You can receive help from a crisis shelter even if it is not an emergency, and even if you are not in immediate danger. You can contact the shelters without prior appointment or referral. The service is free.
The service includes:
- a safe place to stay for a limited time
- counselling
- help with contacting health and support services
- information about rights and opportunities
- advice and guidance (including legal advice)
- counselling groups and activities
- follow-ups
You can receive help from the shelter even if you are not staying there.
When you contact a shelter, you can remain anonymous. This means you do not need to disclose who you are.
Professionals and relatives of victims of violence are also welcome to contact us.
Crisis shelters also offer services to people who don’t need to live there
Watch this film about visiting a crisis shelter:
Staff at crisis shelters have relevant training and/or experience working with violence and abuse. The staff have a duty of confidentiality and are therefore not allowed to share any information about you with others, unless you consent to this or if there is an immediate risk of someone being harmed. Other residents or users of the shelter are not allowed to discuss anything concerning your case with others.
Crisis shelters can provide an interpreter when necessary.
Every local authority is required by law to provide a crisis shelter service. Occasionally, several local authorities join together to provide a crisis shelter service. The majority of crisis shelters are adapted to cater for users with reduced mobility, and the local authority must provide alternative solutions if such a provision does not exist.
Crisis Shelters for women with substance abuse issues
Crisis Shelter Secretariat
The Crisis Shelter Secretariat is a member organisation for the crisis shelters. The Secretariat also manages ROSA, which works with victims of human trafficking exploited in prostitution. You can read more about the Crisis Shelter Secretariat’s work on its website.
A list of all the crisis shelters in Norway (tick the box for ‘krisesenter’ under ‘Type tilbud’)