Cannot go, at any price
Fuels, gas bottles, solvents, thinners, paint in quantity, aerosols beyond ordinary personal amounts, fireworks and anything else flammable, corrosive or under pressure. Weapons and ammunition. Controlled drugs.
This is not a preference and quantity is not the test. A single gas canister in a load is a problem for the whole consignment.
Should not go in a removal load
Alcohol and tobacco, which Norway restricts tightly and which are not household effects. Cash, jewellery, deeds, passports and anything else high-value and portable, which should travel with you and are uninsurable in a load anyway.
Also: anything you are not certain you are entitled to export or import. Ask first. It is a much shorter conversation before the load than after it.
Probably not worth the journey
A judgement rather than a rule, and it varies, but consistently:
- Bulky low-value furniture, especially flat-pack that has already been assembled once.
- Appliances, unless they are genuinely good ones — plugs, voltage and service support all differ.
- Anything for a garden you have not seen yet.
- Books beyond the ones you actually reread, which are heavy and are the classic over-ship.
- Anything you are keeping because getting rid of it feels like a decision. That is not a reason to pay to move something a long way.
Worth taking, even though it is awkward
Things that are genuinely yours and genuinely difficult to replace: a good chair, instruments, tools you actually use, anything with history in it. These are the items a proper export pack is for.
And the car, separately
A vehicle is its own import process with its own declaration, registration and charges, and it does not travel as part of a household consignment. Norway is well known for making vehicle import expensive, and the arithmetic often favours selling here.
Whatever you decide, decide it early. That process runs on a different timetable and it does not compress.
A necessary caveat
We are removals contractors, not customs agents, tax advisers or lawyers. Confirm current requirements with the Norwegian customs authority or your own adviser before relying on any of this.