Traffic signsNorway

An introduction to the traffic rules and road signs of Norway. Learn about driving, road safety and much more in our illustrated book, with answers to frequently asked questions.

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What does this traffic sign mean?

101. What does this traffic sign mean?

Mandatory path for pedestrians.
✓ Start of a zone for pedestrians.
End of the zone for pedestrians.
Start of a residential area.

This traffic sign indicates the start of a pedestrian zone. Pedestrians are the principal road users within the zone, while access by vehicles and other road users is subject to the applicable traffic signs and local rules.

English • Traffic sign 548 • Pedestrian street. Marks an area where motor vehicles other than small electric motor vehicles are prohibited and pedestrian-street traffic rules apply. Applies until sign 550 ‘End of pedestrian street’.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 548 • Gågate. Skiltet angir grense for område hvor det er forbudt å kjøre motorvogn unntatt liten elektrisk motorvogn og hvor trafikkreglenes bestemmelser om gågate gjelder. Skiltet gjelder til det blir opphevet av skilt 550 «Slutt på gågate».

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🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12

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What does this traffic sign mean?

102. What does this traffic sign mean?

Start of a zone for pedestrians.
✓ End of the zone for pedestrians.
End of the residential area.
Pedestrians prohibited.

This traffic sign indicates the end of the pedestrian zone. The special traffic rules associated with the pedestrian zone end at this point. Follow the traffic signs and rules that apply beyond the zone.

English • Traffic sign 550 • End of pedestrian street.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 550 • Slutt på gågate.

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🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12

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103. What does this traffic sign mean?

✓ Crossing for pedestrians.
Pedestrians prohibited.
Start of a zone for pedestrians.
Warning for pedestrians.

This traffic sign indicates a crossing for pedestrians. It marks a designated place where pedestrians cross the road. Priority and crossing rules depend on the applicable traffic signs, signals and local regulations.

English • Traffic sign 516 • Pedestrian crossing. Marks a pedestrian crossing where the relevant traffic rules apply.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 516 • Gangfelt. Skiltet angir kryssingssted for gående hvor trafikkreglenes bestemmelser om gangfelt gjelder.

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🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12

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What does this traffic sign mean?

104. What does this traffic sign mean?

Warning for a road narrowing.
Road with one-way traffic.
Road with two-way traffic.
✓ Road narrowing, oncoming drivers have to give way.

This traffic sign indicates a road narrowing where oncoming drivers have to give way.

English • Traffic sign 214 • Oncoming traffic must give way. Oncoming drivers are required to give way by sign 212 ‘Give way to oncoming traffic’.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 214 • Møtende kjørende har vikeplikt. Skiltet angir at møtende kjørende er pålagt vikeplikt med skilt 212 «Vikeplikt overfor møtende kjørende».

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 6

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105. What does this traffic sign mean?

✓ Dead end street.
The road is closed.
Dead end street with a passage for pedestrians and cyclists.
Road with one-way traffic.

This traffic sign indicates a dead end street. The road has no through route for vehicles, although access to properties or other destinations along the road may still be possible.

English • Traffic sign 527.1 • Dead-end road. Indicates that the road is physically closed. The design is adapted to local conditions.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 527.1 • Blindveg. Skiltet viser at vegen er fysisk stengt. Skiltets utforming tilpasses forholdene på stedet.

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🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12

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What does this traffic sign mean?

106. What does this traffic sign mean?

Pedestrians and cyclists prohibited.
Lane for pedestrians and cyclists.
Mandatory divided pedestrian and cycle path.
✓ Dead end street with a passage for cyclists.

This traffic sign indicates a dead end street with a passage for cyclists. The road has no through route for motor vehicles, but cyclists can continue beyond the dead end.

English • Traffic sign 527.3 • Dead-end road. Closed to car traffic but open to pedestrians and cyclists. The cycle symbol on signs 527.3 and 527.4 may be replaced by a pedestrian symbol if the continuation is intended only for pedestrians.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 527.3 • Blindveg. Skiltet viser at vegen er stengt for biltrafikk, men åpen for gående og syklende. Sykkelsymbolet på skiltene 527.3 og 527.4 kan erstattes av symbol for gående dersom vegen videre bare er beregnet for gående.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12

SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript’s ps2pdf utility and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-08-04. Wikimedia original unmodified.

What does this traffic sign mean?

107. What does this traffic sign mean?

End of the road with one-way traffic.
No entry.
Road with two-way traffic.
✓ Road with one-way traffic.

This traffic sign indicates a road with one-way traffic. Vehicular traffic may travel only in the permitted direction, subject to any exceptions indicated by traffic signs or local rules.

English • Traffic sign 526.1 • One-way traffic. Driving is permitted only in the arrow's direction up to the first junction.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 526.1 • Envegskjøring. Skiltet angir at kjøring bare er tillatt i pilens retning fram til første vegkryss.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12

SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript’s ps2pdf utility and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-08-04. Wikimedia original unmodified.

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108. What does this traffic sign mean?

Ramp destination.
Information about the directions of the roundabout.
✓ Information about the next exit.
Information about the destination and distance.

