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WebGuide - Norway

The following WebGuide, compiled by the Ypsilanti Export Assistance Center, is meant to provide an overview into the many sources of information which must be considered in making a business decision.  Your feedback is appreciated to keep this as comprehensive a document as possible.  For a copy of the Country Commercial Guide, prepared annually by the US Commercial Service, Norway, please click here.

Airlines

Golden Air AB http://www.goldenair.se/ 
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - The Reliable Airline http://www.klm.com/no_en/ 
Ryanair.com - 70% cheaper than easyJet http://www.ryanair.com/ 
SAS http://www.scandinavianairlines.com/ 
Welcome to Coast Air http://www.coastair.no/
Widerøe Airline http://www.wideroe.no/english 

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Banks

Citibank International PLC Norway Branch, Tel: 011 (47) 22 00 96 00
 http://www.citibank.no 
DnB NOR ASA, Tel: 011 (47) 22 48 10 50
 http://www.dnbnor.com  
J.P. Morgan Chase Europe Ltd Norway Branch, Tel: 011 (47) 22 94 19 19
 http://www.jpmorganchase.com  
Gjensidige NOR - Konsernportal http://www.nor.no/ 
Google Directory - Business > Financial Services  http://directory.google.com/
Nordea http://www.nordea.com/eng/ 
Norges Bank http://www.norges-bank.no/
Open Directory - Business: Financial Services: http://dmoz.org/
Reserve-Bank.com - Banks Worldwide - Banks in Norway http://www.reserve-bank.com/

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Business with Norway

Doing business in Norway http://www.businessculture.com/
Doing e-business in Norway http://www.ebusinessforum.com/
A Lawyer's Guide to Norway http://www.hg.org/1111.html 
Doing Business in Norway http://www.internationalist.com/
MSI Network - Doing Business In... Norway http://www.msi-network.com/
Norway - Travel http://www.norway.com/ 
My Guide Oslo http://www.norway.com/
Advokatfirmaet Steenstrup Stordrange http://www.steenstrup.no/
Healthcare - Norway - Doing Business http://www.uk-sa.org
Doing business in Norway http://www.worldbiz.com/

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Chambers of Commerce

American Chamber of Commerce in Norway http://www.am-cham.com/ 
Norwegian British Chamber of Commerce http://www.norwegian-chamber.co.uk 
Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce http://www.nacc.no/ 
Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) Midwest Chicago Chapter http://www.nacc-chicago.org/ 
Oslo Handelskammer http://www.chamber.no/ 
Sialkot Chamber of Commerce & Industry ::: http://www.scci.com.pk/ 

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Directories and Databases

44000 names of European Companies on Europages http://www.europages.com 
Kompass has served business and industry for over 50 years.  It originated in Switzerland and is now present in close to 70 countries on all continents.  http://www.kompass.com/ 

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Financing Agencies

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General Country Information

Clickable index of Norwegian servers http://www.uit.no/norge/
About's guide to Norway http://geography.about.com/ 
Lycos Guide for Norway http://travel.lycos.com/

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Intellectual Property Rights

List of intellectual property law firms in Norway http://www.icclaw.com/
Norwegian Patent Office, Postal Address: PO Box 8160 Dep., 0033 Oslo.  If you wish to visit us, our address is:Københavngata 10, 0566 Oslo,  Phone: +47 22 38 73 00, Fax: + 47 22 38 73 01, E-mail: mail@patentstyret.no, Bankgiro: 8276 01 00192 http://www.patentstyret.no/ 
Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick guide to IPR info http://www.ipmenu.com/ 

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Market Research

US Department of Commerce Market Research http://www.buyusainfo.net/
Strategis index to older USDOC  market research http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/
Overview to Norway's telecom market http://www.sce.doc.gov/
Overview of Norway's software market. http://www.sce.doc.gov/
Overview of Norway's Computer Hardware Market http://www.sce.doc.gov/
Statistics Relating To Information Technology In EU and other selected Countries http://www.eto.org.uk/
Telia Norway - Telecommunications Case Study  http://searchpdf.adobe.com/
American University MBA Report http://www.american.edu/

