System of license plates (Norway)

License plate from 2006 to 2008 and from 2012

A system of license plates can be seen in the license plates currently valid in Norway. They were introduced on April 1, 1971. The information in this article is quite extensive. Basic information, in which the most important information about license plates in Norway is listed in a shortened form, can be found in the leading article License plates in Norway .

Allocation of the letter pairs

Directory 1971

Province ( Fylke )	city	Letter combinations
Østfold	Heaps	AA AB AC
	Sarpsborg	AD AE AF AH AJ AK AL AN AP
	Fredrikstad	AR AS AT AU AV
	Moss	AX AY AZ BA BB
Akershus	Drøbak	BC BD BE BF BH BJ BK
	Sandvika	BL BN BP BR BS BT BU BV BX BY BZ CA CB
	Lillestrøm 1	CC CE CF CH CJ CK CL CN CP CR CS CT CU CV CX CY CZ
Oslo	Oslo	DA DB DC DD DE DF DH DJ DK DL DN DP DR DS DT DU DV DX DY DZ EA EB EC ED EE EF EH EJ EK EL EN EP ER ES ET EU EV EX EY EZ FA FB FC FD FE FF FH FJ FK FL FN FP FR
Hedmark	Hamar	FS FT FU FV FX FY FZ HA
	Elverum 2	HB HC HD HE HF HH
	Kongsvinger	HJ HK HL HN HP HR
Oppland	Lillehammer	HS HT HU HV HX HY HZ JA JB
	Gjøvik	JC JD JE JF JH JJ JK JL JN JP JR JS JT
Buskerud	Hønefoss	JU JV JX JY JZ KA KB KC KD
	Drammen	KE KF KH KJ KK KL KN KP KR KS
	Kongsberg	KT KU KV KX KY
Vestfold	Hoard	KZ LA LB LC LD LE LF
	Tonsberg	LH LJ LK LL LN LP LR
	Larvik	LS LT LU LV LX
	Sandefjord 3	LY LZ NA NB NC
Telemark	Skien	ND NE NF NH NJ NK NL
	Porsgrunn 4	NN NP NR NS NT NU
	Notodden	NV NX NY NZ
	Rjukan	PA PB
Aust-Agder	Arendal	PC PD PE PF PH PJ PK PL
Vest-Agder	Kristiansand	PN PP PR PS PT PU PV
	Mandal 5	PX PY PZ
	Flekkefjord	RA RB RC RD
Rogaland	Stavanger	RE RF RH RJ RK RL RN RP RR RS RT TU RV RX RY RZ SA SB
	Haugesund	SC SD SE SF SH SJ SK SL
Bergen 6	Bergen 7	SN SP SR SS ST SU SV SX SY SZ TA TB TC TD TE TF TH TJ TK TL TN TP TR
Hordaland	Odda	TS TT TU
Sogn and Fjordane	Førde	TV TX TY TZ UA UB UC UD
Møre and Romsdal	Ålesund	UE UF UH UJ UK UL UN UP
	Molde	UR US UT UU UV
	Kristiansund	UX UY UZ VA VB VC
Sør-Trøndelag 8	Trondheim	VD VE VF VH VJ VK VL VN VP VR VS VT VU VV VX VY VZ XA XB XC
Nord-Trøndelag 9	Steinkjer	XD XE XF XH XJ XK XL XN XP
	Namsos 10	XR XS XT XU
North country	Mosjøen	XV XX XY XZ YA YB YC YD
	Bodø	YE YF YH YJ YK YL
	Narvik	YN YP YR YS
	Svolvær 11	YT YU YV YX YY
Troms	Harstad	YZ ZA ZB ZC ZD
	Tromsø 12	ZE ZF ZH ZJ ZK ZL ZN
Finnmark	Vadsø	ZP ZR ZS
	Alta 13	ZT TO ZV ZX

Footnotes

¹ In Lillestrøm the pair of letters CD was not issued because it is used for diplomatic vehicles.

² Elverum was given as an extension of Hamar.

