Parental Benefits
Norway has invested a good deal of effort in ensuring optimal conditions for families with small children. Great importance has been attached to enabling parents to combine work and family life. The parental benefit scheme enables parents ... + More
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Family Allowance
The first Norwegian legislation regarding family allowances was adopted in 1946. The family allowance scheme was introduced to help to cover the costs of raising children, and is designed to facilitate equitable redistribution between ... + More
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Cash benefit
A cash benefit scheme has been introduced to help parents to spend more time caring for their own children and to give them genuine freedom of choice as regards type of care for their children. This benefit is also designed to bring about ... + More
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Day-care Facilities
Government objectives for day-care policy include enabling all parents who choose to do so to enrol their children in high-quality, low-cost day-care programmes. Good day-care facilities are a pivotal factor in the participation of parents ... + More
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Consumer Policy
The primary objective of Norwegian consumer policy is to safeguard the rights, interests and safety of consumers. Consumer policy is cross-sectoral, encompassing issues that fall within the spheres of a variety of different ministries and ... + More
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