Register a public limited company
Last updated: 29 July 2024.
A public limited company must be registered in the Register of Business Enterprises.
In order to register the company, you need to submit the form Coordinated register notification. The deadline for when we need to receive the notification, is three months from the date of the signing of the memorandum of association.
Required attachments
Upon registration of a public limited company, you must submit several documents together with the form. You must always attach
- memorandum of association
- statement from an auditor, a financial institution, bank, lawyer or accountant confirming the payment of the share contribution if it consists only of money*
*If the financial institution confirming the payment of the share capital belongs to a state within the EEA, you have to submit the entire notification by post. Here you can download the printable version of the form.
Upon contribution of non-cash assets, you have to enclose
- statement drawn up and signed by an auditor
- statement from an auditor, confirming payment of the share contribution
Please remember to sign the form
Board members, auditor and accountant, if any, must confirm that they have taken on the assignment. They do this by signing the form Coordinated register notification.
In some cases the following attachments have to be enclosed:
- provisions for special rights
- agreement regarding formation expenses
- approval/licence from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway, if the company is to operate as a bank, a mortgage company, a finance company, an insurance company, a pension company, a holding company in a financial group, a payment institution or an e-currency company