MPs Henrik Asheim and Anne Kristine Linnestad are proposing to modernize the residence provisions in the Population Register Act. The proposers argue that current rules, rooted in 1970 legislation, fail to reflect modern family life and mobility patterns, and create unnecessary bureaucracy—including forcing spouses to formally divorce if they want to register separate addresses.
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The Storting calls on the government to propose amendments modernizing the residence provisions in the Population Register Act.