³ Sandefjord was specified as a subsidiary of Larvik.

^4th Porsgrunn was specified as a branch of Skien.

⁵ Mandal was specified as a branch of Kristiansand.

^6thUp until December 31, 1971, Bergen was a separate province to which only the city belonged. Since January 1, 1972, Bergen belongs to the province of Hordaland

^7th In Bergen, the letter pair SS was not issued for vehicles with two letters and five digits (cars and trucks).

^8th The province of Sør-Trøndelag existed until December 31, 2017. Since January 1, 2018, the area has been part of the new Trøndelag province

⁹ The province of North Trøndelag existed until December 31, 2017. Since January 1, 2018, the area has been part of the new Trøndelag province

¹⁰ Namsos was given as an extension of Steinkjer.

¹¹ Svolvær was specified as a branch of Narvik.

¹²The Spitzbergen archipelago (Svalbard) also belonged to Tromsø at that time

¹³Alta was given as a branch of Vadsø. The letter pairs ZY and ZZ were not listed.

Changes after 1971

Over time, registration offices have been closed or reopened. This resulted in retransmissions or transmissions of groups of letters. The following information relates to the allocation of labels for the general series.

• In the province of Østfold, the offices in Sarpsborg (initially) and Fredrikstadt were closed. A new office was opened in Hafslund. This assigns the letter pairs according to the old division, taking into account the old jurisdiction limit.
• In the province of Akershus there was a new division of the registration offices:
  • The letter pairs BC, BD, BE, BH, BJ and BK are administered by Drøbak (Follo).
  • The letter pairs BL, BN, BP, BR, BS, BT, BU, BV, BX, BY, BZ, CA and CB are managed by Asker and Bærum (Billingstad).
  • The letter pairs CB, CC, CE, CF, CH, CJ, CK, CL, CN, CP, CR, CS, CT and CU are managed by Romerike (Lillestrøm).
  • The letter pairs CV, CX, CY and CZ are administered by Jessheim.
• In the province of Hedmark, the new registration office in Tynset was opened around 1984. The letter groups HF and HH were assigned to her.
• In the province of Oppland, two new registration offices were set up before 1985:
  • The letter pairs HZ, JA and JB were assigned to the Otta licensing office.
  • The letter pairs JR, JS and JT were assigned to the Fagernes registration office.
• In the province of Buskerud, the new Hallingdal approval center was opened in Gol. The letters KB, KC and KD were assigned to her.
• In the province of Telemark, the registration office in Porsgrunn was closed in 1974. The highest number assigned to date was NN 18126. The letter groups NN, NP, NR, NT and NU were transferred to the registration office in Skien ¹⁴ .
• In 1999, a second registration office for Setesdal was set up in Aust-Agder province. She was given the pair of letters PL.
• In the province of Rogaland, the new registration office was opened in Egersund around 1984. The letter groups RZ, SA and SB were assigned to her.
• In the province of Hordaland there was initially only one licensing office in Odda. With the revocation of the provincial status, the city of Bergen was added on January 1, 1972. Two more approval offices were set up around 1984.
  • The letter pairs TF, TH, TJ and TK were assigned to the Voss licensing office.
  • The letter pairs TL, TN, TP and TR were assigned to the Stord licensing office.
• In the province of Sogn op Fjordane there was initially only one registration office in Førde. Before 1985, two new admissions offices were set up:
  • The letter pairs UA and UB were assigned to the Nordfjordeid approval office.
  • The letter pairs UC and UD were assigned to the Sogndal registration office.
• Two new approval offices have been set up in the province of Møre og Romsdal:
  • The letter pairs UN and UP were assigned to the Ørsta approval body, which was set up before 1985.
  • The letter pairs VB and VC were assigned to the Sunndalsøra licensing office, which was set up around 1990.
• In the provinces of Sør- and Nord-Trøndelag, which merged to form the new Trøndelag Province on January 1, 2018, there were initially only three approval offices, of which only the one in Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag. Four new registration offices were added before 1985:
  • The letter pairs VT, VU and VV were assigned to the Støren registration office.
  • The letter pairs VX, VY and VZ were assigned to the Orkdal registration office.
  • The letter pairs XA, XB and XC were assigned to the Brekstad licensing office.
  • The letter pairs XN and XP were assigned to the Stjørdal licensing authority.
• Three new approval offices have been set up in the province of Nordland:
  • The letter pairs YA, YB, YC and YD were assigned to the Mo i Rana licensing office, which was set up before 1985.
  • The letter pairs YK and YL were assigned to the Fauske Admissions Office, which was set up around 1990.
  • The letter pairs YU, YV and YX were assigned to the Sortland licensing office, which was set up before 1985.
• Two new approval offices have been set up in the province of Troms:
  • The letter pairs ZF and ZD were assigned in this order to the Finnsnes licensing office, which was set up before 1985.
  • The pair of letters FK, which was actually intended for the capital Oslo, was transferred to the Stordlett registration office, which was set up in 1999.
  • The Spitzbergen archipelago (Svalbard) officially belonged to the Tromsø licensing office in 1971. It was probably assigned the pair of letters ZN as early as 1971.
• Three new approval offices have been set up in Finnmark Province:
  • The pair of letters ZS was assigned to the Kirkenes licensing office, which was set up before 1985.
  • The pair of letters ZX was assigned to the Hammerfest approval office, which was established before 1985.
  • The pair of letters ZZ was assigned to the Lakselv licensing office, which was established in 1999. ^15th

