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Norwegian passport, Nasjonalt ID-kort, and residence permit on one session — Finanstilsynet-aligned, $0.33 full KYC, 500 free every month.

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Country brief

How identity verification works in Norway.

The fraud surface and the frameworks an engineering or compliance lead needs before scoping an integration.
Fraud landscape
Three pressures shape Norwegian identity fraud: deepfake and injection attacks on the wave of neobank and crypto-exchange onboarding flows (Bitpanda Norge, NBX, Firi), document forgery against the Nasjonalt ID-kort polycarbonate format, and AML pressure on Oslo's high-density fintech cluster. Didit scores 200+ real-time fraud signals on every session — face morph, replay, injection, document tampering, device intelligence, IP geolocation.
Compliance frameworks
  • Hvitvaskingsloven (Norwegian Anti-Money Laundering Act)
  • AMLD6 (via EEA agreement)
  • MiCA (via EEA implementation)
  • DORA (via EEA implementation)
  • GDPR / Personopplysningsloven
  • PSD2 (via EEA agreement)
  • eIDAS 2.0 (via EEA implementation)
Regulators

Who supervises identity verification in Norway.

These are the supervisors a Norway verification flow has to answer to. One Didit hosted flow + one audit log covers every one of them — no separate integration per agency.
  • Finanstilsynet

    Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway. Supervises banks, payment institutions, electronic-money institutions, and crypto-exchange and crypto-custody operators under Hvitvaskingsloven (the Norwegian Anti-Money Laundering Act).

  • Økokrim

    National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime. Hosts Norway's Financial Intelligence Unit and receives every suspicious activity report.

  • Datatilsynet

    Norwegian Data Protection Authority. GDPR + Personopplysningsloven (Personal Data Act) supervisor for every identity verification on Norwegian residents.

  • Skatteetaten

    Norwegian Tax Administration. Runs the National Population Register (Folkeregisteret) and issues every fødselsnummer — the authoritative source behind Norwegian identity verification.

  • Lotteritilsynet

    Norwegian Gambling Authority. Supervises licensed gambling operators with mandatory KYC + AML controls under the Norwegian Gambling Act.

Verification flow · One API

Four modules. One verification.

ID, biometric, AML, and a Norway database cross-check — composed on one workflow, billed per success, returned in one report.
01 · ID

Capture and read the ID.

Captured on any phone — auto-classified, OCR-parsed, and template-verified.

  • Works for every primary Norwegian credential — Pass (with the chip read on e-Passports), Nasjonalt ID-kort, Førerkort, and the Oppholdskort residence permit.
  • Returns the name, fødselsnummer, date of birth, sex, and expiry.
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Stage 01Capture and read the ID
  • Pass — chip read on e-Passport
  • Nasjonalt ID-kort
  • Førerkort · Oppholdskort
02 · Biometric

Match the face. Prove it's a real person..

Selfie confirmed live and matched against the ID portrait.

  • Duplicate check: 1:N face search across existing users. Free.
  • Active liveness ($0.15) for elevated-risk flows — user turns or blinks.
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Stage 02Match the face. Prove it's a real person.
  • Selfie on any phone or laptop camera
  • Mobile-handoff QR when the user starts on desktop
03 · AML

Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media.

1,300+ global sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media lists — plus Norwegian watchlists:

  • P4 Radio Hele Norge — State-Invested Person register — Norwegian state-invested persons and senior government officials.
  • Dagsavisen Norway — adverse-media warnings — Norwegian adverse-media and adverse-enforcement signals.
  • European Union — Consolidated List of EU Financial Sanctions — applies in Norway via the EEA agreement.
  • EU Consolidated List of Travel Bans — applies in Norway via the EEA agreement.
  • United Nations Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List — global UN mandatory sanctions.
  • OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List — US Treasury global sanctions list.
  • Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) — enforcement and sanctions register — Finanstilsynet enforcement actions and regulatory sanctions against Norwegian institutions and individuals.

Severity-scored. Ongoing monitoring ($0.07/user/yr) re-checks daily and fires a webhook on new hits.

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Stage 03Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media

Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media — see the docs for the full module surface.

04 · Registry

Cross-check against the Norwegian Register.

Cross-checked against the authoritative civil registry.

  • The Norwegian Register check (nor_residential, $2.42, ~100% coverage) is the authoritative-source residential lookup against the official Norwegian Register service — useful for proof-of-address-grade onboarding.
  • The Norwegian consumer check (nor_consumer, $0.09, ~10% coverage) hits an aggregated consumer dataset for soft-signal name + DOB verification.
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Stage 04Cross-check against the Norwegian Register

Cross-check against the Norwegian Register — see the docs for the full module surface.

Documents covered

Every Norway document Didit accepts.

One row per accepted credential — flag, document name, document type. Live from the Didit Business Console.
Compliant by design

Open a new country in one click. We do the hard work.

We open the local subsidiaries, secure the licenses, run the penetration tests, earn the certifications, and align with every new regulation. To ship verifications in a new country, flip a toggle. 220+ countries live, audited and pen-tested every quarter — the only identity provider an EU member-state government has formally called safer than in-person verification.
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EU financial sandbox
Tesoro · SEPBLAC · BdE
ISO/IEC 27001
Information security · 2026
SOC 2 · Type I
AICPA · 2026
iBeta Level 1 PAD
NIST / NIAP · 2026
GDPR
EU 2016/679
DORA
EU 2022/2554
MiCA
EU 2023/1114
AMLD6 · eIDAS 2.0
EU-aligned by design
FAQ

Common questions about Norway.

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