This traffic sign gives information about the next exit. It may show the exit number, destination, direction or distance to the exit.

English • Traffic sign 705 • Exit direction sign.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 705 • Avkjøringstavle.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 16

SVG source: Norwegian Public Roads Administration • Public domain • Original revision 2019-07-20. Wikimedia original unmodified.

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109. What does this traffic sign mean?

Start of a new lane.
✓ Two lanes are going to merge.
Road with two-way traffic.
Warning for a road narrowing.

This traffic sign indicates that two traffic lanes merge into one. Drivers should follow the lane markings and applicable merging rules as the lanes combine.

English • Traffic sign 530 • Merge in turn. Lanes join into one with mutual adjustment under the traffic rules on merging.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 530 • Sammenfletting. Skiltet angir at kjørefelt føres sammen til ett med gjensidig tilpassing i samsvar med trafikkreglenes bestemmelser (fletting).

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12

SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript’s ps2pdf utility and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-08-04. Wikimedia original unmodified.

What does this traffic sign mean?

110. What does this traffic sign mean?

Warning for a road narrowing.
Driving straight ahead mandatory.
Road with two-way traffic.
✓ Overview of the lanes and their direction.

This traffic sign gives an overview of the lanes and their direction. The diagram shows how the traffic lanes are arranged and how they continue, divide or merge.

English • Traffic sign 538 • Lane allocation. Shows the number of lanes and each lane's direction. Special rules for particular lanes may also be shown.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 538 • Kjørefeltinndeling. Skiltet angir antall kjørefelt på kjørebanen, og kjøreretningen for de enkelte felt. Spesielle reguleringer som gjelder for enkelte felt, kan være vist på skiltet.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12

SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript’s ps2pdf utility and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-07-10. Wikimedia original unmodified.

What does this traffic sign mean?

111. What does this traffic sign mean?

Overview of the lanes and their direction.
Two lanes are going to merge.
Temporary lane end.
✓ Start of a new lane.

This traffic sign indicates the start of a new traffic lane. The displayed road layout shows where the additional lane begins and how the traffic lanes continue.

English • Traffic sign 534 • Lane begins.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 534 • Kjørefelt begynner.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12

SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript’s ps2pdf utility and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-07-10. Wikimedia original unmodified.

What does this traffic sign mean?

112. What does this traffic sign mean?

Information about the next exit.
Detour directions at the intersection.
✓ Information about the directions of the roundabout.
Junction layout, directions and destinations.

This traffic sign gives information about directions at a roundabout. The diagram shows the available exits and the destinations reached from them.

English • Traffic sign 703 • Diagrammatic advance direction sign.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 703 • Diagramorienteringstavle.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 16

SVG source: Norwegian Public Roads Administration • Public domain • Original revision 2011-08-01. Wikimedia original unmodified.

What does this traffic sign mean?

113. What does this traffic sign mean?

Start of a new lane.
✓ End of a lane.
Warning for a road narrowing.
Overview of the lanes and their direction.

This traffic sign indicates the end of a lane. The displayed lane arrangement shows which lane ends and how the remaining traffic lanes continue.

English • Traffic sign 532 • Lane ends. Drivers in the ending lane must change lanes and give way under the traffic rules.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 532 • Kjørefelt slutter. Kjørende i felt som slutter, skal skifte felt og har vikeplikt i samsvar med trafikkreglenes bestemmelser.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12

SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript’s ps2pdf utility and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-08-04. Wikimedia original unmodified.

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114. What does this traffic sign mean?

Temporary lane end.
Road with one-way traffic.
✓ Temporary median strip diversion.
Turning left prohibited.

This traffic sign indicates that traffic is temporarily directed through an opening in the central reservation. Follow the displayed direction and temporary lane markings through the diversion.

English • Traffic sign 539 • Changed traffic layout.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 539 • Endret kjøremønster.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12

SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript’s ps2pdf utility and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-08-04. Wikimedia original unmodified.

What does this traffic sign mean?

115. What does this traffic sign mean?

Parking prohibited.
Start of a parking zone.
✓ Parking allowed.
Parking only allowed if you pay.

This traffic sign indicates that parking is allowed. Vehicles may be parked in the area covered by the sign subject to any indicated conditions, restrictions or local parking rules.