Footnotes

^14th In Skien, the letter pair NS should not be issued for historical reasons.

^15th The pair of letters ZY was still not listed.

General series

The two-letter and five-digit number plates are assigned to cars and trucks. Usually they are white with black lettering. Green marks with black letters are so-called varebil marks. Varebil means goods car. These vehicles are tax-privileged. However, you can also use the Varebil license plate privately for your car. This does not mean a tax break.

Vehicles participating in rally events use black license plates with white letters and numbers. Driving on public roads is only permitted when taking part in a rally, driving to and from the rally and from and to organized training. These vehicles are exempt from the enormously high registration tax (hence the usage restrictions).

Vehicles that are not allowed to be used on public roads but are insured and registered are given license plates with a black background and yellow lettering. These include, for example, various types of vehicles at airports, in port areas, etc. These vehicles are exempt from vehicle tax and have therefore not been issued any badges in the past. All vehicles on Svalbard also get this type of license plate, as there are only private roads / roads and these islands are exempt from the enormous registration tax. In this case, the inscription begins with ZN . Vehicles that are sold from Spitsbergen to mainland Norway also keep their registration number, but after they have been cleared, they will be exchanged for the mainland's corresponding different colored license plates. This also applies to tax-exempt temporary imports ("vacation").

The combination of digits shows the month in which the vehicle has to go to the EU inspection, formerly known as Periodisk Kjøretøykontroll (comparable to the German general inspection). The last digit stands for the corresponding month, with two exceptions. The number 7 stands for November, as no vehicle has to be checked in the EU in July and December, and the number 0 instead of 10 is provided for October.

1971 until today

The registration area can be recognized from the license plate. For vehicles with electric drive, with gas drive, with hydrogen drive and for former military vehicles, there is a nationwide allocation of license plates.

The number after the approval district and behind the drive type provides information about the order in which the approval letters (let.) Were / will be issued.

Let. district year AA Heaps 1971 AD Sarpsborg 1 1971 AE 1 Sarpsborg 2 2005 AJ Mysen 1971 AR Fredrikstad 1 1971 AS 1 Fredrikstad 2 2006 AX Moss 1 1971 AY Moss 2 2009

Let. district year BC Drøbak 1 1971 BD Drøbak 2 1998 BE Drøbak 3 2016 BL Asker and Bærum 1 1971 BN Asker and Bærum 2 1984 BP Asker and Bærum 3 1997 BR Asker and Bærum 4 2004 BS Asker and Bærum 5 2010 BT Asker and Bærum 6 2014 BU Asker and Bærum 7 2019

