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Nurses' pension § 15 amendment in force 1 Oct 2026, effective from 1 Jan
The pending amendment to the income-reduction rule in § 15 enters into force 1 October 2026 with retroactive effect from 1 January 2026, per royal resolution 25 September 2026 no. 1892.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 28 September 2026
Sykepleierpensjonsloven § 15 governs how disability pension from the nurses' occupational scheme is reduced against other incomeLovdata. A pensioner whose income exceeds the individual income limit set when the uførepensjon was awarded has the pension cut by the excess multiplied by the full-rate pension and divided by the pension basis. Income counts as pensjonsgivende inntekt under folketrygdloven § 3-15 or income of the same kind from abroad, with possible exceptions for income from an activity that has ended. The assessed disability percentage itself does not change when the pension is reduced for income reasons.
The same section carries two hard edges practitioners apply routinely. No pension is paid at all once income exceeds 80 per cent of total pre-disability income, and any barnetillegg under § 14 is cut in the same proportion as the pension. Reductions for arbeidsavklaringspenger, overgangsstønad or omstillingsstønad from folketrygden do not apply, and recipients of folketrygd uføretrygd get 40 per cent of the grunnbeløp added to their income limit each calendar year. Detailed reduction and settlement mechanics sit in the ministry's regulation FOR-2014-11-26-1467, issued under §§ 15 and 16 of the act.
What changed is the commencement footnote, not the section text. The pending amendment in lov 12 juni 2026 nr. 24 previously had no date — "i kraft fra den tid Kongen bestemmer"Lovdata — and the footnote now reads "i kraft 1 okt 2026 med virkning fra 1 jan 2026 iflg. res. 25 sep 2026 nr. 1892"
Lovdata. The amendment therefore takes effect on 1 October 2026
Lovdata but applies retroactively from 1 January 2026
Lovdata, a nine-month look-back that administrators must reckon with once the amended wording is published.
KLP, health-institution employers and advisers on the scheme should diary both dates: cases decided or settled during 2026 under the current § 15 wording may need re-examination against the amended rule once it is in force. Legal basis: sykepleierpensjonsloven § 15 as amended by lov 12 juni 2026 nr. 24Lovdata, commenced by res. 25 sep 2026 nr. 1892; FOR-2014-11-26-1467 on income reduction and settlement.
Diary both dates and re-check any 2026 disability-pension cases against the amended section 15 wording once published.