Norway Car Re-registration Fee Calculator 2026

The re-registration fee (omregistreringsavgift, called the registration transfer fee on the Statens vegvesen website) is a one-off state fee that the buyer pays when a vehicle that is already registered in Norway gets a new owner. It is not a dealer fee and it is not the registration tax paid on imported cars. The Storting (Parliament) sets the amounts one year at a time, and new rates apply from 1 January. This calculator uses the 2026 decision and covers all four groups in it: mopeds and motorcycles, passenger cars, vans, motorhomes and other vehicles up to 7,500 kg, and trailers.

How the fee is set

• Year of first registration places the vehicle in one of three columns: 2023–2026, 2015–2022, 2014 and older. Older vehicles pay less.
• Passenger cars are also split by type-approved kerb weight (unladen weight): up to 1,200 kg or over. For cars registered 2014 and older the fee is the same whatever the weight.
• Vans, motorhomes, trucks and buses are included when the permitted gross weight is up to 7,500 kg. For these the gross weight counts, not the kerb weight.
• Trailers, including caravans, pay only when the kerb weight is over 350 kg.

Re-registration fee 2026 for all vehicle groups

Vehicles first registered in 1996 or earlier are exempt in 2026. Euro and dollar figures are approximate, converted at Norges Bank mid-market rates of 25 September 2026 (EUR 1 = NOK 10.84, USD 1 = NOK 9.51).

Examples

A passenger car from 2019 with a kerb weight of 1,600 kg falls in the 2015–2022 column and above 1,200 kg, so the fee is NOK 4,532 (about EUR 420 or USD 480). If the same car weighs 1,150 kg, the fee is NOK 3,236. A motorhome from 2021 with a permitted gross weight of 3,500 kg pays NOK 1,553. A car first registered in 1996 is 30 years old in 2026 and exempt (NOK 0), while a car from 1997 still pays NOK 1,942.

Who is exempt

• Vehicles that are 30 years or older in the year of re-registration.
• Transfers between spouses, including separation, divorce and death. Cohabitants are not exempt.
• Inheritance between parents and children. A gift or advance on inheritance is not exempt.
• Vehicles registered on the same owner for 2 months or less.
• A change of name only, and removal of a co-owner from the register.
• Purchases that are cancelled and some company reorganisations, which you apply for through the Tax Administration.

If you are new to Norway

• When you buy a used car from a private seller, the seller submits a notification of sale (salgsmelding), you confirm it, you make sure the car is insured in your name, and you pay the fee. Only then can you use the car.
• A car with foreign plates that you bring into Norway is imported, not re-registered. It pays the one-off registration tax and VAT, so use the import car to Norway cost calculator and the car registration tax calculator instead.
• Add the other costs of owning the car to your budget. The electric versus petrol car comparison shows running costs.

What this calculator does not cover

It calculates only the re-registration fee. It does not include the road traffic insurance tax (trafikkforsikringsavgift, charged through your insurance), insurance, the roadworthiness test, plates, dealer or sale fees, or anything you have agreed with the seller. It has no rate for vehicles above 7,500 kg permitted gross weight or for light trailers, because the decision has none. Exemptions that must be applied for are not checked. The Tax Administration decides which rate and exemption apply to your vehicle.