may then, under certain conditions, remain registered at your home address even if you take your overnight rest at your workplace. You will be registered as a commuter in the National Population Register.

As a general rule, your spouse and children in the household must be registered at the same home address as you, unless they have a particularly weak connection to the residential property.

The following requirements apply:

• there must be at least 40 kilometres between the residential property at the place of home and the place of work.
• you must use the residential property at the place of home through an actual ownership or rental agreement under general terms.
• the residential property at your place of home must be a fully adequate residence.
• A fully adequate residence means a lockable housing unit for residential purposes of at least 35 square metres, with running water and sewerage, and it must be exclusively at the disposal of the Member of the Storting or the government politician every day of the week.
• If a residential property that is owned is partly rented out, the property size requirement increases by 20 square metres for each resident over the age of 15. The person covered by the special rule must have at least half of the residential property at their disposal and have the right to use at least one bedroom.
• A person who is in their first term in the Storting or as a government politician is exempt from the property size requirement.
• A person who is in their first term in the Storting or as a government politician is also exempt from the fully adequate residence requirement if they rent a room in a shared apartment.

You must have at least three visits home per year.

At the bottom of this page you can find references and links to the regulations.

The changes to the rules enter into force on 1 October 2025.

In order for us to process your notification, you must upload the following proof as an attachment to the change of address notification:

If you want to be registered in the National Population Register in accordance with the special rule, you must report your move accordingly.

If you have a residential property in your place of home, you can, under certain conditions, use commuter accommodation without having to pay tax on this benefit.

Conditions for tax-free commuter accommodation:

• there must be at least 40 kilometres between the residential property at the place of home and the place of work.
• you must use the residential property at the place of home through an actual ownership or rental agreement under general terms.
• the residential property at your place of home must be a fully adequate residence.
• A fully adequate residence means a lockable housing unit for residential purposes of at least 35 square metres, with running water and sewerage, and it must be exclusively at the disposal of the Member of the Storting or the government politician every day of the week.
• If a residential property that is owned is partly rented out, the property size requirement increases by 20 square metres for each resident over the age of 15. The person covered by the special rule must have at least half of the residential property at their disposal and have the right to use at least one bedroom.
• A person who is in their first term in the Storting or as a government politician is exempt from the property size requirement.
• A person who is in their first term in the Storting or as a government politician is also exempt from the fully adequate residence requirement if they rent a room in a shared apartment. If you rent out the residential property to some extent, the rental income must be tax free pursuant to section 7-2 first paragraph (a) of the Taxation Act. This means that the rental agreement must last continuously for at least 30 days, and you must use at least half of the residential property (calculated according to rental value) as your own home.

You must have at least three visits home per year.

The changes to the rules enter into force on 1 October 2025.

If the conditions above are not met, you must pay tax on the benefit of the commuter accommodation. The taxable benefit must normally be assessed at what it would have cost to rent a similar home (market rent).

You can find more information about the rules for tax-free commuter accommodation and other tax rules of particular importance to you in Skatte-ABC: S-20 Members of the Storting etc..

If your commuter situation changes, for example, when you move or you’re no longer considered a commuter, you must notify us.