Guide: Travelling with pets to Norway

Identification

The animal must be identified by a microchip.

The animal must be identified before it is vaccinated against rabies.

Pet passport

The dog must be accompanied by a European pet passport.

The passport shall be issued by an authorised veterinarian.

The passport must be signed by the dog's owner in order to be valid.

Anti-rabies vaccination

The animal must have a valid anti-rabies vaccination.

• The vaccine must either be an inactivated vaccine of at least one antigenic unit per dose (recommendation from the World Health Organisation) or a recombinant vaccine expressing the immunising glycoprotein of the rabies virus in a live virus vector. If administered in an EU-country or in Norway, the vaccine must have been granted a marketing authorisation.
• The vaccine must be administered by an authorised veterinarian.
• The animal must be at least 12 weeks old when the vaccine is administered. The date of administration shall be indicated in the appropriate section of the pet passport. The animal must be identified before the rabies vaccination.
• The period of validity starts not less than 21 days from the completion of the vaccination protocol required by the manufacturer for a primary vaccination. A revaccination has no 21-day waiting period if performed within the period of validity of the previous vaccination.
• The period of validity shall be indicated by the authorised veterinarian in the appropriate section of the pet passport. A revaccination is considered a primary vaccination if it is not carried out within the period of validity of the previous vaccination.

Anti-Echinococcus treatment

An anti-Echinococcus treatment is required for dogs, including puppies.

The treatments shall be administered by a veterinarian and shall consist of a medicine containing praziquantel or pharmacologically active substances, which alone or in combination, have been proven to reduce the burden of mature and immature intestinal forms of the Echinococcus multilocularis parasite in the host species concerned.

As a main rule, the treatment must be administered 24–120 hours prior to entering Norway.

When travelling to Norway on a regular basis (the 28-day rule)

Alternatively, the 28-day rule can be applied:

• The dog has to be treated at least twice before travelling at a maximum interval of 28 days and after that regularly at maximum intervals of 28 days for as long as the pet keeps travelling to and from Norway.
• If the dog remains in Norway, the last treatment has to be administered after the travelling has ended.
• If the 28-day interval is exceeded, the treatment series has to be started over with two treatments to trigger the 28-day rule again.
• The treatment shall be certified by the administering veterinarian in the relevant section of the pet passport

Border control

Most border crossings feature red and green channels. Select the red channel and prepare to present your animals and required documents for inspection.

You don't need to contact the Norwegian Food Safety Authority before entering the country.

Some dog breeds are banned in Norway

The following breeds are banned from entering Norway. The ban also applies to crossbreeds where there is one or more of these breeds in any proportion:

• The Pit Bull Terrier
• The American Staffordshire Terrier
• The Fila Brasilerio
• The Toso Inu
• The Dogo Argentino
• The Czechoslovakian Wolfdog

Banned dogs