Article: Do You Need a Norwegian Driver’s License?
Resource: Toll Roads When Driving in Norway
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To convert your license to a Norwegian driving license, you need to contact your local traffic station to apply for the issue of a Norwegian driving license. At the same time, they will keep your driving license and issue you with a document which states that you are undergoing the process of license conversion. This is valid until your Norwegian driving license is issued. It is absolutely necessary to apply for your Norwegian license within one year of moving to Norway. It does not matter which day you receive your residence permit. The date you need to keep in mind is the one when you stepped off of the plane or boat.
After the application, you will then need to find a driving school to go for a lesson/s. Your driving instructor will then guide you through everything you need to know. The entire process should cost around 5000 NOK. If your application is delivered after the 1 year deadline, you will have to go through the entire driving license process (which can cost up to 30000 NOK).
Stavanger trafikkstasjon
Christian August Thoringsveg 12
4033 Stavanger
81 54 40 10
Parking
Parking Houses and Zones
List of parking house’s here.
Info on Zone Restricted Parking in Stavanger here.
All zoned parking requires Zone Parking Card, which can be bought from Stavanger Parkeringsselskaps office in Lars Hertervigsgt. 5.
Map of Zones here.
Street Parking
There are more than 2600 toll parking lots in downtown Stavanger. For these there are various payment methods.
Coin
The machines accept all legal tender coins except 50-øre. Parking time is determined by the amount that is added in the machine. Then it prints a ticket that must be visible in the windshield of the car.
Credit
All modern machines can use credit cards. The card is slid in the slot on the machine and parking time is determined by the amount of NOK entered. Then it prints a ticket that must be visible in the windshield of the car.
Cellphone
Mobile phones can also be used to register the payment. This assumes that the customer has an agreement with Easy Park (tel. 03456.) Easy Park Customers have a sticker with a barcode that is attached in the windscreen of the car. To register call the parking lot to Easy Park and provide a group number where the vehicle is parked. When you pick up your car, call up the same number and the registration ends. The amount is charged to a predetermined credit card.
Timing of required parking
This varies somewhat, so you must always check the signs, vending / parkometer where you park. Some places it is required around the clock. In the center, it is largely the following times that payment is required:
Weekdays at 08.00 to 17.00
Thursdays at 08.00 to 19.00
Saturdays at 08.00 to 13.00
Toll Roads in Norway 
Several Toll Roads Operators have installed automatic toll plazas. Automatic toll plazas are marked with the sing to the right. The lanes are marked “Do not stop” or are without any sign. Here you simply pass through, with or without AutoPASS.
You can order an AutoPASS here. In order to use AutoPASS you need an AutoPASS contract and an AutoPASS On-Board Unit (OBU) – a tag. The prices vary from toll road to toll road. There’s a NOK 200,- deposit on the tag. The tag is an electronic device installed by the user inside the vehicle, i.e. fixed to the windscreen behind the mirror. The id on the tag is connected to the cars registration number. It can not be moved between cars without notifying the toll road operator.
Foreign drivers can stop and pay at a nearby petrol station. 
If you don’t stop and pay within three working days you will receive an invoice by post – with no extra charge. Follow the sign as shown to the right to find a petrol station to pay at.
General Knowledge
The speed limit is indicated in kilometers per hour.
The driver coming from your right at an intersection always has the right of way, unless the road you are driving on is marked with a yellow diamond-shaped sign.
Traffic circles(Round Abouts) are commonly used in Norway instead of 4-way stop sign intersections. You must yield to cars from your left. Use your turning signal to indicate your intention to exit the circle.
Norwegian laws regarding drinking and driving are the strictest. The allowable blood-alcohol content while driving is so low (anything over 0.02 per cent) that even one glass of wine or beer can put a driver over the legal limit. Police often set up alcohol checkpoints along the road and give balloon tests to all drivers; during the holiday season, they may set up check points early Saturday or Sunday morning. Driving under the influence of alcohol is punishable by at least 1 day in jail and a heavy fine and the loss of the driver’s license. It is better to just not ever drink and drive!
There is a legal requirement of 3mm pattern depth on tires between October and March. Depending on where you are, studded tyres are recommended, although these are illegal for the rest of the year. Proper tire outfit is the driver’s responsibility. Summer tire’s are allowed back on the 2nd Monday after Easter, Winter tires are allowed on November 1st.
Dipped headlights must be used at all times (except where full beam is needed).
Seat belts front and rear are obligatory everywhere.
Visibility Vests are required to have in car in case of accident.
Traffic schools
Skagen Trafikkskole AS (biggest in Stavanger)
Kannikgata 22
4008 Stavanger
51 56 73 10
Hognestad & Arild Trafikkskole
Kannikgata 21
4008 Stavanger
51 53 32 98
ABC Trafikkskole
Steinsøyveien 5
4007 Stavanger
51 52 00 56
Bil & Mc Skolen Stavanger AS
Haakon VIIsgate 8
4005 Stavanger
51 56 77 80
Trafikkskolen Stavanger AS
Rosenkrantz Gate 17
4010 Stavanger
96 50 60 50
Towing Services
Viking Stavanger Towing
Tjodolvsgt 9
4010 Stavanger
80 03 29 00
Car Rescue Services (like AAA)
Falck Stavanger
Haugåsstubben 8
4016 Stavanger
51 88 62 62
