It is mandatory to apply for an authorisation to practice medicine.
The following documents are needed to apply for authorisation from doctors with education from the nordic countries:
Diploma
Transcript / Diploma Supplement
A detailed overview of the curriculum showing the specific subject content (not only the name of the subject) and the duration of the education.
The theoretical content must be stated in the learning objectives for each individual subject and the scope of each subject must be expressed in ECTS or the number of hours for each subject. The number of work placements / clinical practice studies and each period's length, objective, venue and evaluation results must also be stated.
The curriculum has to be printed by the educational institution in the applicants name, and be valid for the years the applicant studied, e.g. if you studied from 2010 – 2015 the curriculum has to cover those years.
The curriculum also needs to provide detailed contact information to the educational institution.
Authorization from the country the applicant graduated from, or from another EU /EEA country (optional)
Work certificate (optional)
The following documents are needed to applyfor authorisation from doctors with education from EU/EEA:
Under the Professional Qualifications Directive (Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament) there is a system of automatic recognition of profession qualification for medical practitioner:
Diploma
Transcript / Diploma Supplement
Authorization from the country the applicant graduated from, or from another EU /EEA country if acquired.
Work certificate (optional)
Education as Medical Practitioner from the EU / EEA with mandatory integrated practice: If you have graduated from one of the following countries, it is mandatory to complete the integrated practice which is necessary to get auhorisation in the training country, before applying for authorisation in Norway: Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Portugal, United Kingdom, Sweden.
Alternatively, until l 31. december 2018 you can get a so called "LIS1-lisens" to perform the integrated practice (previously called turnus, now called LIS1) in Norway.
Where else can we find more information?
https://helsedirektoratet.no/english/authorisation-and-license-for-healt...