Norway Pregnancy Benefit Calculator 2026 (Svangerskapspenger)

Pregnancy benefit (svangerskapspenger) is money from NAV, the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration, for pregnant women who are healthy but cannot keep doing their job because the work may harm the unborn child. Typical risks are radiation, chemicals, infection or heavy lifting. The benefit runs from the day you have to stop until 3 weeks before your due date, and it is not the same as sick pay: if your own illness stops you working, you may get sick pay instead. This calculator follows section 14-4 of the National Insurance Act and uses the basic amount (G) from 1 May 2026, NOK 136,549.

Your employer must try to adapt your work first

Before you can get pregnancy benefit, your employer has to consider whether your work can be adapted or whether you can be moved to other tasks. If you can keep working your normal percentage, you have no right to the benefit and do not need to apply. If you can work part of your job, you receive partial benefit for the rest. Employers can use a form from the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority (Arbeidstilsynet), which also answers questions about risks at work during pregnancy.

How it is calculated

The benefit is worked out in the same way as sick pay, but everyone gets 100% of the basis, including freelancers and the self-employed, up to 6G (NOK 819,294). For employees and freelancers NAV uses the average income of the last three calendar months, converted to a yearly income. Overtime and holiday pay are not included. Self-employed people use the average pensionable income of the last three assessed years. The yearly basis is divided by 260 to get the daily rate, and you are paid for Monday to Friday.

Who qualifies, and what newcomers should check

• You must have worked with income for at least 4 weeks (28 days) in a row just before you stop. Some NAV benefits count as work.
• Your income must be at least half of the basic amount (0.5G), which is NOK 68,275 a year in 2026.
• You must lose income because of the absence.
• You must be a member of the National Insurance Scheme. People who live in Norway are normally members, while people regarded as living abroad are not.
• You must be an employee, freelancer or self-employed on the day the benefit starts.

How many weeks can you get?

The table shows the number of benefit days and the total for an income of NOK 600,000 and full stop, depending on the pregnancy week in which you stop. It assumes a due date of 15 March 2027, which is week 40.

Pregnancy weeks counted so that the due date falls in week 40. Holiday pay comes in addition.

Worked example: a nurse who can work 40%

Sara is a nurse in a full-time job and earns NOK 600,000 a year. Her due date is 15 March 2027. From 23 November 2026 (week 24) she can work only 40% of a full job because of the risk of infection. She receives 60% pregnancy benefit, NOK 1,385 a day instead of the full NOK 2,308. The last day of the benefit is 21 February 2027, which gives 65 benefit days and NOK 90,025 in total. On top of that she gets NOK 9,041 in holiday pay. Parental benefit can start on 22 February 2027. See the parental leave calculator for what NAV pays then, and the child benefit calculator for the payment after the birth.

What the calculator does not cover

NAV decides whether you qualify, and a doctor and your employer document the risk and the adaptation. The calculator does not check the 4-week rule, membership of the National Insurance Scheme, or combined income from several jobs, and it does not model tax: the amounts are before tax. Cases with income from more than one source, work in another EEA country or a change of job during the pregnancy can be treated differently, so contact NAV in those situations.

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).