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Answers · current to October 2026

Moving from Oslo, for a high earner.

Ranked on what $1,000,000 of income keeps over 10 years, with what Oslo charges on the way out.

In short, current to October 2026

  • On the Patrician.ch board, the address that leaves a $1,000,000 earner leaving Oslo with the most after 10 years is Dubai, UAE, at $10M kept against an effective 0%.
  • Within 5 hours of Oslo, the address that keeps the most is Monaco, at $10M over 10 years.
  • Leaving Oslo itself carries a charge: Exit tax on shares. Norway treats your shares and funds as sold the day before you leave and taxes the part of your total net gain above NOK 3 million at an effective 37.84%. It no longer lapses after 5 years, and it must be paid within 12 years whether or not you sell.
  • Deferral: Up to 12 annual installments, against security outside the EEA, and 70% of any dividends taken meanwhile go toward it. Returning within 12 years while still holding the shares cancels it.
  • Figures are current to October 2026 and modeled on indicative 2026 headline brackets for a single filer. Confirm with counsel before relying on any of them.

Each address on this page was last checked against its official sources between and . The sources for each are named on its page.

Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 47 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to October 2026. Updated . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Moving from Oslo 2026: where a high earner keeps most, patrician.ch/answers/moving-from-oslo/, October 2026.

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By the Patrician.ch research desk · Updated 5 November 2026 · 10 min read
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Leaving Oslo: where $1,000,000 goes furthest.

Ordered by what a single filer keeps over 10 years after income tax, on Patrician.ch's 2026 model, with the flight time from Oslo. The engine reorders this on your own income, liquidity event, passports and household.

01Dubai, UAE
Dubai 🇦🇪 UAE0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 6h 55m nonstop from Oslo
$10M
02Abu Dhabi, UAE
Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 UAE0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 9h with 1 stop from Oslo
$10M
03Punta del Este, Uruguay
Punta del Este 🇺🇾 Uruguay0% effective on $1M, foreign gains untaxed 11 years by qualifying election, 17h 55m with 1 stop from Oslo, special regime for arrivals
$10M
04Anguilla
Anguilla 🇦🇮 Anguilla0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 14h 30m with 1 stop from Oslo
$10M
05Monaco
Monaco 🇲🇨 Monaco0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 3h nonstop from Oslo
$10M
06Christophe Harbour, St Kitts and Nevis
Christophe Harbour 🇰🇳 St Kitts and Nevis0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 14h 05m with 1 stop from Oslo
$10M
07George Town, Cayman Islands
George Town 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 13h 45m with 1 stop from Oslo
$10M
08St John's, Antigua and Barbuda
St John's 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 12h 45m with 1 stop from Oslo
$10M
09Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
Providenciales 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 13h 30m with 1 stop from Oslo
$10M
10Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau 🇧🇸 Bahamas0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 13h 05m with 1 stop from Oslo
$10M

Within 5 hours of Oslo.

The same ranking, kept to addresses a direct flight of 5 hours or less from Oslo.

01Monaco
Monaco 🇲🇨 Monaco0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 3h nonstop from Oslo
$10M
02Gibraltar
Gibraltar 🇬🇮 Gibraltar6% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 4h 15m nonstop from Oslo, special regime for arrivals
$9.4M
03Andorra la Vella
Andorra la Vella 🇦🇩 Andorra10% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 3h 25m nonstop from Oslo
$9.0M
04Tivat, Montenegro
Tivat 🇲🇪 Montenegro17% effective on $1M, 17% on gains, 3h 05m nonstop from Oslo
$8.3M
05Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Vaduz 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein18% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 2h 30m nonstop from Oslo
$8.2M

Model note. Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled. Where a place is modeled on a regime for new arrivals, its city page says so. Flight times are scheduled gate to gate times on the fastest routing, from airline schedules read October 17, 2026. The exit charge from Oslo is modeled separately and is not netted into the figures above.

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Where should a high earner move from Oslo?

On $1,000,000 of income, Dubai keeps the most over 10 years, $10M, followed by Abu Dhabi and Punta del Este.

Within 5 hours of Oslo, Monaco keeps the most. The ranking changes with the passports held, the household and a liquidity event, all of which the engine takes as inputs.

Does Oslo charge an exit tax?

Exit tax on shares.

Norway treats your shares and funds as sold the day before you leave and taxes the part of your total net gain above NOK 3 million at an effective 37.84%. It no longer lapses after 5 years, and it must be paid within 12 years whether or not you sell.

Can the exit tax on leaving Oslo be deferred?

Up to 12 annual installments, against security outside the EEA, and 70% of any dividends taken meanwhile go toward it.

Returning within 12 years while still holding the shares cancels it.

Which addresses on the board levy no capital gains tax?

39 of the 100 addresses on the board levy no personal capital gains tax on listed securities, among them Abu Dhabi, Andorra la Vella, Anguilla, Athens, Bora Bora, Christophe Harbour.

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