Let. district year CC Romerike 1 1971 CD Diplomats 1971 CE Romerike 2 1984 CF Romerike 3 2000 CH Romerike 4 2019 CV Jessheim

Let. district year THERE Oslo 1 1971 DB Oslo 2 DC Oslo 3 DD Oslo 4 DE Oslo 5 1983 DF Oslo 6 1988 DH Oslo 7 1992 DJ Oslo 8 1997 DK Oslo 9 2000 DL Oslo 10 2005 DN Oslo 11 2008 DP Oslo 12 2012 DR Oslo 13 2016

Let. drive year EB electrical 4 2019 EK electrical 2 2016 Tbsp electrical 1 1999 EV electrical 3 2018

Let. annotation year FE formerly military Let. district year FK Storslett 1999 FS Hamar 1 1971 FT Hamar 2 2003

Let. drive year GA with gas 2000

Let. district year HB 2 Elverum 1971 HF Tynset HJ Kongsvinger 1 1971 HK Kongsvinger 2 2017 HS Lillehammer 1 1971 HT 3 Lillehammer 2 2011 Let. drive year HY with hydrogen 2007 Let. district year HZ Otta 1971

Let. district year JC Gjøvik 1 1971 JD Gjøvik 2 1996 JR Fagernes 1971 JU Ringerike 1 1971 JV Ringerike 2 2009

Let. district year KB Hallingdal 1971 KE Drammen 1 1971 Theatrical Version Drammen 2 1987 KH Drammen 3 2001 KJ Drammen 4 2014 KT Kongsberg 1971 concentration camp Hoard 1971

Let. district year LH Tønsberg 1 1971 LJ Tønsberg 2 2003 LS Larvik 1971 LY Sandefjord 1971

Let. district year ND Skien 1 1971 NE Skien 2 1987 NF Skien 3 2004 NN 4 Porsgrunn 1971 NV Notodden 1971

Let. district year PA Rjukan 1971 Pc Arendal 1 1971 PD Arendal 2 2003 PL Setesdal 1999 PN Kristiansand 1 1971 PP Kristiansand 2 1995 PR Kristiansand 3 2012 PX Mandal 1971

Let. district year RA Flekkefjord 1971 RE Stavanger 1 1971 RF Stavanger 2 RH Stavanger 3 1993 RJ Stavanger 4 2001 RK Stavanger 5 2009 RL Stavanger 6 2016 RZ Egersund 1971

Let. district year SC Haugesund 1 1971 SD Haugesund 2 2001 SN Bergen 1 1971 SP Bergen 2 SR Bergen 3 1987 ST Bergen 4 1997 SU Bergen 5 2004 SV Bergen 6 2011 SX Bergen 7 2019

Let. district year TF Voss 1971 TL Stord 1971 TS Odda 1971 TV Førde 1971

Let. district year UA Nordfjordeid 1971 UC Sogndal 1971 UE Ålesund 1 1971 UF Ålesund 2 2000 UN 5 Ørsta 1971 UR Molde 1 1971 US Molde 2 2018 UX Kristiansund 1971

Let. district year VB Sunndalsøra 1992 VD Trondheim 1 1971 VE Trondheim 2 VF 6 Trondheim 3 1996 VH Trondheim 4 2008 VJ Trondheim 5 2018 VT 7 To disturb 1992 VX Orkdal 1971

Let. district year XA Brekstad 1971 XD Steinkjer 1971 XK Levanger 2 2002 XL 8 Levanger 1 XN Stjørdal 1971 XR Namsos 1971 XV 9 Mosjøen 1971

Let. district year YA Mo i Rana 1971 YE 10 Bodø 1 1971 YF Bodø 2 2016 YK Fauske YN Narvik 1971 YT Svolvær 1971 YU Sortland 1971 Y Z Harstad 1 1971

Let. district year ZA Harstad 2 2010 ZD 11 Finnsnes 2 2004 ZE Tromsø 1 1971 ZF Finnsnes 1 1971 ZH 12 Tromsø 2 2003 ZN Svalbard 1971 ZP 13 Vadsø 1971 CL 14th Kirkenes 1971 ZT Alta 1971 ZX Hammerfest 1971 ZZ Lakselv 1999

Footnotes

¹A new registration office was set up in Hafslund. It outputs license plates that are still assigned to the Sarpsborg and Fredrikstad areas.

