Register a company in Norway

Yes. With an apostilled power of attorney, the founding, capital confirmation, and Brønnøysund registration run remotely through Altinn. Banks decide their own meetings; DNB and peers often onboard by video when the file is clean. We steer you to the right one.

Turnkey registration starts from €2,900, including registration fees and the first year of the registered address. With a bank account arranged, packages start from €4,900. The NOK 30,000 in capital remains the company's money. Renewals with accounting run from €2,200 a year - Nordic costs, priced without surprises.

A clean 22% on profits, VAT at 25% on domestic supplies, employer charges of 14.1% on payroll. Between companies, the exemption method moves dividends and gains at an effective rate of zero. The heavy Norwegian taxes are personal, not corporate, and they only touch resident owners.

Norway's exemption method: dividends and capital gains flowing between qualifying companies are exempt, with a token 3% of dividends staying taxable (an effective 0.66%). It keeps Norwegian corporate structures clean for groups, and it is why the standard international build is an operating AS under a foreign holding company.

The wealth tax is around 1% annually on net assets, with company shares valued, plus dividend taxation near 38% for residents. For a founder holding a valuable but illiquid company, the yearly bill can exceed their income; hence the exodus that filled Swiss cantons. The conclusion we give clients: run businesses in Norway, think carefully before becoming personally tax-resident here.

Services and capital move freely: a Norwegian AS can sell services across the single market like any other EU company. Goods cross a customs border, with paperwork, origin rules, and VAT at import - routine but real. For trading businesses, we plan the flow, often with an EU sister entity, before the first shipment.

The managing director, or at least half of the board, must reside in the EEA. Non-EEA founders solve it with an EEA-resident director (ours available) or by seating a compliant board from the start. We settle it on day one so the registration never stalls.

Nordic-thorough. DNB, Nordea, and the SpareBank group conduct in-depth KYC checks on foreign-owned companies: ownership chain, substance, and expected flows. Clean files get excellent NOK/EUR banking, and the oil-and-seafood economy means the banks understand international trade in their bones. We prepare the file to their standard.

Sweden is bigger and cheaper for general business; Denmark wins on holdings and digital ease. Norway wins where the customer is the Norwegian economy itself - energy, seafood, maritime, offshore - which pays supplier premiums the neighbours can't. The sector decides, and we help you read yours.

Plan one to two weeks: days for documents and the board solution, capital confirmation, then Brønnøysund registration within a week. Banking adds one to two weeks. Petroleum and aquaculture licenses run their own project timelines, scoped separately.