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About Us Faculty Humanitarian Work Missionary Work Adventure Medicine Discussion Board Jobs Database CV Database Regulatory Bodies Indemnity/Insurance Updates Newsletters Books Useful Links Flights/Hotels DoH Toolkit for International Work Country Safety Tools: Translate ! Int Dialing Codes Currency Converter Organise my Elective ! Advertise with us Contact us The Medic's Guide Book	NORWAY Population: 4.5 million Language: Norwegian Capital: Oslo Currency: Norwegian krone Int code: +47 Norway, the furthest west of the Scandinavian countries, is a beautiful land of fjords and coastline. Fishing and oil are the mainstays. All doctors can speak English as there are few Norwegian textbooks. Most patients can also speak at least a little. Information on working in Norway can be found on: www.aetat.no Useful Addresses: Ministry of Health, PO Box 8011 Dep, 10 Grubbegt, Oslo 0030 Tel: +47 22 24 90 90 Fax: 22 24 9575 Norwegian Medical Association: Norske Laegeforening, Postboks 1152 sentrum N 0107 Oslo Tel: +47 23 10 90 00 fax: 23 10 90 10 www.legeforeningen.no Norwegian Nurses Association: Norsk Sykepleierforbund, Boks 2633, St Hanshaugen N 0131 Oslo Tel: +47 22 04 33 04 Fax: 22 71 60 96 Norwegian Dental Association: Norske Tannlaegeforening, Frederik Stangs gt 20, N 0264 Oslo Tel: +47 22 54 74 00 Fax: 22 55 11 09 www.tannlegeforeningen.no Norwegian Association of Physiotherapists: Norske Fysioterapeutes Forbund, Postboks 7009, Majorstua N 0306 Oslo Tel: +47 22 69 78 00 Fax: 22 56 58 25 Norwegian Association of Occupational Therapists: Norsk Ergoterapeut Forbund, Lakkegaten 19-21 N 0187 Oslo UNIVERSITIES: There are four universities that teach medicine in Norway. All bar the Norwegian University of Science and Technology also teach nursing. University of Bergen, Harald Hårfagres gt, N-5020 Bergen, Norway Tel: +47 55 58 90 22 Fax: 55 58 90 25 www.uib.no/med. Situated in Norway’s second-largest city (population 220,000) this sea-port is surrounded by mountains. The school uses: Haukeland Sykehus, 5021 Bergen Tel: +47 55 29 80 60 Fax: 55 97 47 85, a modern hospital near the centre of Bergen. University of Oslo, Postboks 1078 Blindern N-0316 Oslo, Norway Tel: +47 22 85 50 50 Fax: 22 85 44 42 www.uio.no Write to the medical faculty at the above address for elective details. A couple of its hospitals are: The National Hospital (Rikshospitalet) Pilestredet 32, 0027 Oslo, Norway Tel: +47 22867010 Fax: 22867580. University Hospital: a 806-bed hospital serves the north-east portion of Oslo and includes Gaustad Hospital, Norway’s oldest psychiatric hospital. University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway Tel: +47 77 644610 Fax: 77 645300 www.uit.no It uses: Regionsykehuset I Tromø, Tromø 9038 Tel: +47 77 62 60 00 fax: 77 62 60 42 Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway Tel: +47 73 59 88 59 Fax: 73 59 88 65 www.unit.no (Trondheim is Norway’s third-largest city.) It uses: Regionsykehuset I Trondheim, 17 Olav Kyrres gt, Trondheim 7006 Tel: +47 73 99 80 00 Fax: 73 99 80 44

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