🇳🇴 .no — Norway

The .no is a country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) operated by Norid AS. This article documents the technical, operational, and contractual requirements for the TLD, along with special considerations for registry, registrar, and domain management.

General Information

Property	Value
TLD Type	ccTLD
Registry	Norid AS
Registry Country	Norway
Registry Website	www.norid.no
Provisioning Protocol	EPP
Second-Level Registration	❌ No
Accreditation Required	✅ Yes

Domain Lifecycle

Property	Value
Registration Period	1 year
Renewal Period	1 year
Transfer Renewal Period	1 year
Deletion Policy	Immediate
Auto-Renew Enabled	❌ No
Auto-Renewal Before Expiry	On expiration
Sync After Operations	registration, transfer

Grace periods

Period	Duration
Add Grace Period	0 days
Standard Grace Period	0 days
Redemption Period	0 days
Pending Restore	0 days
Pending Delete	0 days

Launch Phases & Availability

Property	Value
General Availability	✅ TLD is live
TMCH / Trademark Claims	❌ No

Domain Characteristics

Property	Value
Domain Length	2–63 characters
IDN Support	❌ No
Premium Domains	❌ No
Reserved Domains	❌ No
Registry Lock	❌ No

Contacts & Roles

Property	Value
Required Contacts	Domain Owner, Technical Contact
Supported Roles	Domain Owner, Technical Contact
Thick WHOIS	✅ Yes
Privacy Proxy Allowed	❌ No
Contacts Transferable	❌ No
Allowed Postal Types	Local
AuthInfo Required	✅ Yes (8–64 characters)

Nameservers & DNS

Property	Value
Nameserver Count	2–10
Host Objects Allowed	✅ Yes
Registry Nameserver Check	✅ Yes
DNSSEC Allowed	✅ Yes
DNSSEC Required	❌ No
DNSSEC Mode	DS
CZDS (Zone Download)	❌ No

Transfer Policy

Property	Value
Transfer Lock Enabled	✅ Yes (0 days after registration; 0 days after transfer)
Transfer Duration	0 days
Transfer Extends Domain	❌ No
Transfer via AuthInfo	✅ Yes
Confirmation Required	❌ No

WHOIS & RDAP

Property	Value
WHOIS Server	whois.norid.no

Dispute Resolution

Property	Value
Dispute Resolution Available	❌ No

Local Presence

Property	Value
Local Presence Required	✅ Yes
Applies To Roles	Domain Owner
Requirements	Physical Address, Business Entity
Eligible Countries	NO

Registration model

.no registrations are two-step: POST /v1/domains accepts the registration request, but the domain is only registered at Norid once the applicant declaration is signed. The registrant receives an email with a signing link, with reminders on days 7, 14, 21 and 27. If the declaration is not signed within 30 days, the request is cancelled and refunded.

Contact Attributes

.no registrations identify the registrant (called subscriber by Norid) through a registry-verified identity:

Attribute	Type	Required	Applies to	Allowed values
NOR_ID_IDENTITY_TYPE	Enum	✅ Yes	Registrant	ORGANIZATION_NUMBER, ANONYMOUS_PERSON_IDENTIFIER, LOCAL_IDENTITY
NOR_ID_IDENTITY_VALUE	String	✅ Yes	Registrant	See below
NOR_ID_CONTACT_TYPE	Enum	➖ Optional	Any	PERSON, ORGANIZATION, ROLE (derived automatically when omitted)

• ORGANIZATION_NUMBER:
  • a 9-digit organization number registered in the Brønnøysund register (MOD11 check digit).
  • Requires an organization contact (org field set).
• ANONYMOUS_PERSON_IDENTIFIER:
  • a Norid person ID in the N.PRI.xxxxxxxx format, created by the registrant with Norid's personal ID tool.
  • Requires a person contact (no org).
• The contact type is derived from the contact:
  • org set → ORGANIZATION, otherwise PERSON.
  • Technical contacts are always created as ROLE contacts (Norid requirement) and carry no identity.

Identity verification by the registry

Norid cross-checks the contact data against the official Norwegian registers at contact creation:

• Organizations: the organization number must match the organization name in the Brønnøysund register (EC004033 Name and identity mismatch).
• Persons: the contact name must match the person registered for the personal ID in the National Population Register (Folkeregisteret), also EC004033. The match is case-insensitive but strict about Norwegian letters: a name registered as Aktiv Ærfugl is rejected when submitted as AKTIV AERFUGL (transliterated AE/OE/AA forms are not accepted). Use the exact spelling with Æ, Ø, Å.

Registrant address

The registrant must have a Norwegian postal address: country NO and a 4-digit Norwegian postcode matching the Norwegian postal service's address lists. Both are validated upfront:

• a non-NO registrant country is rejected (local presence policy);
• a postcode that is not a 4-digit Norwegian postcode is rejected with a 422 pointing at contacts.registrant[0].postal_code.

Technical contacts may have foreign addresses.

Applicant declaration

• The declaration is signed on a hosted page linked from the registrant email - resellers can also submit an already-signed declaration through POST /v1/domains/tld-specific/no/{domain}/applicant-declaration.
• For person registrants the declaration must be signed by the registrant themselves:
  • the signed name must match the registrant contact name;
  • it gets compared case-insensitively, accepting transliterated Norwegian letters;
  • A mismatch returns 400, ERROR_NORID_DECLARATION_NAME_MISMATCH.
• For organization registrants the signer is any person authorized by the organization, so the signed name is free text.
• The signature (name, date, IP, user agent) is stored for auditing and sent to Norid. The registrant receives a copy of the data by email.