Working in Norway

Located in Oslo, Norway, Opera headquarters is the development center for the Opera browser. Today, there are more than 300 employees working within Opera's Sales, Marketing, Administration and Engineering departments.

When I visit Opera Software it feels [...] like coming home. [...] Opera has found a fine balance between being creative on the one hand, but also cost conscious and productive on the other hand.

Bjørn Christian Nørbech
Managing Partner
ITIM-NORWAY Culture and Management Consultants

What Norway has to offer

• Skiing and snowboarding slopes are a short subway ride from downtown Oslo
• Norway has one of the cleanest environments in the world
• Norway is famous for its nature. Mountains, fjords, massive waterfalls; it's all there
• Life/work balance is important to Norwegians
• All major European cities are between one and three hours by air from Oslo
• Oslo is relatively safe and the police do not carry firearms

Useful information

• About Oslo
• New in Norway: Information for work migrants
• UDI (Norwegian Directorate of Immigration)
• • Visa
  • Residence/work permit
  • Family re-unification
• National Office for Social Insurance Abroad
• • The Health Insurance Card
  • Old age pension benefits
  • Medical benefits during sickness and maternity
  • Social security agreements
• Tax office
• • Tax deduction in Norway
  • Tax card
  • Tax return-rules
• Transportation
• Housing
• Learn more about Norway
• • A resource site providing information on living, working and Norway in general