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 made when it can be assumed that the adoption will be in the best interests of the child. The basic condition of the child's best interests applies to all forms of adoption.
Parental benefit, child benefit and cash benefit
Each year, large amounts of money are transferred from the public purse to families with children: parental benefit, child benefit and cash benefits for the parents of infants.
Related topics and insights
What's new
1996 Hague Convention enters into force
Norway’s ratification of the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention will strengthen our cooperation with other states when parental conflicts and child welfare cases arise that involve more than one country. The Convention will enter into force on 1 July 2016.
Amendments to the Adoption Act
The task of investigating prospective adoptive parents will be transferred from the municipalities to the regions in the Norwegian Children, Youth and Family Affairs Service on 1 February 2015.
Latest news
- Norway bans child marriages News story 25/07/2018
- Amendments in the Child Welfare Act News story 28/06/2018
- Introductory Speech to the Committee on the Rights of the Child News story 23/05/2018
- Introductory Speech Speech/statement 23/05/2018
- Proposal to ban child marriages in Norway News story 26/04/2018
- Statsbudsjettet 2018: Educating people for the future Press release 12/10/2017
- Enhancing kindergarten efforts relating to diversity and the youngest children Press release 15/11/2016
- Children's Rights in Alternative Care: "Walk the Talk!" Speech/statement 08/11/2016
Documents
The Child Welfare Act
Act relating to Child Welfare Services
Contact
Department of Childhood, Youth and Family Affairs
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +47 22 24 25 19
Address: Postboks 8036 Dep, 0030 Oslo
Visitor address: Akersgata 59, Oslo