About us

You don’t realize how vulnerable you are until you find yourself in a new country and cannot understand what is being said. When Hawin and Helan arrived in Herøy as refugees, they experienced how the lack of information and qualified interpreters could undermine both safety and dignity. They saw the system fail — and decided to do something about it.

TolkeNett begins in a small office with a simple, yet demanding idea: to make everyone understood.

The breakthrough comes when TolkeNett becomes a provider for three major hospitals: Aker, Ahus, and Ullevål. There are many assignments, the margins are small, and everything must work when it matters most. Good intentions are not enough — quality must be delivered in every single assignment. What started small now requires a structure capable of carrying the weight of responsibility.

TolkeNett becomes a limited company. Structure, capacity, and quality assurance become the tools that make it possible to be present — even as the pace increases.

TolkeNett takes responsibility for all hospitals. The conversations become more numerous, but every assignment is still about the same thing: making everyone understood.

TolkeNett begins delivering interpreting services to NAV — where language and understanding have a direct impact on work, benefits, and rights.

The invasion of Ukraine abruptly changes life for many, and within a short time thousands of people in need arrive at Norway’s borders. The demand for interpreters arises almost overnight, and TolkeNett increases the recruitment of Ukrainian and Russian interpreters to meet an acute societal need. It is no longer about planned agreements, but about reception centers, trauma, and immediate needs. When systems are under pressure, linguistic safety must be delivered.

We invest in technology to be part of tomorrow’s solutions — and to protect what truly matters. When we develop digital tools, it is about giving clients better overview and safer workflows, and about providing interpreters with clear frameworks and working conditions that make it possible to deliver quality, even at high speed. This is how we build an interpreting service that lasts — also in the future.