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Brønnøysund Register Centre
The Brønnøysund Register Centre manages a number of public registers, including the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities and the Register of Business Enterprises.
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Norwegian beneficial ownership register: fines for non-registration cannot be appealed or waived
- Entities fined for failing to register beneficial ownership information cannot appeal the decision or obtain remission — the regulation does not permit it for cases of initial non-registration.
- Neither ignorance of Altinn notifications nor lack of business activity are accepted grounds for overturning a fine decision.
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Early October 2026 deadline for merger, demerger, capital reduction or dissolution filings with the Register of Business Enterprises
- Companies planning to register decisions on mergers, demergers, capital reductions or dissolution before the end of 2026 must submit their notification to the Register of Business Enterprises in early October.
- The Register urges companies to act well in advance and refers to its published schedule of key dates for decision and implementation filings.
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Modern digital services simplify daily operations for associations and housing cooperatives in Norway
- Brønnøysundregistrene has launched new digital services for organizational forms of associations (FLI), owner-occupied condominiums (ESEK), and joint ownership (SAM), covering approximately 170,000 entities in the voluntary sector.
- The services simplify users’ tasks with easier signing, more structured information, and reduced need to upload attachments.
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Brønnøysundregistrene warns of daily fines for failure to report ultimate beneficial owners
- Starting June 2, 2024, Brønnøysundregistrene will send warnings about coercive fines to companies that have not registered ultimate beneficial owner information despite previous reminders via Altinn.
- A warning includes a three-week period to rectify the omission before decisions on ongoing daily fines are made.
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New notification service enhances company oversight and prevents economic crime
- Based on new requirements in the Entity Register Act and Business Register Act, individuals and companies will automatically be notified when no longer registered as board members, CEOs, or managing shipowners.
- Notifications will be sent as letters to recipients’ Altinn inboxes, with notifications to individuals via digital message or post, and to companies via registered notification addresses in the Entity Register.
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Altinn 2 decommissioning completes in May 2024 – new digital services for Brønnøysundregistrene live or in development
- Sanitation of the Altinn 2 platform leads to removal of ordering services for company certificates, bankruptcy confirmations, role overviews, annual accounts, and group structure by May 30, 2024.
- Company certificates are now available via Virksomhetsopplysninger, digitally signed but with less information than previous Altinn versions.
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Warning of compulsory dissolution for 2,837 companies missing 2024 annual accounts
- Brønnøysundregistrene announced on March 20, 2026, that 2,837 companies, or 0.71% of 399,305 required filers, have not delivered their 2024 annual accounts.
- This is a decrease from 2,953 companies (0.76% of 390,321) in 2023, showing slight improvement.
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New digital solution streamlines police weapon management
- The new firearm registry launching February 9, 2024, provides gun owners with digital gun cards featuring QR codes for easy sharing with dealers and inspectors and enables digital, paperless ownership transfers.
- Weapon management is centralized at the National Weapon Management Unit in Mosjøen as part of a police digitalization effort for more modern, efficient, and secure management.
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Self-service digital access to religious and belief community membership on My Page
- Brønnøysundregistrene has launched a new function on My Page allowing users to digitally retrieve information about their registered membership in religious and belief communities directly.
- Users also have access to other registers including the Register of Business Enterprises, the Encumbrance Register, and the Bankruptcy Register.
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Deputy roles removed from Norwegian registers in 2026 with impacts on signature rights and powers of attorney
- Effective at the turn of 2025/2026, amendments to the Business and Enterprise Register Acts mean the deputy role will no longer be registered in most companies in the Registers.
- The Norwegian Register Authority will automatically re-register deputies as board members in companies without legal requirements for the role.
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