Questions and answers

How many road sign groups are there?

Norway has nine road sign groups. Each group has its own hundreds series in the sign number: warning signs are the 100s, give-way and priority signs the 200s, and so on to marker signs in the 900s.

The division comes from the sign regulations (skiltforskriften), where each group has its own chapter. Know the group and you know a lot about a sign before you read it – its shape and colour tell you what kind of message it gives.

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A traffic light showing red over a wet junction at blue hour, car lights reflected in the asphalt.

Sign groups: 9the 100 to 900 series
Signs in the overview: 277with names and meanings
Not sign groups: Markings and lightshave their own chapters in the regulations
Supplementary signs: Never alonethey add to the sign above

All nine sign groups

Shape and colour tell you the group

Warning signs (100): a triangle pointing up, red border, yellow face. They warn of a hazard.
Give-way and priority signs (200): their own shapes, such as the inverted triangle and the octagonal stop sign. They decide who goes first.
Prohibitory signs (300): round with a red border. They forbid something.
Mandatory signs (400): round and blue with a white symbol. They require something.
Information signs (500): rectangular, often blue. They inform – but many of them switch on a rule.
Service signs (600): blue with a white panel. They show where to find services.
Direction signs (700): show the way, and the background colour tells you the type of road.
Supplementary signs (800): the small plate under a sign, adding to or limiting it.
Marker signs (900): show where the road goes or mark obstacles.

Why the groups help on the theory test

Many sign questions are not about remembering one particular sign but about recognising what kind of sign it is. A round sign with a red border forbids, a round blue one requires – and that often decides the right answer. See every road sign, group by group, or take a free theory test.