NorwayFamilie 49 · School, family and health

What is true about the vaccination programme for children in Norway?

In the exam (Norwegian)

Hva er riktig om vaksineprogrammet for barn i Norge?

  1. aThe vaccines are voluntary and freeVaksinene er frivillige og gratisCorrect answer
  2. bThe vaccines are compulsory, and parents who say no get a fineVaksinene er påbudt, og foreldre som sier nei, får bot
  3. cThe parents must pay for the vaccines themselvesForeldrene må betale for vaksinene selv

Why?

All vaccination is voluntary in Norway. The childhood vaccines are free and are given at the health clinic (helsestasjon) and by the school health service.

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Our own practice questions on the facts of the public social studies curriculum (the curriculum for adult immigrants and samfunnskunnskap.no). They are not the real test tasks, which are confidential and never published, and no text from samfunnskunnskap.no is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Norwegian. We are not affiliated with the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir).

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