About Norid

Norid is the .no registry, which means that all domains directly within .no must be registered with Norid. In addition to processing applications and developing the domain name policy, Norid is responsible for the technical operation of the name service, allowing the Norwegian Internet to be globally accessible at all times. According to its role as a neutral actor, Norid also handles other national tasks which have a natural relation to the core activities.

The registry follows a principle of only handling essential core tasks inhouse, while other tasks are outsourced to companies who offer registrar services in agreement with Norid. The activites are strongly internationally orientated with a wide range of contacts in technical as well as domain administrative environments in other countries.

Norid is also responsible for the top level domains .bv (Bouvet Island) and .sj (Svalbard and Jan Mayen). The current domain name policy do not, however, allow registration within these domains.

The service is regulated by the Domain Name Regulations and is supervised by the Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority. Norid is not a public administrative agency, and the allocation of domain names is based on private law rules. The company is run non-profit. Norid is part of UNINETT and is located in Trondheim with the rest of the Group.

Registered trademarks for .bv and .sj

Organization

The Board
Petter Kongshaug Chairman of the Board	Harald Tveit Alvestrand Member of the Board	Hanne Krüger Member of the Board	Sonja Meyer Member of the Board
Helge Moe Member of the Board	Jens Nørve Member of the Board	Anne Guri Selnæs Member of the Board	Hilde Thunem Managing Director

Staff

Hilde Thunem
Anne-Britt Bergan
Elisabeth Farstad
Jarle Greipsland
Monika Hassel
Trond Haugen
Annebeth B. Lange
Magni Onsoien
Hege A. Ossletten
Ragnar Pedersen
Richard Persson
Unni Solås
Marit Østlyng
Erik P. Østlyngen

Contact Norid

Press Spokespersons

Hilde Thunem, Managing Director (high resolution picture) (on leave until June 2012)
Hege Ossletten, Acting Managing Director (high resolution picture)
Elisabeth Farstad, Senior Adviser, Information and PR (high resolution picture)

Logo for download (pdf)
.no symbol for download (pdf)

Key data

Collaborators

Norpol

Advisory board for development of the .no domain name policy

Dispute Resolution Body

Committee which processes complaints on domain names

The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority

Supervises the administration of the .no domain

International activities

ICANN

The organization Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers has the international responsibility for delegating top level domains

CENTR

Norid is a member of CENTR, Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries

Background

Strategic plan 2005-2010
Statutes (in Norwegian only)
History (in Norwegian only)
Domain statistics
Aministrative Model
Publications
Press Releases (most press releases in Norwegian only)
Annual Report 2010 (the UNINETT Group)