According to Norwegian law this test is mandatory for every person from a high endemic country/area and every person who has stayed in those countries/areas for more than 3 months and who is planning to work/study in child/health care in Norway. If you do not take the test, you can be denied starting your work/studies in Norway. You should take the test within four weeks after arrival to Norway.
The tuberculosis test is free of charge.
Alphabetical list of countries with high and very high occurrence
The table gives an alphabetical overview of countries with high occurrence, updated 4. June 2018. The countries with very high occurrence are marked in bold.
| A-C | D-J | K-M | N-S | T-Z |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Afghanistan Algeria Angola Armenia Azerbaijan
Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso Burundi
Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chad China Congo Côte d’Ivoire
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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominican Republic
Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Greenland (Denmark) Guam Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana
Haiti Honduras Hong Kong SAR
India Indonesia Iraq
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Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania
Macao SAR Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Micronesia Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar
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Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Northern Mariana Islands
Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines
Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland |
Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Turkmenistan Tuvalu
Uganda Ukraine United Republic of Tanzania Uzbekistan
Vanuatu Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia Zimbabwe |
For more information about the list read here.
Please find more information regarding tuberculosis and testing.
Positive results
A positive result will not influence your stay in Norway. If your test turns out positive, you will be offered further controls and treatment if necessary. All eventualities regarding further testing, controls and treatment of tuberculosis is also free of charge.
Appointments and contact information
Please make an appointment during the orientation days on campus. The Office of Infection Control (Smittevernkontoret) in Stavanger will be present at the semester start practical information meeting for international students for booking of personal appointment.
- Email: smittevernkontoret@stavanger.kommune.no
- Phone:
- 51913339 (For booking a personal appointment)
- 51508569/90732344 (Only for individual inquiries related to TB test)
- Visiting address: Smittevernkontoret, Torgveien 15 C, 4016 Stavanger.
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 08:00-14:00.