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XREQUIEM brings the deceased home from any town in Norway to Ukraine, from €3,700 for the whole journey. The Norwegian police issue the papers for taking the body out, and the inner coffin must be metal. We arrange the apostille, the translations and the Embassy of Ukraine in Oslo. The road home takes from 24 hours after collection.
Oleg Zdendiak, ownerpersonally responsible for every case 
“You were always available, whatever the time…” — Віта Х. “Everything was organised with great dignity, professionally and with attention to every detail.” — Тамара Ю. “Every question was resolved promptly, with respect and attention to detail.” — Olha B. “…your support, compassion, sense of responsibility and professionalism meant a great deal to us.” — Ірина Б. “It all went quickly and professionally…” — Оля К. from €3,700 including documents, the coffin and transport to your town. We will give you the exact price within 5 minutes.
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What changes the total: the city and distance, the route (road or air), the country’s documents, preparation of the body. More about prices →
Summary. Norway has its own order for sending a body abroad: a doctor's statement, police papers, a metal inner coffin and, for Ukraine, an apostille from the County Governor. The death is registered by the Norwegian authorities, not by the Ukrainian embassy. Below is each step, who does it and what the family still has to provide.
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Norwegian rules make the person who sends a body abroad responsible for knowing the requirements of the destination country and of every country the body passes through. So you need someone who knows both the Norwegian and the Ukrainian side. We do. We prepare the body and the coffin. When a Norwegian hospital or the police ask who will collect the body, give them our number +380 77 882 77 77 and we take over from there. Calling abroad costs too much? Message us on Viber, WhatsApp or Telegram and we will ring you.
Tell us the Norwegian town, the hospital or morgue and which papers the family already holds. The price for the whole road follows in the same call.
The doctor writes a statement of death (legeerklæring om dødsfall) and reports the death to the National Population Register (Folkeregisteret), so the family files nothing there. We agree when and from where to collect the deceased.
To take the body out of the country, the sender obtains the death documents (dødsfallsdokumenter) from the police. In effect this is a “passport for the body” that travels with the coffin.
The inner coffin is metal: both Norway and Ukraine require it. Details are below.
An apostille from the County Governor (Statsforvalteren), translations into Ukrainian, the certificate of no prohibited items and the papers for the Embassy of Ukraine in Oslo.
Norwegian rules ask that the body leaves the country without unnecessary stops. It goes by plane to an airport near Ukraine and on by road, or overland the whole way, and we hand it over to the family in your town.
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Taking a body out of Norway is governed by the Norwegian regulations on the transport of bodies, the Forskrift om transport av lik of 1998 (text in Norwegian). Under them, the police issue the death documents for taking the body out of the country (dødsfallsdokumenter), and transport to countries outside the Nordic countries (Norden) requires an inner coffin made of metal.
Norway has applied the 1973 Strasbourg Agreement on the Transfer of Corpses since 11 November 1975. Ukraine is not a party to it, so for the Ukrainian border we prepare the death certificate and the certificate of no prohibited items separately.
The general list of papers is on the “Documents” page.
The Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Norway is at Arbins gate 4, Oslo. It also covers Iceland (embassy page, in Ukrainian). The embassy certifies documents for the Ukrainian border, but it does not register the death.
Norway is different in one important way. A death there is registered by the Norwegian authorities, so it cannot be registered a second time at the Embassy of Ukraine. Ukraine recognises the Norwegian death document if it comes with an apostille or legalisation and a certified translation into Ukrainian. We prepare this.
First hours: see “What to do if a loved one dies abroad”.
From Oslo the road to the Ukrainian border crosses several countries, and from Tromsø in the far north it is much longer. So we plan each route on its own: the town, the timing and what the family wants.
We collect from Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim, Tromsø and any smaller place in Norway, whether the deceased lies in a hospital, a morgue or at home. For towns in the north we compare the air and road options before we name the price.
For a flight out of Norway the coffin must be packed by a method approved by the Norwegian Directorate of Health (Helsedirektoratet). The body flies in the cargo hold to an airport near Ukraine, from 2.5 hours in the air, and our vehicle drives on to your town. We do not promise direct flights to Ukraine.
The whole journey is by road in our vehicle, as far as the Ukrainian border. We check the transit countries and their requirements before we leave.
Under Norwegian rules the police documents accompany the body to the end of the route, and the coffin is marked with the name, the dates of birth and death, the sender and the recipient. That is why we put the whole set of papers together before departure, not on the road.
For transport to Ukraine, as to any country outside the Nordic countries, Norwegian rules require an inner coffin made of metal. IATA rules require the same for a plane. Ukraine accepts a body in a hermetic metal coffin under official seal. We prepare one coffin that suits Norway, the plane and Ukraine. It is already included in the price. More on the pages “Coffins and sealed zinc liners” and “Air transport”.
Norway's rules on transporting bodies do not apply to ashes or urns, so the coffin requirements above do not concern an urn. At the Ukrainian border it still needs the death certificate and the certificate of no prohibited items, certified by the embassy. More in “Cremation in Norway and Taking the Ashes to Ukraine”.
Urn price from €800: urn transport.
How an urn goes through customs, whether you can take it on a plane and whether the post accepts it: see the article “Customs clearance of an urn with ashes”.
Body from Norway from €3,700One price for the road home; the funeral is separate.
The price includes:
Coffin of your choice and urn: free of charge.
The Norwegian town matters most: a body from Tromsø travels much further than one from Oslo. Then the town in Ukraine, plane or road, the coffin model and whether the airline asks for embalming. You hear the full amount before we start. Other countries are on the “Prices” page.
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If your relative is already buried in Norway, we arrange the exhumation and bring the remains home to Ukraine for reburial. Our exhumation costs from €500 plus the cost of transport, with no prepayment. Norwegian rules require the municipal doctor (kommunelege) to be notified of an exhumation and to approve it; we take care of that.
From €3,700 for the whole journey home: documents, preparing the body, a metal coffin, transport and customs formalities. A funeral in Ukraine is separate. We will give you the exact amount once we know the cities and the type of transport.
It takes from 24 hours after collection for the body to get home to Ukraine. Flying is the shorter part. What usually takes longest is the documents, so we run the Norwegian and the Ukrainian papers in parallel.
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Then, under Norwegian rules, the doctor who writes the statement of death (legeerklæring om dødsfall) notifies the municipal doctor (kommunelege) and whoever collects the body. That way we know at once which precautions are needed, and we take them into account when preparing the body and the coffin.
No. A death in Norway is registered by the Norwegian authorities, so it is not registered again at the embassy. Ukraine recognises the Norwegian document with an apostille or legalisation and a certified translation. We will prepare it.
Mostly not. In Norway the doctor reports the death to the population register, so the family has nothing to file there, and we handle the rest on your behalf. If an office asks for a relative's signature, we tell you early. What you can do from home is described in the article “If the family cannot travel abroad”.
Both passports, proof of kinship, a power of attorney.
A metal inner coffin: Norway requires it for transport beyond the Nordic countries, and IATA requires it for flights. It is in the price. Embalming depends on the airline on your route; if it changes the amount, we say so first. More in “Preparing the body”.
Before you sign anything with a Norwegian funeral firm, send us a photo of the policy. Insurers in such cases often cover the road only to the Ukrainian border; we read the terms, talk to the insurer and tell you what remains.
Any place in Norway, from Oslo and Bergen to Tromsø in the north. Give us the address and we tell you when we can collect.
Yes. The price is from €800, the same as from any other country. The documents you need are in the section above, “Bringing home an urn from Norway”.
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