Norwegian Forest Cat Standard

Category II	NFO	Norwegian Forest Cat Standard
General	Size	Large
Head	Shape	triangular, where all sides are equally long; with good height when seen in profile; forehead slightly rounded; with long, straight profile without break in line (no stop)
	Chin	firm
Ears	Shape	large, with good width at the base; pointed tips; with lynx-like tufts and long hair out of the ears
	Placement	high and open, so that the outer lines of the ears follow the line of the head down to the chin
Eyes	Shape	large and oval, well opened, set slightly oblique
	Expression	alert expression
	Colour	all colours permitted, regardless of coat colour
Body	Structure	long, strongly built; solid bone structure
Legs		strong, high on legs; hind legs higher than the front legs
	Paws	large, round, in proportion to the legs
Tail		long and bushy; should reach at least to the shoulder blades, but preferably to the neck
Coat	Structure	semi-long. The woolly undercoat is covered by a water repellent uppercoat which consists of long, coarse and glossy guardhairs covering the back and the sides a fully coated cat has a shirtfront, a full frill and knickerbockers
	Colour	all colours are permitted, including all colours with white; except pointed patterns and chocolate, lilac, cinnamon and fawn any amount of white is allowed, i.e. a white blaze, white locket, white chest, white on the belly, white on the paws, etc.
Remarks	General	very slow maturing of this breed should be taken into account
	Head	mature males may have broader heads than females
	Coat	coat is evaluated only on texture and quality length of coat and density of undercoat vary with the seasons kittens can take up to 6 months of age to develop guard hairs
Faults	General	too small and finely built cats
	Head	round or square head profile with a break (stop)
	Ears	small ears set too widely apart set too close together
	Legs	short legs thin legs
	Tail	short tail
	Coat	dry coat knotted with lumps too silky

Norwegian Forest Cat Standard scale of points

Scale of Points		Points
Total		100
Head	general shape, forehead, nose, profile, jaw and teeth, chin	20
Ears	shape, size and placement	10
Eyes	shape, expression	5
Body	shape, size, bone structure legs, shape of paws	25
Tail	length and shape	10
Coat	quality and texturelength	25
Condition		5

Norwegian Forest Cat Standard colour varieties

Recognized Colour Varieties
Remarks	Norwegian Forest Cat is judged in one of the following colour variety groups, i.e. in each colour variety group a certificate can be awarded
	amber and Light amber are only recognized for black and blue within the existing colour varieties of the Norwegian Forest Cat
Colour	EMS Code
Group I
Black/Blue	NFO n/a
Amber/Light amber	NFO nt/at
Group II
Black/Blue with white	NFO n/a 01/02/03/09
Amber/Light amber	NFO nt/at 01/02/03/09
Group III
Black/Blue agouti	NFO n/a 22/23/24/25
Amber/Light amber agouti	NFO nt/at 22/23/24/25
Black/Blue golden	NFO n/a y 11/12/22/23/24/25
Group IV
Black/Blue agouti with white	NFO n/a 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25
Amber/Light amber agouti with white	NFO nt/at 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25
Black/Blue golden with white	NFO n/a y 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Group V
Red/Cream/Tortie solid/agouti	NFO d/e/f/g
	NFO d/e/f/g 22/23/24/25
Amber/Light ambr tortie solid/agouti	NFO ft/gt
	NFO ft/gt 22/23/24/25
Red/Cream/Tortie golden	NFO d/e/f/g y 11/12/22/23/24/25
Group VI
Red/Cream/Tortie solid/agouti with white	NFO d/e/f/g 01/02/03/09
	NFO d/e/f/g 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25
Amber/Light amber tortie solid/agouti with white	NFO ft/gt 01/02/03/09
	NFO ft/gt 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25
Red/Cream/Tortie golden with white	NFO d/e/f/g y 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Group VII
Black/Blue/Red/Cream smoke/silver	NFO n/a/d/e s
	NFO n/a/d/e s 11/12/22/23/24/25
Amber/Light amber smoke/silver	NFO nt/at s
	NFO nt/at s 11/12/22/23/24/25
Tortie smoke	NFO f/g s
Tortie silver	NFO f/g s 11/12/22/23/24/25
Amber/Light amber tortie smoke/silver	NFO ft/gt s
	NFO ft/gt s 11/12/22/23/24/25
Group VIII
Black/Blue/Red/Cream smoke/silver with white	NFO n/a/d/e s 01/02/03/09
	NFO n/a/d/e s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Amber/Light amber smoke/silver with white	NFO nt/at s 01/02/03/09
	NFO nt/at s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Tortie smoke/silver with white	NFO f/g s 01/02/03/09
	NFO f/g s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Amber/Light amber tortie smoke/silver with white	NFO ft/gt s 01/02/03/09
	NFO ft/gt s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Group IX
White	NFO w
with blue eyes
with orange eyes
odd eyed
with green eyes