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Verify Norway companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Norway companies live from the Brønnøysundregistrene, returning company data, controlling parties, and registry documents, with AML screening and ongoing monitoring. Free sandbox available.
What the API returns for Norway
When you create a KYB case for a Norway company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the Brønnøysundregistrene. A single integration returns the company record, the controlling parties and individuals, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the registry documents, with AML screening on the entity and its associated individuals built into the same case.
Norway data and document availability
What the API makes available for Norway companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Entity Status, Registration Number, Address, Registration Date, Activity Type, Previous Names |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Address, Role, Birth Date (if individual) |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Not available |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Registry Extract, Annual Accounts, Certificate Available on demand: Rolleoversikt organisasjonsnummer (Role overview organization number), Firmaattest vanlig (Company certificate regular), Firmaattest notarialbekreftet (Company certificate notarially confirmed), Firmaattest på engelsk notarialbekreftet (Company certificate in English notarized), Pantattest (Mortgage certificate), Bekreftelse fra Konkursregisteret (Confirmation from the Bankruptcy Register), Vedtekter (Articles of association), Stiftelsesdokumenter (Foundation documents) |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Norway as part of the same case.
How to verify a Norway company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Norway registry, create a KYB case, and retrieve company data and the ownership org-chart. All calls go to the sandbox base URL for testing.
The sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is free. Request access to get your client credentials.
# 1. Authenticate (OAuth2 client credentials)
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/connect/token \
-d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
-d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
-d "client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" \
-d "scope=PublicApi"
# 2. Search the Norway registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Norway National Bank","codeiso31662":"NO"}'
# 3. Create a KYB case
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"rawname":"Norway National Bank","codeiso31662":"NO"}'
# 4. Retrieve company data and status
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
# 5. Get the beneficial ownership org-chart
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID/org-chart \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID and YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET with your sandbox credentials, and CASE_ID with the caseCommonId returned in step 3.
Frequently asked questions about the Norway KYB API
What company data can I verify in Norway?
For a Norway company, the API returns the company record read live from the Brønnøysundregistrene: the entity name, type, status, registration number, address, and registration date, along with the controlling parties, and the available registry documents. See the table above for the full Norway availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Norway companies?
For Norway, the Brønnøysundregistrene does not publish shareholder or beneficial-owner data, so the API returns the company record and the controlling parties and officers rather than a shareholder or beneficial-owner list. Where you need ownership for an entity in a jurisdiction that does publish it, the recursive org-chart (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/org-chart) resolves it. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Norway companies?
Yes. The default document set for Norway includes Registry Extract, Annual Accounts, Certificate, retrieved by default, with additional documents available on demand (Rolleoversikt organisasjonsnummer (Role overview organization number), Firmaattest vanlig (Company certificate regular), Firmaattest notarialbekreftet (Company certificate notarially confirmed), Firmaattest på engelsk notarialbekreftet (Company certificate in English notarized), Pantattest (Mortgage certificate), Bekreftelse fra Konkursregisteret (Confirmation from the Bankruptcy Register), and more). List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Norway company verification?
Yes. The Know Your Customer sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is a free, high-fidelity test environment. Request free sandbox access to start testing.
The Know Your Customer Limited API covers 147 jurisdictions worldwide, including Norway. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
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