Norway’s Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Administration published a consultation package on 30 June 2025 proposing a new domestic law to implement the EU AI Regulation. The consultation period closed 30 September 2025; the resulting act is expected to enter into force in late 2026.
The proposal designates the Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom) as the national coordinating supervisory authority, responsible for ensuring the EU AI rules are applied uniformly across Norway. Norsk Akkreditering (NA) will serve as the national accreditation body for conformity assessment bodies. A multi-authority model is proposed, with Datatilsynet among the competent bodies for certain uses, particularly law-enforcement applications.
Digitaliseringsdirektoratet (Digdir) will host KI Norge, a national arena offering guidance, capacity-building activities, and a regulatory sandbox for controlled AI testing.
Who it affects: AI providers and deployers operating in Norway, including public-sector bodies and businesses across regulated sectors.
What is notably missing: The consultation package addresses governance, supervision, and sandboxing but does not introduce mandatory AI literacy standards for workers or civil servants beyond the EU AI Act’s Article 4 baseline, which requires sufficient literacy without specifying a minimum standard or enforcement mechanism.