I Welcome your Business in Norway

Norway is not only beautiful fjords and mountains although the Geiranger fjord on the west coast of Norway has been ranked twice by National Geographic to be one of the most beautiful places on earth.

Norway has gradually become one of the richest countries in the world after oil was discovered in the late 60s . Today, it stands out as a modern welfare society with an exquisite quality of life. The Norwegian economy is open with a long tradition of welcoming foreign investment. It is easy to set up a business in Norway and Norwegians are seen as open-minded with a high proficiency in foreign languages.

Norway is currently the 6TH largest oil exporter in the world and the second largest exporter of gas in the world. If you want to do business in Norway the words offshore and subsea should be in your vocabulary. Oil and gas stands for the largest portion of Norwegian export value but it has also led to the fact that many of the worlds leading subsea-and offshore companies in the oil and gas business also are Norwegian. Two cities, Stavanger and Kongsberg, have world leading companies in these fields. Norway has also recently delivered a world leading company in the solar energy field. REC or renewable energy company is number three in the world producing suncell panels.

The Capital of Norway, Oslo, has 5 focus areas for knowledge based business. They are shipping and maritime services, energy and environmental technology, information and communication technology; life science and cultural industries. Oslo Cancer Cluster is for instance one of the leading cancer research clusters in the world as one example from these 5 focus areas. Norway is ranked as number 10 out of 183 economies with regard to ease of doing business.

As the managing director of Oslo Chamber of Commerce I would love to welcome your business in Norway.

Lars-Kåre Legernes

Managing Director of Oslo Chamber of Commerce

www.chamber.no