²Due to errors, license plates with the letter pair FZ up to number 10079 were issued from June 2015 .

³Due to errors, license plates with the letter pair FB up to number 10098 were issued from June 2015 .

^4thThe license plates were issued until 1974. The highest registration number was NN 1826.

⁵Due to errors, license plates with the letter pair BB up to number 10090 were issued from June 2015 .

^6thDue to errors, license plates with the letter pair VP up to the number 10089 were issued from November 2001 .

^7thDue to errors, some license plates with the letters VS were issued in August 2006 .

^8thAt the end of 2001 the last license plate with the letters XL was issued. Its number was slightly larger than 36,000.

⁹Due to errors, license plates with the pair of letters FA up to number 10085 were issued from June 2015 .

¹⁰Due to errors, license plates with the letter pair EZ up to number 10173 were issued from June 2015 .

¹¹Due to errors, license plates with the letter pair ZD up to the number 10010 were issued from November 27, 2001 . After reaching the registration number ZF 9999, the ZD series was continued. Due to errors, license plates with the letter pair EX up to number 10006 were issued from June 2015 .

¹²Due to errors, license plates with the pair of letters FC up to number 10213 were issued from June 2015 .

¹³Due to errors, license plates with the letter pair FR up to number 10029 were issued from June 2015 .

^14thDue to errors, license plates with the letter pair EY up to number 10009 were issued from June 2015 .

Districts with the highest registration numbers

The following tables list the ten districts with the highest approval numbers. The lists record the status on each December 31, 1985 and at the end of a five-year segment from 1995 onwards. All figures are estimates.

space	Registration district 1985	Passage	highest registration number 1985	Registration district 1995	Passage	highest registration number 1995	Approval District 2000	Passage	highest registration number 2000
1.	Oslo	5	DE 53500	Oslo	7th	DH 61500	Oslo	9	DK 11150
2.	Mountains	2	SP 85000	Mountains	3	SR 75050	Mountains	4th	ST 48150
3.	Stavanger	2	RF 51100	Stavanger	3	RH 26500	Stavanger	3	RH 78100
4th	Trondheim	2	VE 51000	Trondheim	2	VE 96300	Asker and Bærum	3	BP 56700
5.	Romerike	2	CE 21700	Asker and Bærum	2	BN 87050	Trondheim	3	VF 37850
6th	Asker and Bærum	2	BN 17000	Romerike	2	CE 67750	Romerike	3	CF 10400
7th	Drammen	1	KE 94250	Skien	2	NE 63900	Drammen	2	KF 96100
8th.	Skien	1	ND 85450	Drammen	2	KF 55700	Skien	2	NE 85150
9.	Gjøvik	1	JC 73700	Kristiansand	2	PP 12250	Kristiansand	2	PP 36350
10.	Kristiansand	1	PN 70900	Gjøvik	1	JC 98150	Gjøvik	2	JD 25000

space	Registration district 2005	Passage	highest mark 2005	Registration district 2010	Passage	highest mark 2010	Approval district 2015	Passage	highest mark 2015
1.	Oslo	10	DL 28550	Oslo	11	DN 57100	Oslo	12	DP 88000
2.	Mountains	5	SU 24220	Mountains	5	SU 96800	Mountains	6th	SV 68200
3.	Stavanger	4th	RJ 52050	Stavanger	5	RK 25650	Asker and Bærum	6th	BT 37100
4th	Asker and Bærum	4th	BR 25350	Asker and Bærum	5	BS 18650	Stavanger	5	RK 95800
5.	Trondheim	3	VF 74400	Trondheim	4th	VH 27750	Trondheim	4th	VH 75600
6th	Drammen	3	KH 39450	Drammen	3	KH 73600	Drammen	4th	KJ 20200
7th	Romerike	3	CF 35450	Romerike	3	CF 57600	Romerike	3	CF 82350
8th.	Skien	3	NF 18350	Skien	3	NF 46300	Skien	3	NF 76950
9.	Kristiansand	2	PP 61150	Kristiansand	2	PP 92250	Kristiansand	3	PR 32750
10.	Drøbak	2	BD 46000	Drøbak	2	BD 68750	Drøbak	2	BD 95100

