Always check the applicable rules when crossing the border from one country to another. This also applies to any countries you will pass through. Contact the Norwegian embassy or consulate in the country or countries concerned for further details. Here is a list of Norwegian foreign service stations published on the Norwegian government website regjeringen.no. You must also check whether special rules apply to any of the weapons components you want to take abroad with you. For example, is a silencer or a telescopic sight legal in the country you will be using the weapon in?

Sweden has its own rules

Special rules apply if you want to travel to Sweden with a firearm. It is not enough to have a valid European Firearms Pass.

• You must register the weapon(s) you will be bringing into Sweden before you travel. You can do this online via the Swedish Customs Service's website. You can also declare your weapon(s) in person to a Swedish customs official when you cross the border.

Travel to countries inside the EU/EEA with a valid European Firearms Pass

Are you planning to travel to an EU/EEA country? Apply for a European Firearms Pass before you travel. It will make your journey easier.

• How to apply for a European Firearms Pass.

Travel without a valid European Firearms Pass and travel to countries outside the EU/EEA

If you do not have a European Firearms Pass, you must declare your weapon(s) when you travel into or out of Norway. This also applies if you are travelling to a country outside the EU/EEA. To declare a weapon means giving written notice that you are travelling with the weapon.

• Download and fill out the declaration regarding the temporary export of a firearm.
• You must complete two copies of the declaration before you travel.

You must always have the following with you:

• Firearms licence
• Valid proof of identity
• Valid European Firearms Pass if you have one and are travelling to an EU/EEA country. All the weapons you are travelling with must be recorded in the firearms pass.

Travel to Sweden

• If you are travelling to Sweden and have a valid European Firearms Pass, you do not need to go through customs when you leave Norway.
• If you do not have a valid European Firearms Pass, you must hand both copies of the completed temporary declaration regarding the temporary export of a firearm to a Norwegian customs official when you Norway. The other copy will be returned to you. Keep it with you while you are away. You must hand this copy to a Norwegian customs official when you return home.
• If you have not already registered your weapon(s) online via the Swedish Customs Service's website, declare your weapon(s) to a Swedish customs official when you arrive in Sweden.

Travel to countries inside the EU/EEA with a valid European Firearms Pass

• If you are travelling to a country inside the EU/EEA and have a valid European Firearms Pass, you do not need to go through customs when you leave Norway.

Travel without a valid European Firearms Pass and travel to countries outside the EU/EEA

• Hand both copies of the declaration regarding the temporary export of weapons to a Norwegian customs official when you leave Norway.
• The Norwegian Customs Service keeps one copy of the declaration. The other copy will be returned to you. Keep it with you while you are away. You must hand this copy to a Norwegian customs official when you return home.

• Are you travelling with a valid European Firearms Pass? Are you travelling from an EU/EEA country? Go through customs via the green channel when you return to Norway.
• Are you travelling without a valid European Firearms Pass? Are you travelling from a country outside the EU/EEA? Go through customs via the red channel when you return to Norway. You must hand the second copy of the temporary firearms export declaration to a Norwegian customs official.