No visa needed

Do citizens of Norway need a visa for Zambia?

Citizens of Norway don’t need a visa for Zambia and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Norway: the passport opens 118 countries visa-free; null — Lusaka: ≈ 8,520 km, about 11 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Zambia without a visa on a Norway passport?

Yes, citizens of Norway don’t need a visa for Zambia for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Zambia visa rules at a glance

With a Norway passport you can visit 118 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Norway passport ranks 27th of 199.
Norway passport: visa-free access to 118 countries; Zambia passport: 38.
Citizens of Norway and Zambia can travel together visa-free to 30 countries, for example: Gambia, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Angola, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Seychelles, Malawi, and Belize.
Citizens of Zambia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Norway. Norway visa for citizens of Zambia

Travelling to Zambia: good to know

null — Lusaka: about 8,520 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 11 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Zambian Kwacha.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ZMW 20.
Zambia is the 147th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Norway.