NorwayHverdag 16 · Everyday life in Norway

A Norwegian national identity number (fødselsnummer) has 11 digits. What do the first six digits usually show?

In the exam (Norwegian)

Et norsk fødselsnummer har 11 siffer. Hva viser vanligvis de seks første sifrene?

  1. aThe postcode where you livePostnummeret der du bor
  2. bYour passport numberNummeret på passet ditt
  3. cYour date of birthFødselsdatoen dinCorrect answer

Why?

The first six digits of the national identity number show the day, month and year you were born. The national identity number is your personal number in the National Population Register (Folkeregisteret).

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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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