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Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund

Administers student grants and loans

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  1. News article

    Fixed rates on student loans rise from 1 November – three-year rate at 5.347%

    • From 1 November, fixed interest on student loans gets more expensive: three years goes from 5.233% to 5.347%, five years from 5.099% to 5.223%, and ten years from 4.946% to 5.109%.
    • The floating rate will be 4.707% from the same date.
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  2. Budget

    Budget 2027: Basic loan and away-from-home grant to follow wage growth (G), while folk high school loan-to-grant conversion is cut

    • The basic loan and the away-from-home grant are proposed to rise 4.21 percent for 2027–2028. Other support rates are proposed to rise 3.8 percent, matching price increases.
    • The government wants these two benefits to follow G (the National Insurance basic amount), which tracks wages, not prices. This gives students and pupils living away from home more secure finances. They can focus on studies and still work a little.
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  3. News article

    Norwegian student loan floating rate rises to 4.707% from 1 November

    • The floating interest rate on student loans increases by 0.105 percentage points to 4.707% from 1 November, applying through December.
    • 780,200 borrowers are affected, as they hold floating-rate loans — only 9,800 have fixed rates.
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  4. News article

    Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund cuts fixed student loan rates from 1 September 2026

    • Fixed rates from 1 September 2026: 3-year term 5.233% (−0.028 pp), 5-year 5.099% (−0.096 pp), 10-year 4.946% (−0.124 pp).
    • The variable rate will simultaneously be 4.602% — lower than all fixed-rate options, making locking in financially disadvantageous for most borrowers.
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  5. News article

    Norwegian student loan base amount set at NOK 170,368 for full-time students in 2026–27

    • Full-time students receive NOK 170,368 over eleven months; part-time students and folk high school students receive ten months of support, paid around the 15th of each month.
    • Up to 40% of the base loan is converted to a non-repayable grant upon completing a degree; only 15% for single courses or one-year programmes.
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  6. News article

    Norwegian student loan variable rate unchanged at 4.602 percent from September

    • The State Educational Loan Fund (Lånekassen) keeps its variable interest rate at 4.602 percent from 1 September — no change from the current level.
    • Rate is calculated as the average of the five best mortgage rates in the market minus 0.15 percentage points.
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  7. News article

    Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund raises fixed rates by up to 0.35 pp from 1 July 2026 — variable rate remains cheaper

    • All fixed-rate terms increase from 1 July 2026: 3-year to 5.261% (+0.353 pp), 5-year to 5.195% (+0.306 pp), 10-year to 5.070% (+0.191 pp).
    • The variable rate stands at 4.602% from the same date — lower than all fixed options, weakening the case for locking in a rate now.
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  8. News article

    Norwegian student loan variable rate cut to 4.602% from 1 July 2026

    • The variable interest rate on student loans is reduced by 0.009 percentage points to 4.602% effective 1 July 2026, applying through August.
    • 799,000 Lånekassen customers hold variable-rate loans and are affected automatically; only 10,200 have chosen a fixed rate.
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  9. News article

    Norway's Student Loan Fund has cancelled NOK 870 million in student debt for 34,000 borrowers in rural areas so far in 2026

    • A total of NOK 870 million in student debt has been cancelled so far in 2026: NOK 820 million through the new district scheme and approx. NOK 55 million through the priority zone (Finnmark and Nord-Troms).
    • The district scheme cancels up to NOK 25,000 per year for economically active residents in approved rural municipalities; the priority zone offers up to NOK 60,000 per year.
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  10. News article

    Norway's State Educational Loan Fund raises fixed rates from 1 May 2026 while variable rate dips

    • From 1 May 2026, fixed rates increase across all terms: 3-year to 4.908% (+0.172 pp), 5-year to 4.889% (+0.144 pp), 10-year to 4.879% (+0.124 pp).
    • The variable rate falls to 4.611% (−0.010 pp) and applies automatically to all new borrowers.
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