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Michigan Exports

Item 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 20464382 29673417 33794518 25412328
336 Transportation Equipment 10080654 23228654 26526065 19849574
334 Computers & Electronic Prod. 1434935 1075695 924470 1535729
339 Misc. Manufactures 531198 482249 977176 1158846
333 Machinery Manufactures 1404117 1444101 1922501 1026914
325 Chemical Manufactures 599272 707381 674125 449079
332 Fabricated Metal Products 538662 428000 868637 372491
335 Elec. Eq.; Appliances & Parts 316461 355281 984058 213035
327 Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs. 18388 10603 123243 210932
323 Printing & Related Products 17648 16661 16178 166061
321 Wood Products 3999 16764 9982 113104
331 Primary Metal Manufactures 4902366 1563059 55690 78383
990 Spec. Classification Provisions 344744 81897 107726 61218
326 Plastic & Rubber Products 95992 156687 149115 42563
322 Paper Products 93571 33782 12037 36614
315 Apparel Manufactures 18730 27343 6501 34079
316 Leather & Related Products 44442 22746 376362 29842
337 Furniture & Related Products 3000 19819 31635 12224
314 Non-Apparel Textile Products 0 0 0 8244
324 Petroleum & Coal Products 16203 2695 3311 5779
920 Used Merchandise 0 0 0 5000
511 Publishing Industries 0 0 11000 2617
910 Waste & Scrap 0 0 0 0
114 Fishing; Hunting; & Trapping 0 0 0 0
313 Fabric Mill Products 0 0 14706 0
312 Beverage & Tobacco Products 0 0 0 0
311 Processed Foods 0 0 0 0

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Miscellaneous

Colleges and Universities Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway, Phone: (+47) 77 64 40 56, Fax: (+47) 77 64 45 80  http://www.cs.uit.no/EN/ 
Search Engines Yahoo Norway http://no.yahoo.com/ 
US Subsidiaries 3COM, Norway http://www.3com.no/ 
US Subsidiaries Apple, Norway http://www.apple.com/no/ 
US Subsidiaries Cisco, Norway http://www.cisco.com/no/ 
US Subsidiaries IBM Norge, GSC, Postboks 500, 1411 Kolbotn, Norway, Tel: +47 66 99 80 00, Fax: +47 66 99 93 33, E-mail: ibminfo@no.ibm.com  http://www-5.ibm.com/no/ 
US Subsidiaries Ingram Micro, Norway http://no.ingrammicro.com/ 
US Subsidiaries Microsoft Norge AS, Postboks 4604 Torshov, 0405 Oslo, NORWAY, Microsoft AS Phone: (47) (22) 02 25 00, Microsoft AS Fax: (47) (22) 95 06 64.  http://www.microsoft.com/
US Subsidiaries Oracle, Norway http://www.oracle.com/no/ 
US Subsidiaries Xerox, Norway http://www.xerox.no/ 

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Newspapers

Aftenposten Norway, Norwegian news in English http://www.aftenposten.no/
Dawat Newspaper http://home.no.net/dawatnet/ 
NewsCentral- Norway Newspapers http://www.all-links.com/
Newspapers US and Worldwide - refdesk.com http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html 
Norway Norwaves Norwegian daily news and newspaper archive http://www.norwaves.com/
Norwegian Newspapers http://www.world-newspapers.com/
The Militant - a socialist newspaper --Norway unionists back Ca... http://www.themilitant.com/
THE NORWAY POST http://www.norwaypost.no/ 
VG Nett - Hovedsiden http://www.vg.no/ 
Yahoo! Directory Norway http://dir.yahoo.com/