English • Traffic sign 552 • Parking. Permitted unless contrary to the traffic rules on stopping or parking. With plate 828 showing the extent, parking in the indicated direction is nevertheless permitted despite those rules. Where a plate reserves parking for particular vehicle or user groups, others must not park. At a separately defined area, such as a car park, the sign applies throughout. Otherwise it applies on its side of the road until the nearest junction or a new sign 552 ‘Parking’, 370 ‘No stopping’, 372 ‘No parking’ or 376 ‘Parking zone’. A miniature sign, with any plate, on a parking meter permits parking under the special paid-parking rules in that bay regardless of the traffic rules on stopping and parking.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 552 • Parkering. Skiltet angir at parkering er tillatt på stedet, dersom parkeringen ikke er i strid med trafikkreglenes bestemmelser om stans eller parkering. Har skiltet underskilt 828 «Utstrekning av stans- eller parkeringsregulering», er det likevel tillatt å parkere i anvist retning selv om parkeringen er i strid med trafikkreglenes bestemmelser om stans og parkering. Dersom underskilt angir at parkering er forbeholdt bestemte kjøretøy- eller trafikantgrupper, er parkering forbudt for andre. Er skiltet plassert på eller ved særskilt avgrenset område, f.eks. parkeringsplass, gjelder skiltet for hele området. Ellers gjelder skiltet bare på den side av vegen hvor det er satt opp. Skiltet gjelder da fram til nærmeste vegkryss eller til nytt skilt 552 «Parkering», skilt 370 «Stans forbudt», skilt 372 «Parkering forbudt» eller til skilt 376 «Parkeringssone». Dersom miniatyr av skiltet, eventuelt med underskilt, er anbrakt på parkometer, er parkering tillatt i overensstemmelse med særlige regler om avgiftsparkering. Skiltet gjelder da for vedkommende parkeringsfelt uten hensyn til trafikkreglenes bestemmelser om stans og parkering.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12

SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript’s ps2pdf utility and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-08-04. Wikimedia original unmodified.

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116. What does this traffic sign mean?

Start of paid parking zone.
Start of limited-time parking zone.
✓ Start of a parking zone.
End of the parking zone.

This traffic sign indicates the start of a parking zone. The parking rules indicated for the zone apply throughout it according to the applicable signs and local regulations.

English • Traffic sign 376.1 • Parking zone. Marks an area with special stopping or parking rules shown by the symbols and text. Applies until sign 378 ‘End of parking zone’. Different stopping or parking rules may be signposted for particular sections; the zone rules do not apply on those sections.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 376.1 • Parkeringssone. Skiltet angir grense for område hvor det gjelder særlige bestemmelser om parkering eller stans av kjøretøy. De særlige bestemmelser som gjelder, framgår av symboler og tekst på skiltet. Skiltet gjelder til det blir opphevet av skilt 378 «Slutt på parkeringssone». For bestemte vegstrekninger innenfor området kan det ved skilt være fastsatt avvikende bestemmelser om parkering eller stans. For disse vegstrekninger gjelder ikke soneskiltets bestemmelser.

What does this traffic sign mean?

117. What does this traffic sign mean?

End of no-parking zone.
End of paid parking zone.
End of limited-time parking zone.
✓ End of the parking zone.

This traffic sign indicates the end of the parking zone. The parking rules associated with that zone end at this point. Other parking restrictions or conditions may still apply.

English • Traffic sign 378.1 • End of parking zone.

Norsk bokmål • Skilt 378.1 • Slutt på parkeringssone.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 8

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What does this traffic sign mean?

118. What does this traffic sign mean?

Route to be followed in order to turn left.
Start of a priority road.
✓ Crossroad shape.
Junction directions and destinations.

This traffic sign shows the shape or layout of an upcoming junction. The diagram indicates how the approaching road and connecting roads are arranged.

English • Supplementary plate 822 • Course of the priority road. A junction diagram shows the priority road with a thick line and roads with sign 202 ‘Give way’ or 204 ‘Stop’ with thin lines.

Norsk bokmål • Underskilt 822 • Forløp av forkjørsveg. Underskiltet viser et skjematisk bilde av krysset, hvor tykk strek angir forkjørsveg og tynn strek angir veg hvor skiltene 202 «Vikeplikt» eller 204 «Stopp» er satt opp.

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🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 18

SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-07-11. Wikimedia original unmodified.

What does this traffic sign mean?

119. What does this traffic sign mean?

✓ Crossroad shape.
Route to be followed in order to turn left.
Junction layout, directions and destinations.
Warning for an uncontrolled crossroad.

This traffic sign shows the shape or layout of an upcoming junction. The diagram indicates how the approaching road and connecting roads are arranged.

English • Supplementary plate 822 • Course of the priority road. A junction diagram shows the priority road with a thick line and roads with sign 202 ‘Give way’ or 204 ‘Stop’ with thin lines.

Norsk bokmål • Underskilt 822 • Forløp av forkjørsveg. Underskiltet viser et skjematisk bilde av krysset, hvor tykk strek angir forkjørsveg og tynn strek angir veg hvor skiltene 202 «Vikeplikt» eller 204 «Stopp» er satt opp.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 18

SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-07-11. Wikimedia original unmodified.

What does this traffic sign mean?

120. What does this traffic sign mean?

✓ Crossroad shape.
Start of a priority road.
Junction layout, directions and destinations.
Route to be followed in order to turn left.

This traffic sign shows the shape or layout of an upcoming junction. The diagram indicates how the approaching road and connecting roads are arranged.

English • Supplementary plate 822 • Course of the priority road. A junction diagram shows the priority road with a thick line and roads with sign 202 ‘Give way’ or 204 ‘Stop’ with thin lines.

Norsk bokmål • Underskilt 822 • Forløp av forkjørsveg. Underskiltet viser et skjematisk bilde av krysset, hvor tykk strek angir forkjørsveg og tynn strek angir veg hvor skiltene 202 «Vikeplikt» eller 204 «Stopp» er satt opp.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 18

SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-07-11. Wikimedia original unmodified.