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Driving in Norway

The licence plates you will see on the road in Norway, how to read them, and what a car from abroad needs.

N

Country code

Cars registered here show the country code N. Plates carry it on the blue EU band, which counts as the country sign: no separate oval sticker is needed in the European Economic Area, and the plate is also valid in other countries of the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. A car from abroad shows its own country code at the rear in the same way.

Reading the plates

Plates carry an area code that shows where the car was registered: 391 codes across 15 counties. For example:

DA 12345
Area codes on the mapAll area codes

Plates you will see

  • AB 12345

    Standard · Since 1971

  • HY 12345

    Standard · Current

Special plates

Older plates still on the road

Plate formats and history of Norway

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