{"id":1926,"date":"2026-11-03T10:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/no\/2026\/11\/03\/accommodation-norway-foreign-workers\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T10:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:33:46","slug":"accommodation-norway-foreign-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/de\/2026\/11\/03\/accommodation-norway-foreign-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Accommodation in Norway: costs and your rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many hotel jobs outside the cities come with accommodation, but it is rarely free in every sense. These are the points worth checking before you accept.<\/p>\n<h2>Housing from your employer is a taxable benefit<\/h2>\n<p>The 2026 value added to your taxable income is 151 kr a day for board and lodging together, 107 kr for all meals and 44 kr for lodging alone. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skatteetaten.no\/satser\/kost-og-losji---sats-for-fordelsbeskatning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skatteetaten rates<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Rent cannot simply be taken from your pay<\/h2>\n<p>As a general rule, a wage deduction must be required by law, follow from a collective agreement, or be agreed in writing in advance. Ask for the amount in writing before you sign. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arbeidstilsynet.no\/lonn-og-ansettelse\/lonn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arbeidstilsynet on wage deductions<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What private rent costs<\/h2>\n<p>Average monthly rent for 1 room in 2025 was 8 770 kr nationally, 10 090 kr in Oslo and B\u00e6rum, 7 510 kr in Bergen and 6 570 kr in towns of 2 000 to 19 999 people. Electricity and heating are usually not included. <a href=\"https:\/\/ssb.no\/lmu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSB rental survey<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Mehr erfahren<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/no\/2026\/11\/03\/d-number-tax-card-norway\/\">How to get a D-number and tax card<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/no\/2026\/11\/03\/tax-in-norway-foreign-workers\/\">What tax do foreign workers pay in Norway?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/no\/2026\/10\/29\/working-in-norway-what-to-actually-expect\/\">Working in Norway: what to actually expect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/no\/jobbtilbud\/\">Our current jobs in Norway<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>General information, checked November 2026.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What rent costs in Norway, how employer-provided housing is taxed, and when an employer may deduct rent from your pay. With official sources.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advices","category-information"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soprana.no\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}