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Norway's Economic Outlook

Market: Quotes, News, Economic Data, Company Research, Banks and Brokerages. Keywords: Norway, Norwegian stocks ... http://www.site-by-site.com/
Economic Indicators, Data, Analysis, and News http://www.dismalscience.com/ 
Economic Indicators, Data, Analysis, and News http://www.economy.com/dismal 
Economic Outlook http://www.oecd.org/
Economic trends for Norway and foreign countries http://www.ssb.no/kt_en/ 
EcoWin - Economic database: OECD Economic Outlook http://www.ecowin.com/
European Economic Outlook May 2002 - country reports http://www.pw.com/
Insight & Outlook - An Interview with Pico Iyer http://www.scottlondon.com/
Nordea - Home page http://www.nordea.com/ 
Norges Bank http://www.norges-bank.no/english/ 
Norway: Economic Outlook http://www.gm-unccd.org/
Norwegian Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong http://www.ncchk.org.hk/1-econ.html 
Odin - Norway Daily No. 101/02 http://www.dep.no/
Odin - Norway Daily No. 176/02 http://odin.dep.no/
OECD Economic Outlook http://odin.dep.no/
OECD Economic Outlook 68-Preliminary Edition http://www.oecd.org/
OECD Economic Outlook: General government financial balances.(Statistical Data Included) http://www.findarticles.com/
OECD Economic Studies http://www.oecd.fr/
Svein Gjedrem: The monetary policy response to the economic ... http://www.bis.org/
Sydbank http://www.sydbank.dk/
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development http://www.ulb.ac.be/
Untitled Document http://www2.oenb.at/
World Economic Outlook Database May 2001 http://www.imf.org/
World Economic Outlook Database September 2002 http://www.imf.org/

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Norway's Government

Google Directory - Regional > Europe > Norway > Government... http://directory.google.com/
Norway.org, the official site of Norway in the US http://www.norway.org/ 
Government of Norway http://www.who.dk/observatory/
Governments on the WWW - Norway http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/no.html 
Information from the Government and Ministries http://odin.dep.no/odin/english/bn.html 
Norway - Government and Governmental Organisations http://www.ceehr.euv-frankfurt-o.de/
Norway - Norges Bank http://www.norges-bank.no/ 
Norway local government council web sites index http://www.oultwood.com/
Norway Profile: Government http://www.nationmaster.com/
Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Norway: Government http://dmoz.org/Regional/
Posten Norge http://www.posten.no/ 
Statistics Norway: Main page http://www.ssb.no/english/ 

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Technical Standards

Norwegian Standards Association, Postal Address: Pronorm AS, Postboks 432 Skøyen, 0213 Oslo.  Street Address: Pronorm AS, Drammensveien 145 A, Skøyen, Oslo.  Tel: 22 04 92 30,  Fax: 22 04 92 12, email:  pronorm@standard.no

 http://www.standard.no/  
Post & Teletilsynet, Mr. Willi Jensen, Director General, (Norwegian Telecommunications Authority - NTA), Revierstredet 2, Postboks 447 Sentrum, 0104 Oslo, Norway, Tel: (47) 22 82 46 00, Fax: (47) 22 82 46 40, Norwegian Telecommunications Technical Approval and Registration Authority http://www.ptn.no 

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Travel and Tourism

Fodors is known for being the best site for travel offering hotel, restaurant reviews and their series of mini-guides to specific destinations. http://www.fodors.com/
Norway Tourist Attractions Norway Tourism | Norway Travel Guide http://www.iexplore.com/
Norway Travel and Tourism http://www.gates96.com/
Norway travel guide, tourism, tours, hotel & tourist information http://www.kasbah.com/
Scandinavia Tourist Boards - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden http://www.goscandinavia.com/ 
Scandinavia, pictures, Sweden, Norway, photos, tourism, travel http://hem.passagen.se/
Visiting Norway http://www.norway.org/travel 
Visitnorway.com - Official travel guide to Norway with winter holiday ... http://www.visitnorway.com/ 

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Transportation

CIA - The World Factbook -- Norway http://www.cia.gov/
drammen freight, transportation and shipping services http://www.sailings.to/
Google Directory - Regional > Europe > Norway > Transporta... http://directory.google.com/
Norway Transportation http://cgi.gates96.com/
Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Norway: Transportation http://dmoz.org/
Stavanger Transportation Page, STP-Norway.com http://www.stp-norway.com/ 
Zegional Europe Norway Transportation Ships and Shipping Ports http://www.yp.pl/

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Forwarder.  It has links to several directories of worldwide freight forwarders and logistics companies.

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US Government

US Commercial Service, Norway http://www.buyusa.gov/norway/en/ 
US Dept. of State's Background Notes http://www.state.gov/
US Dept. of State's Consular Information Sheet http://travel.state.gov/
US Embassy Oslo http://www.usa.no/ 
CIA Factbook http://www.odci.gov/
US Department of Energy's Country Analysis Briefs http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/ 

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Weather

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Date Updated: March 27, 2007

 
 

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