Foreign hunters

Foreign hunters non-resident in Norway have to send:

• documentation showing that you are qualified for the equivalent type of hunting in your homeland
• birth date
• postal address

You send the documentation via e-mail to the Norwegian Register of Hunters.

Foreign hunters resident in Norway have to undergo the hunting licence test or send us documentation of

• having undergone a hunting course in another country, equivalent to the Norwegian hunting licence test, at the least

In addition please state

• national identity number or d number
• postal address

You send the documentation to

Jegerregisteret
P.O Box 905
NO-8910 Brønnøysund
Norway

A hunting licence number will be assigned to you when you register in the Norwegian Register of Hunters. If you have lost the number you can contact the Norwegian Register of Hunters.

In order to do licensed hunting you have to:

• be at least 18 years old
• have paid the hunting licence fee for the current hunting year
• register for a large predator licence in the Norwegian Register of Hunters
• comply with reporting duties
• bring your personal licence while hunting
• bring documentation for valid shooting test during the hunt (if you are hunting with a rifle)

Registration for a large predator licence must be done for each specific carnivore species for each hunting year. This means that you need to re-register for each hunting year or if you wish to hunt other carnivore species. There is no fee for the registration.

If you have not paid the hunting licence fee for at least one of the past five years you will be deleted from the Norwegian Register of Hunters. If you want to hunt again you need to submit  documentation anew.

You can log in to My hunting profile to show proof of payment. You can also take a screenshot of the digital hunting licence card on your mobile phone or download the card as pdf or print it and bring it along during the hunt.

You pay the hunting licence fee for one hunting year at a time, and it covers the period from 1 April until 31 March.

All hunters who have paid the hunting licence fee last year will receive information about payment of the hunting licence fee before the hunting season starts on 1 April.

If you wish to bring firearms into Norway, you have to contact the Norwegian police authority.

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) supervises the live animals that are imported into Norway. For more information about bringing dogs into Norway, please contact Mattilsynet.

Yes you must. Before you can report, you must register as a user in Altinn. You need to report the hunting and the catch outcome by using the form for game bag reporting, RA-0574.

Always state your hunter number in addition to your name and address when you contact the Register of Hunters.

E-mail: jegerregisteret@brreg.no
Phone: +47 75 00 79 99
Opening hours: 09 –  12

Mailing address:
Jegerregisteret
P. O. Box 905
NO-8910 Brønnøysund
Norway