Yes, certain individuals and positions on board are fully exempt from the Maritime Pension Fund. This includes:

• Fishing and harvest vessels, where only the ship’s crew is covered — not the fishermen (who are covered by the Fishermen’s Guarantee Fund).
• Various workers not considered part of the crew, such as musicians and doctors.
• Employees in hotel and restaurant services on tourist ships registered in NIS (Norwegian International Ship Register).

Applications for exemption for seismic workers have been denied.

Norwegian and EEA citizens working on mobile offshore units (at least 100 gross tons) registered in NOR or NIS are generally covered by the pension scheme, regardless of whether they operate on the Norwegian or foreign continental shelf.

Employees working on mobile units not registered in NOR/NIS but operating on the Norwegian continental shelf can apply for voluntary membership, provided they are members of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme (folketrygden).

You log in through the main page of our website.
To get access, we must first activate your account. This happens once you return the “agreement contact” form that was sent to your company by email.
If you haven’t returned the form yet, please do so. Once we receive the signed form, we will activate your account.

Login requires an electronic ID (e-ID), which is a personal login for public services.
If you haven’t used e-ID before, you can register as a new user and find more information at: http://www.norge.no/nn/elektronisk-id

Premium rates change every June. Have you accounted for this?

Have you entered the correct number of days?
We accept a maximum of 30 days per month. The exception is the second month of a term — you can report more than 30 days then, as final settlements are taken into account.
If an employee started during the last month of the previous term, you cannot add those days to the first month of the current term. You must either:
• report the days in the previous term, or
• report them in the second month of the current term.

Invoice amount incorrect?
• If the invoice is higher than what you calculated, you can pay the difference to the account listed on the invoice.
• If the invoice is lower, the surplus will be registered as a credit with us. You can choose to:
o Deduct it from your next invoice, or
o Request a refund.

If foreign employees are not registered with a valid national ID number (fødselsnummer) or D-number, they won’t trigger a premium in our system. Our system is connected to the National Population Register.

If an employee is waiting for a D-number, they will be listed as “unknown” in our system and won’t appear on the invoice.
Once you receive a valid ID or D-number, you can update the information in the relevant payroll submission.
Go to “previously submitted payroll reports” for the correct period and enter the correct information.

Employees without a valid ID or D-number will be marked in yellow on the premium report. After you update their information, a new invoice will be generated. The person will then be credited with the correct sea service once the invoice is paid.

Mainly Norwegian citizens serving on ships included in the pension scheme — regardless of where they live.
Also included are individuals with permanent residence in Norway who are registered with the Population Register.
Citizens of EU/EEA countries have been treated the same as Norwegian citizens since January 1, 1994.

See also:

• British citizens and membership
• “Hovedrundskriv” – Pension regulations (only in Norwegian)