Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway)
Who they are
Finanstilsynet is Norway's financial supervisory authority; its English homepage says it will promote financial stability and well-functioning markets.
What they do
It licenses and supervises banks, finance companies, insurers, pension undertakings, investment firms, fund managers, payment and e-money institutions and crypto-asset service providers, and also authorises auditors and external accountants and supervises estate agents. It checks compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering Act and the DORA rules, keeps a register of supervised firms, runs a regulatory sandbox for fintechs and controls listed issuers' financial and sustainability reporting.
Key laws & regulations issued
- Act Lov om digital operasjonell motstandsdyktighet i finanssektoren (DORA-loven) (Act on digital operational resilience in the financial sector) 2025
- Act Lov om endringer i hvitvaskingsloven (TFR II) (Act amending the Anti-Money Laundering Act, TFR II) 2025
- Act Lov om kryptoeiendeler (kryptoeiendelsloven) (Crypto-Assets Act) 2025
- Act Act on Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervision Act) 2024
- Act Lov 21. juni 2024 nr. 42 om endringer i regnskapsloven mv. (bærekraftsrapportering) (Act amending the Accounting Act etc., sustainability reporting) 2024
- Act Act relating to Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Anti-Money Laundering Act) 2018
- Act Act on financial institutions and financial groups (Financial Institutions Act) 2015
- Regulation Regulations on capital requirements and national adaptation of CRR/CRD IV (CRR/CRD IV regulations) 2014
- Act Act on Securities Trading (Securities Trading Act) 2007
- Act Act on insurance activities (Insurance Activities Act) 2005
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Enforcement by this regulator
The latest 10 of 35 — see all 35 on the Enforcement tab.
| Date | Entity | Action | Penalty | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | Unnamed estate agent (megler; name not published) - licence revoked (estate agent (individual)) | Licence Action | — | official |
| Sep 2026 | Panzer Norge AS (accounting firm (regnskapsforetak)) | Monetary Penalty | NOK 100,000 | official |
| 19 Aug 2026 | FGH Revisjon AS (audit firm) | Monetary Penalty | NOK 400,000≈ US$41,710 | official |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Atlas Special Opportunities, LLC (investment company (foreign)) | Monetary Penalty | NOK 125,000≈ US$13,034 | official |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Otello Corporation ASA (listed company) | Monetary Penalty | NOK 280,000≈ US$28,237 | official |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Interoil Exploration and Production ASA (listed company) | Monetary Penalty | NOK 700,000≈ US$70,593 | official |
| 22 Jun 2026 | HX Hold Co Ltd (issuer) | Monetary Penalty | NOK 70,000≈ US$7,059 | official |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Unnamed party (name not published by Finanstilsynet) - notification duty, NOK 20,000 (unnamed person (not stated)) | Monetary Penalty | NOK 20,000≈ US$2,017 | official |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Capricorp Investments B.V. (investor (foreign company)) | Monetary Penalty | NOK 100,000≈ US$10,085 | official |
| 15 May 2026 | Unnamed party (name not published by Finanstilsynet) - flagging, NOK 300,000 (unnamed person or firm (not stated)) | Monetary Penalty | NOK 300,000≈ US$30,254 | official |
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