Application for personal authorisation of accountants, auditors, estate agents and debt collectors (KRT-1019)

Applications with attachments must be submitted electronically via Altinn.

The application form is only to be used for personal applications for authorisation.

In order to complete and submit this form, you need to have the Altinn role 'Reporter/ sender'. You can check which roles you have for an entity on the Access management page.

Authorisation as an accountant
Approval as a registered or state authorised auditor
Licence to practise as an estate agent and permit to become head of technical estate agency matters and estate agent in charge (jurist)
Debt collection licence

Norwegian Act relating to the Authorisation of External Accountants (authorisation of External Accountants Act)

Norwegian Regulations relating to Authorisation of External Accountants etc.

Norwegian Act No 128 of 20 November 2020 on Auditing and Auditors (Auditors Act)

Norwegian Regulations No 712 of 25 June 1999 relating to Auditing and Auditors (Auditors Regulations)

Norwegian Act No 73 of 29 June 2007 Act relating to Estate Agency Activities

Norwegian Act No 26 of 13 May 1988 relating to debt collection and other recovery of of overdue pecuniary claims (the Debt Collection Act) Section 4 ff.

Norwegian Regulations No 562 of 14 July 1989 relating to the Debt Collection Act etc.

See license requirements on the Finanstilsynet's website: https://www.finanstilsynet.no/en/licensing/ - select subject area from the list.

Processing time

For bookkeepers and accountants, the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway has a goal of processing applications for authorisation within 30 days. The processing time is nevertheless influenced by the complexity of the application, the other caseload, and the allocation of resources. Lack of documentation also delays case processing. Some applicants may therefore experience a longer processing time than 30 days.  

A decision by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway can be appealed. The appeal body is the Norwegian Board of Appeal for Auditing and Accounting Matters; see Regulation of 1 February 2012 No. 111. The appeal must be submitted to the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway, which performs the investigations the appeal gives cause for, and submits the appeal to the appeals body if the rejection is sustained; see Section 33 of the Public Administration Act. The appeal must state which decision is being appealed, which change is requested and the grounds the appeal is based on. 

For other licence applications the normal case processing time is 3-4 weeks, calculated from the time the completed licence application with all relevant attachments is received by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway. 
The applicant is entitled to appeal pursuant to Section 28 of the Public Administration Act.