Can the landlord refuse more people moving in with the tenant?
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Renting together
Joint household
The tenant has a right to let spouses or live-in partners, their own or their spouses kids, their live-in partners kids, potential foster kids or parents or grand parents live in the residence with them.
If the tenant wants other people than those mentioned above to live with them, this must be approved by the landlord. The landlord can only deny the tenant another person living there, if there is just cause, or the property will be clearly overpopulated.
The Tenancy Act section 7-1 (Norwegian)Joint household
To live in a joint household means to live together in a family like manner, with a certain degree of joint finances, sharing meals etc.
Sub-letting parts of the residence
In many cases there is no intention of becoming a joint household, but you maybe want to let a friend move in to have someone to share the rent expenses with. In these cases sub-letting can be considered.
The landlord can only deny letting the tenant sub-let parts of the residence if there is just cause, or if the residence will be clearly overpopulated. By sub-letting parts of the residence, it is a prerequisite that the tenant themselves continues to live there, in addition to the new person or people moving in.
The Tenancy Act section 7-3 (Norwegian) Sub-letting – Can the tenant sub-let the residence to others?Ordinary visits are permitted and cannot be denied