Free Nordic planning tool
Check whether your first step is a regulated-profession authority, a general foreign-qualification assessment, an employer or a study institution in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland or Iceland.
Your scenario
Nothing is prefilled. Use figures from the job offer, home, institution, route or trip you are actually considering.
Question this tool answers
Do you need a profession-specific authorisation, a general qualification assessment, an employer decision or an admissions decision?
Qualification decision router
Start with the regulated-profession question. It prevents a common mistake: ordering a general academic evaluation when the real requirement is a profession-specific licence—or paying for recognition that an employer never required.
Your result
Choose a country, whether the profession is regulated, and why you need recognition.
This tool does not determine whether your exact occupation is regulated. Always verify the occupation title with the country's official regulated-professions list or competent authority.
Inputs that matter
What it does not prove
The router does not determine whether your exact occupation is legally regulated and cannot predict whether an authority, employer or university will accept a qualification.
Best next step
Use the result as a filter, then verify the decision in the detailed guide and current source.
Read the foreign-qualification recognition guide →After you calculate
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Check the official regulated-professions list for the exact occupation title.
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Use the profession-specific competent authority if the occupation is regulated.
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For non-regulated work or study, ask the employer or institution whether a formal comparability statement is actually needed.
FAQ
Example values can make a planning tool look more precise than it is. The fields start empty so the result is based on your own offer, rent, household, route or travel assumptions. Placeholders show the expected format only and are not used in the calculation.
The router does not determine whether your exact occupation is legally regulated and cannot predict whether an authority, employer or university will accept a qualification. Use the result to compare scenarios, then verify the relevant current source or detailed guide before making a financial, immigration, study, housing or travel commitment.
Sources
Open the references if you need to verify a rule, statistic or date before making a decision.
Norwegian recognition guidance says most professions do not require formal recognition, while regulated professions require authorisation or recognition from the competent authority.
Data period: Current guidance
Checked: 2026-09-13
Official guidance says a Danish assessment of a completed foreign qualification can help employers understand its level; the assessment is free and normally takes one to two months once required documentation is supplied. Regulated professions use the responsible competent authority instead.
Data period: Updated 10 August 2026
Checked: 2026-09-13
Official guidance says people who want to practise a regulated profession permanently in Denmark must apply to the responsible competent authority for professional recognition.
Data period: Updated 11 June 2026
Checked: 2026-09-13
UHR evaluates foreign qualifications and offers a Qualification Assessment Tool and individual recognition statements for job and study purposes, while regulated professions are routed to their competent authorities.
Data period: Current guidance
Checked: 2026-09-13
Official Finland guidance says employers or institutions assess foreign qualifications in many situations; a formal decision is needed for regulated professions and certain statutory public-sector eligibility requirements.
Data period: Current guidance
Checked: 2026-09-13
Official Iceland guidance says a person with foreign education in a regulated profession must seek recognition and the relevant professional licence from the responsible authority.
Data period: Current guidance
Checked: 2026-09-13
Iceland's ENIC-NARIC service can evaluate foreign higher-education qualifications; the evaluation is advisory and distinct from professional licensing for regulated occupations.
Data period: Current guidance
Checked: 2026-09-13
Read next
Check whether a foreign degree or professional qualification needs formal recognition in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland or Iceland and which authority handles it.
Continue with this related Nordic Life Guide page.
Continue with this related Nordic Life Guide page.
