Norway
10 regulators · 15 laws & regulations · 8 obligations · 36 enforcement actions
| Law or regulation | Type | Year | Regulator | Summary | Source |
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| Lov om digital operasjonell motstandsdyktighet i finanssektoren (DORA-loven) (Act on digital operational resilience in the financial sector) | Act | 2025 | Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) | Implements Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (DORA) and Directive (EU) 2022/2556: ICT risk… | official |
Implements Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (DORA) and Directive (EU) 2022/2556: ICT risk management, incident reporting, resilience testing, ICT contracts and oversight of ICT third-party providers. Finanstilsynet says the DORA-loven and the DORA-forskriften (lovdata.no/forskrift/2025-06-24-1296) are in force since 1 July 2025 and, for many supervised entities, replace the ICT Regulation (IKT-forskriften). | |||||
| Lov om endringer i hvitvaskingsloven (TFR II) (Act amending the Anti-Money Laundering Act, TFR II) | Act | 2025 | Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) | Implements Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 on information accompanying transfers of funds and… | official |
Implements Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 on information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets. Finanstilsynet says it extends the transfer-information requirements of TFR I to crypto-asset service providers and puts them under AML duties on the same basis as payment service providers. | |||||
| Lov om kryptoeiendeler (kryptoeiendelsloven) (Crypto-Assets Act) | Act | 2025 | Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) | Applies the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 as Norwegian law… | official |
Applies the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 as Norwegian law: issuing, public offering and admission to trading of crypto-assets, crypto-asset services and market abuse. Finanstilsynet supervises crypto-asset service providers. Level 2 rules are in the Regulation of 25 June 2025 no. 1311 (kryptoeiendelsforskriften). | |||||
| Act on Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervision Act) | Act | 2024 | Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) | Finanstilsynet lists this act first among the laws that apply to all entities under its… | official |
Finanstilsynet lists this act first among the laws that apply to all entities under its supervision. Finanstilsynet's DORA page cites its section 1-2 for the definition of the firms under supervision. | |||||
| Lov 21. juni 2024 nr. 42 om endringer i regnskapsloven mv. (bærekraftsrapportering) (Act amending the Accounting Act etc., sustainability reporting) | Act | 2024 | Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) | Norway's implementation of the EU CSRD, amending the Accounting Act and other laws. The… | official |
Norway's implementation of the EU CSRD, amending the Accounting Act and other laws. The government says the largest listed companies report from financial year 2024 and some smaller financial institutions and group parents from 2025. Finanstilsynet controls listed issuers' sustainability reporting under the Securities Trading Act section 19-1. The European sustainability reporting standards are to be set in a separate regulation. | |||||
| Lov om digital sikkerhet (digitalsikkerhetsloven) (Digital Security Act) | Act | 2023 | NSM | Passed by the Storting on 7 December 2023. Providers of essential services and digital… | official |
Passed by the Storting on 7 December 2023. Providers of essential services and digital service providers must assess risk, apply security measures (sections 7 and 10) and report significant incidents (sections 8 and 11); administrative fines are possible under section 17. NSM says the act and its regulation entered into force on 1 October 2025 and that NIS2 is not yet in Norwegian law. | |||||
| Register of Beneficial Owners Act (lov om register over reelle rettighetshavere) | Act | 2019 | Brønnøysund Register Centre (Brønnøysundregistrene) | Requires organisations obliged to register to submit beneficial-owner information to the… | official |
Requires organisations obliged to register to submit beneficial-owner information to the Brønnøysund Register Centre within 14 days, and allows daily coercive fines. The Register Centre also cites Chapter 4, section 14 of the Anti-Money Laundering Act. | |||||
| Act relating to Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Anti-Money Laundering Act) | Act | 2018 | Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) | Sets risk assessment, written routines, customer due diligence, ongoing monitoring… | official |
Sets risk assessment, written routines, customer due diligence, ongoing monitoring, investigation and reporting of suspicious circumstances to Økokrim, a ban on tipping off, training and internal control for reporting entities. Finanstilsynet imposes administrative fines under sections 49 and 50. | |||||
| Lov om behandling av personopplysninger (personopplysningsloven) (Personal Data Act) | Act | 2018 | Datatilsynet (Norwegian Data Protection Authority) | Passed on 15 June 2018 and in force from 20 July 2018. It makes the GDPR Norwegian law… | official |
Passed on 15 June 2018 and in force from 20 July 2018. It makes the GDPR Norwegian law and sets national rules where the GDPR allows choices, including exceptions to data subjects' access and information rights (chapter 4). It establishes Datatilsynet and Personvernnemnda. | |||||
| Lov om elektroniske tillitstjenester (Act on electronic trust services) | Act | 2018 | Nkom | Norwegian act on electronic trust services including electronic signatures, linked from… | official |
Norwegian act on electronic trust services including electronic signatures, linked from Nkom's eIDAS page, which says it entered into force on 15 June 2018. Trust service providers must report security incidents that significantly affect their services to Nkom. | |||||
| Act on financial institutions and financial groups (Financial Institutions Act) | Act | 2015 | Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) | Main act for banks, finance companies, insurers and other financial institutions.… | official |
Main act for banks, finance companies, insurers and other financial institutions. Finanstilsynet's licensing pages cite it for payment institution licences (section 2-10), e-money issuance (section 2-4), starting capital (section 3-4), own funds (section 13-6) and safeguarding of customer funds (section 13-18). | |||||
| Regulations on capital requirements and national adaptation of CRR/CRD IV (CRR/CRD IV regulations) | Regulation | 2014 | Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) | Listed by Finanstilsynet under banking and finance. It adapts the EU capital requirements… | official |
Listed by Finanstilsynet under banking and finance. It adapts the EU capital requirements rules (CRR/CRD IV) to Norway. Finanstilsynet's page on banking supervision describes ICAAP and SREP reviews of banks' risk and capital needs. | |||||
| Act on Securities Trading (Securities Trading Act) | Act | 2007 | Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) | The national securities market act listed by Finanstilsynet, applied together with the EU… | official |
The national securities market act listed by Finanstilsynet, applied together with the EU Market Abuse Regulation and Short Selling Regulation through the Securities Trading Regulations. Finanstilsynet cites its section 19-1 second paragraph for its control of listed issuers' periodic financial reporting. | |||||
| Act on insurance activities (Insurance Activities Act) | Act | 2005 | Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) | Finanstilsynet lists this act among the laws on insurance and pensions, together with the… | official |
Finanstilsynet lists this act among the laws on insurance and pensions, together with the Insurance Mediation Act, the Act on mandatory occupational pensions and the Financial Institutions Act. | |||||
| Act relating to Norges Bank and the Monetary System, etc. (Central Bank Act) | Act | — | Norges Bank | Sets Norges Bank's aim of monetary stability and financial system stability (section… | official |
Sets Norges Bank's aim of monetary stability and financial system stability (section 1-2), its sole right to issue banknotes and coins (section 3-4) and its role in the settlement system and payment system oversight (sections 1-3 and 3-3). Norges Bank's English page states it entered into force on 1 January 2020 and replaced the Act of 24 May 1985 No. 28. | |||||
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