Apprentice in Norway
Your apprentice salary may affect the housing grant
The housing grant will be reduced if your apprenticeship salary is above the income limit. The limit for 2026-2027 is NOK 18 588 gross monthly earnings.
In order to be eligible for a housing grant, you also need to meet at least one of the following criteria:
- The distance between parental home and your in-service training establishment is more than 40 kilometres, or
- You spend more than three hours per day travelling between your parents’ home and your in-service training establishment, or
- There are conditions that prevent you from living at home. These conditions must so severe that you will have problems completing your education if you have to live at home.
Most apprentices are not entitled to grants for course materials
As an apprentice you no longer receive a grant for course materials, as you did when you attended upper secondary school.
However, if you are an apprentice while also taking common core subjects and/or programme subjects at school, you may still be eligible for a grant for course materials in addition to other grants and loans. The amount you can receive depends on which education programme you are enrolled in as a pupil.
Previously, no apprentices received a grant for course materials, but the practice was changed in 2026 and applies from the 2025–2026 academic year onwards. If you have applied for grants for the 2025–2026 and 2026–2027 academic years and you have both apprentice status and status as a pupil, you will receive the grant for course materials during the autumn of 2026. You do not need to contact us.
If you were an apprentice and also a pupil during the 2025–2026 academic year, you may apply for an equipment grant even after the application deadline for loans and grants has passed. In that case, you need to contact us to apply.
Very few apprentices receive income-dependent grants
An income-dependent grant is a grant to pupils from low-income families. Among other things, the size of the grant you are entitled to depends on your apprenticeship salary. The limit to how high your apprenticeship salary can be and still receive an income-dependent grant is so low that very few apprentices qualify.
You receive payments for 11 months
Apprentices receive grants for 11 months per year, as opposed to pupils in ordinary upper secondary education who only receive grants for 10 months. You may receive a grant from August to June, but you must still remember to apply every year.
This page applies if you meet both criteria:
- You are under the age of 21. That is, you will turn 20 years of age or less during the calendar year in which the academic year commences.
- You do not yet have university and college admissions certification or vocational qualifications. This means that you have not successfully completed a university and college admission or vocational education programme.
If you are 21 years or older, or you have university and college admissions certification or vocational qualifications, you will find the correct information on the page for apprentices with student loan.