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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Norway and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: 9-digit org number + “MVA” = VAT ID (e.g., 123456789MVA); Skatteattest (tax clearance certificate) issued by Skatteetaten confirms compliance. Registration number: 9-digit org number + “MVA” = VAT ID (e.g., 123456789MVA); Skatteattest (tax clearance certificate) issued by Skatteetaten confirms compliance.

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Sector regulators

Finanstilsynet · Norges Bank

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How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

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Documents to collect

The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed. Not applicable in Norway: Operating Permit. Skip these areas — no local artifact exists.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Downloadable from brreg.no; confirms org number, entity type, registered address, management, and status.
  • Constitutive Documents: Both filed with Brønnøysundregistrene at incorporation; Vedtekter is the ongoing governance document; Stiftelsesdokument confirms founders and initial capital.
  • Tax Registration: Skatteattest issued by Skatteetaten confirms no outstanding tax liabilities; MVA-bevis confirms VAT registration. Both available from skatteetaten.no.
  • Sector-Specific License: Required for banks, payment institutions, e-money issuers, investment firms, and insurers; license register at finanstilsynet.no.
  • Ownership Records: Aksjonærbok is maintained by the company itself and is not publicly filed at brreg.no; request it directly from the entity during onboarding.
  • Governance Records: Management board (styret) and general manager (daglig leder) listed publicly in Firmaattest with registered signing-authority combinations (signaturrett/prokura).
  • Signing Authority: Firmaattest records registered signing rights; board resolution or notarized fullmakt required when authority is not self-evident. Prokura confers broad operational authority registered in Foretaksregisteret.
  • Address: Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: No standalone good-standing certificate is issued; a recently dated copy of the listed document evidences current standing. Norway does not issue a separate CoGS; a freshly downloaded Firmaattest from brreg.no (dated at point of download) is the registry-extract equivalent — request under business_registration

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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Notes

  • Single identifier: Organisasjonsnummer (9 digits) serves as both the registry number and the corporate tax ID — collect one certificate; both businessInfo.taxId and businessInfo.businessEntityId take the same value. The MVA-suffixed variant is the VAT-registered form.
  • Org number serves multiple roles: The 9-digit Organisasjonsnummer is both the company registry ID (Enhetsregisteret) and the tax ID root; VAT-registered entities append “MVA.” There is no separate company number vs. tax number distinction as in some jurisdictions.
  • NUF branches have no independent share capital: KYB for NUF requires documents from the parent foreign entity (foreign company registration, articles, shareholder register) in addition to Norwegian Firmaattest; the branch itself has no equity owners.