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title: "Feide"
slug: "feide"
updated: 2025-09-01T08:58:57Z
published: 2025-09-01T08:58:57Z
canonical: "docs.connect.visma.com/feide"
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# Feide

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Feide (short for *Felles Elektronisk IDEntitet*) is Norway’s national solution for secure login and data sharing in education and research.

A large number of the digital learning resources and services used in Norwegian education use Feide as their login solution.

With a Feide account, pupils, students, researchers, and teachers use the same username and password to log in to all services that support Feide with Single Sign-On.

Feide accounts are created and managed by the organization the user belongs to (e.g., NTNU or Oslo Municipality), and user information is administered and stored locally by the organization.

If a password needs to be changed, this is not done separately for each service the user accesses, but once by the organization.

Feide website: [https://www.feide.no](https://www.feide.no)

Feide Incident page: [https://www.feide.no/driftsmeldinger](https://www.feide.no/driftsmeldinger)

### Feide login through Visma Connect IdP

Visma Connect IdP is integrated with Feide, making it possible for users to access Visma products using their existing Feide account.

This means that:

- **Users do not need to create a separate Visma account** when their organization already provides them with a Feide account.
- **Single Sign-On (SSO)** is supported, so once logged in with Feide, the user can seamlessly access Visma services without re-entering credentials.
- **User authentication and password management remain under the responsibility of the home organization** (e.g., a university, municipality, or school). Visma never stores or manages Feide credentials.

#### Login flow

1. The user chooses **Feide** as the login method in a Visma product.
2. The request is redirected to **Visma Connect IdP**, which acts as an intermediary identity provider.
3. Visma Connect IdP forwards the login request to **Feide IdP**.
4. The user signs in with their **Feide account** credentials.
5. Feide verifies the user’s identity and passes the authentication response back to Visma Connect IdP.
6. The user is logged in to the Visma product.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/0ec30182-e256-4eca-ab6a-d067d83d0895/Images/Documentation/IdentityProvider_Feide.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-27T16%3A43%3A50Z&se=2026-10-27T17%3A43%3A50Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=yGxChsjtjWAZ5T%2B3kawLja%2FBlW3jTkdQcGk%2BmQSer4s%3D)

**Websequencediagrams.com**

```plaintext
title Feide login through Visma Connect IdP

User->Visma Product: 1. Select "Login with Feide"
Visma Product->Visma Connect IdP: 2. Redirect to Connect IdP
Visma Connect IdP->Feide IdP: 3. Forward login request
Feide IdP->User: 4. Prompt for Feide credentials
User->Feide IdP: Enter username & password
Feide IdP->Visma Connect IdP: 5. Authentication response
Visma Connect IdP->Visma Product: 6. Pass authentication response
Visma Product->User: 7. User is logged in
```

#### Benefits of using Feide login with Visma

- **Fewer passwords**: Users rely on their Feide account for login.
- **Security**: Authentication is handled by Feide, which follows strict national standards for secure identity management.
- **Seamless access**: Teachers, students, and administrators can move between Feide-enabled services and Visma products without repeated logins.
- **Trust and compliance**: Organizations can ensure that access is controlled based on the identity information provided by Feide.