Families and children
The Ministry of Children and Families endeavours to ensure that children and young people get a good upbringing and that families can feel secure, both financially and socially.
Child Welfare
The primary duty of the child welfare services is to ensure that children and young people living under conditions that may harm their health and development will receive the necessary assistance when they need it, and to contribute to giving children and young people safe conditions for growing up.
Adoption
An adoption order may only be issued when it can be assumed that adoption is in the best interests of the child. The fundamental condition of the child's best interests applies to all forms of adoption.
More on families and children
Latest on families and children
What's new
- Committee will Investigate Foreign Adoptions News story 20/06/2023
- Submission of the report from the Expert Commission on Child Welfare to the Minister for Children and Families News story 20/03/2023
- Recently arrived students must receive quality education within three months News story 20/06/2022
- Revised National Budget: Additional child-related expertise at asylum reception centres Press release 12/05/2022
- Proposal for temporary amendments to the Child Welfare Act to handle the increase in refugees from Ukraine to Norway News story 29/04/2022
Documents
- Human rights for persons with intellectual disabilities Report 13/09/2023
- The Norwegian Government's Action Plan on Gender and Sexual Diversity (2023–2026) Plans/strategy 06/09/2023
- Child Welfare Act Law 01/01/2023
- NOU 2022: 5 - The Norwegian Government's Management of the Coronavirus Pandemic – Part 2 Norwegian Official Report (NOU) 26/04/2022
- Meld. St. 6 (2019–2020) Early intervention and inclusive education in kindergartens, schools and out-of-school-hours care - Report to the Storting 02/11/2020
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Contact
Department of Childhood, Youth and Family Affairs
E-mail: postmottak@bfd.dep.no
Phone:
+47 22 24 25 19
Address:
Postboks 8036 Dep, 0030 Oslo
Visitor address:
Akersgata 59, Oslo