Districts with the lowest registration numbers

The following tables show the five districts with the lowest approval numbers. The lists record the status on each December 31, 1985 and at the end of a five-year segment from 1995 onwards. All figures are estimates.

All license plates belong to the first round.

space	Registration district 1985	lowest registration number 1985	Registration district 1995	lowest registration number 1995	Approval District 2000	lowest rating 2000	Registration district 2005	lowest license number 2005
1.	Svalbard	ZN 10200	Svalbard	ZN 10250	Setesdal	PL 10100	Svalbard	ZN 11500
2.	Voss	TF 10350	To disturb	VT 10550	Svalbard	ZN 10900	Sunndalsøra	VB 12950
3.	Kirkenes	ZS 10600	Fauske	YK 10600	Fauske	YK 11350	To disturb	VT 15200
4th	Brekstad	XA 11150	Sunndalsøra	VB 11400	Sunndalsøra	VB 12350	Brekstad	XA 16900
5.	Tynset	HF 11510	Kirkenes	ZS 13650	To disturb	VT 12700	Rjukan	PA 18000

space	Registration district 2010	lowest license number 2010	Approval district 2015	lowest license number 2015
1.	Svalbard	ZN 12350	Svalbard	ZN 12850
2.	Sunndalsøra	VB 14150	Sunndalsøra	VB 15000
3.	To disturb	VT 17050	To disturb	VT 18950
4th	Brekstad	XA 18200	Brekstad	XA 19050
5.	Rjukan	PA 19250	Rjukan	PA 20650

Motorcycles, trailers, ...

Two-wheeler license plate from 2006 to 2008 and from 2012

The two-letter and four-digit license plates are assigned to motorcycles, mopeds, trailers, tractors, snow plows and motorized equipment. Up until the beginning of 2017, the license plate could be used to identify the registration area. Vehicles with an electric drive are also verified. It is not certain whether there will be gas-powered and hydrogen-powered vehicles.

1971 to 2017

The number behind the approval district and behind the drive type provides information about the order in which the approval letters (let.) Were issued.

Let. district AA Halden 1 FROM Heaps 2 AC Heaps 3 AD Sarpsborg 1 AE Sarpsborg 2 AF Sarpsborg 3 AH Sarpsborg 4 AH Hafslund 2 AJ Mysen 1 AK Mysen 2 AL Mysen 3 ON Mysen 4 AP Mysen 5 AR Fredrikstad 1 AS Fredrikstad 2 AT Fredrikstad 3 AT Hafslund 1 AU Hafslund 3 AV Hafslund 4 AW Hafslund 5 AX Moss 1 AY Moss 2 AZ Moss 3

Let. district BA Moss 4 BB Ørsta 3 BC Drøbak 1 BD Drøbak 2 BE Drøbak 3 BF Drøbak 4 bra Drøbak 5 BL Asker and Bærum 1 BN Asker and Bærum 2 BP Asker and Bærum 3 BR Asker and Bærum 4 BS Asker and Bærum 5 BT Asker and Bærum 6 BU Asker and Bærum 7 BW Mysen 7

Let. district CC Romerike 1 CE Romerike 2 CF Romerike 3 CH Romerike 4 CJ Romerike 5 CK Romerike 6 CL Romerike 7 CN Romerike 8 CP Romerike 9 CR Romerike 10 CS Romerike 11 CU Jessheim 5 CV Jessheim 1 CW Lakselv 2 CX Jessheim 2 CY Jessheim 3 CZ Jessheim 4

