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Licensed insurance companies in Norway (2026)

VerifiedVerified against the Finanstilsynet register, checked 3 Sept 2026.

The 63 insurance companies licensed in Norway in 2026, as recorded by the Finanstilsynet Norway, with the class of business and ownership each one is registered under.

63Licensed operators
7Life11% of entities
0General (non-life)0% of entities
9Cross-border groups54 domestically owned

By class of business

Each company is counted once, under the class its register row records. The supervisor’s own tally counts licences, so a company licensed for more than one class appears more than once there.

By ownership

  • Domestic private38 60%
  • Mutual / cooperative14 22%
  • Pan-European group9 14%
  • State-owned / parastatal2 3%

“Cross-border groups” counts foreign multinationals and pan-regional groups; “domestically owned” counts domestic private, state-owned, mutual and captive entities. The register records the parent’s type, not its home market. How ownership is recorded

Licensed insurers in Norway

Showing 25 of 63 entities. The full, filterable table is on the country page; every row is in the JSON below.

InsurerClassOwnershipGroupVerification
Nordea Liv Forsikring ASLLifeDomestic privateNordeaVerified
EIGERSUND OG OGNA GJENSIDIGE FISKEFARTؘYASSURANSEUNot stated in registerPan-European groupGjensidigeVerified
FLEKKERؘY GJENSIDIGE BÅTASSURANSEFORENINGUNot stated in registerPan-European groupGjensidigeVerified
GJENSIDIGE FORSIKRING ASAUNot stated in registerPan-European groupGjensidigeVerified
GJENSIDIGE PENSJONSFORSIKRING ASUNot stated in registerPan-European groupGjensidigeVerified
HAVTRYGD GJENSIDIG FORSIKRINGUNot stated in registerPan-European groupTrygVerified
HORDATRYGD-GJENSIDIG SJØTRYGDELAGUNot stated in registerPan-European groupTrygVerified
KLP SKADEFORSIKRING ASUNot stated in registerMutual / cooperativeKLPVerified
KNIF TRYGGHET FORSIKRING ASUNot stated in registerPan-European groupTrygVerified
ROGALAND SJØTRYGDELAG GJENSIDIGUNot stated in registerPan-European groupTrygVerified
TANNLEGENES GJENSIDIGE SYKEAVBRUDDSKASSEUNot stated in registerPan-European groupGjensidigeVerified
Assuranceforeningen Gard - gjensidig -UNot stated in registerMutual / cooperative—Verified
Assuranceforeningen SKULD (Gjensidig)UNot stated in registerMutual / cooperative—Verified
Bane NOR Forsikring ASUNot stated in registerDomestic privateIndependentVerified
BUD OG HUSTAD FORSIKRING GJENSIDIGUNot stated in registerMutual / cooperative—Verified
Den Norske Krigsforsikring for Skib Gjensidig foreningUNot stated in registerMutual / cooperative—Verified
DNB LIVSFORSIKRING ASLLifeDomestic privateDNBVerified
EQUINOR INSURANCE ASUNot stated in registerDomestic privateIndependentVerified
Favn ForsikringUNot stated in registerDomestic privateIndependentVerified
FINSE FORSIKRING ASUNot stated in registerDomestic privateIndependentVerified
FREMTIND FORSIKRING ASUNot stated in registerDomestic privateSpareBank 1 / DNBVerified
FREMTIND LIVSFORSIKRING ASLLifeDomestic privateSpareBank 1 / DNBVerified
FRENDE LIVSFORSIKRING ASLLifeDomestic privateIndependentVerified
FRENDE SKADEFORSIKRING ASUNot stated in registerDomestic privateIndependentVerified
GARD MARINE & ENERGY INSURANCE (EUROPE) ASXSpecialty / Credit / CaptiveDomestic privateIndependentVerified

Full table for Norway ↗

Regulatory intelligence: Norway

Read from the register, not written for this page: the supervisor’s regime, the source the list was checked against, and the market notes recorded alongside it.

Register source
EIOPA Register of Insurance Undertakings export (3 Sep 2026)
Verification
Verified against the regulator register · EIOPA export, 61 domestic undertakings / 3rd-country branches

No market event is recorded against this register for 2026. The regime and source above are the standing facts.

Governing legislation

  • Insurance Activities Act; Financial Undertakings Act · Institutional and insurance framework

    Finanstilsynet publishes the insurance and pensions legal framework. Its English translations are provided for information; the Norwegian legislation is authoritative.

Verification log

Class and group inferred from name - see Master List basis columns

For B2B teams and AI agents

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