Let. district THERE Oslo 1 DB Oslo 2 DC Oslo 3 DD Oslo 4 DE Oslo 5 DF Oslo 6 DH Oslo 7 DJ Oslo 8 DK Oslo 9 DL Oslo 10 DN Oslo 11 DP Oslo 12 DR Oslo 13 DS Oslo 14 DT Oslo 15 YOU Oslo 16 DV Oslo 17 DW Hafslund 6 DX Oslo 18

Let. drive Tbsp electric Let. district IT Hafslund 8 EX Finnsnes 4 EY Kirkenes 2 EZ Bodø 6

Let. district FA Mosjøen 5 FB Lillehammer 6 FC Tromsø 6 FD Bodø 5 Let. annotation FE formerly military Let. district FF Hammerfest 2 FH Svalbard 2 FK Storslett 1 FL Hafslund 7 FN Mysen 6 FP Trondheim 11 FR Vadsø 3 FS Hamar 1 FT Hamar 2 FU Hamar 3 FV Hamar 4 FW Hamar 8 FX Hamar 5 FY Hamar 6 FZ Hamar 7

Let. district HA Elverum 5 HB Elverum 1 HC Elverum 2 HD Elverum 3 HE Elverum 4 HF Tynset 1 HH Tynset 2 HJ Kongsvinger 1 HK Kongsvinger 2 HL Kongsvinger 3 HN Kongsvinger 4 HP Kongsvinger 5 MR Kongsvinger 6 HS Lillehammer 1 HT Lillehammer 2 HU Lillehammer 3 HV Lillehammer 4 HW Bergen 16 HX Lillehammer 5 HZ Otta 1

Let. district YES Otta 2 JB Otta 3 JC Gjøvik 1 JD Gjøvik 2 JE Gjøvik 3 JF Gjøvik 4 JH Gjøvik 5 YY Gjøvik 6 JK Gjøvik 7 JL Gjøvik 8 JN Gjøvik 9 JR Fagernes 1 JS Fagernes 2 JU Ringerike 1 JV Ringerike 2 JX Ringerike 3 JY Ringerike 4 JZ Ringerike 5

Let. district KA Ringerike 6 KB Hallingdal 1 KC Hallingdal 2 KE Drammen 1 Theatrical Version Drammen 2 KH Drammen 3 KJ Drammen 4 KK Drammen 5 KL Drammen 6 KN Drammen 7 KP Drammen 8 KR Drammen 9 KS Drammen 10 KT Kongsberg 1 KU Kongsberg 2 KV Kongsberg 3 KX Kongsberg 4 KY Kongsberg 5 concentration camp Hoarding 1

Let. district LA Hoarding 2 LB Hoarding 3 LD Tønsberg 8 LE Vadsø 4 LF Setesdal 2 LH Tønsberg 1 LJ Tønsberg 2 LK Tønsberg 3 LL Tønsberg 4 LN Tønsberg 5 LP Tønsberg 6 LR Tønsberg 7 LS Larvik 1 LT Larvik 2 LU Larvik 3 LV Larvik 4 LY Sandefjord 1 LZ Sandefjord 2

Let. district N / A Sandefjord 3 ND Skien 1 NE Skien 2 NF Skien 3 NH Skien 4 NJ Skien 5 NK Skien 6 NL Skien 7 NN Porsgrunn NN Skien 8 NP Skien 9 NO Skien 10 NT Skien 11 NV Notodden 1 NW Trondheim 15 NX Notodden 2 NY Notodden 3 NZ Notodden 4

Let. district PA Rjukan Pc Arendal 1 PD Arendal 2 PE Arendal 3 PF Arendal 4 PH Arendal 5 PJ Arendal 6 PK Arendal 7 PL Setesdal 1 PN Kristiansand 1 PP Kristiansand 2 PR Kristiansand 3 PS Kristiansand 4 PT Kristiansand 5 PU Kristiansand 6 PV Kristiansand 7 PW Kristiansand 8 PX Mandal 1 PY Mandal 2 PZ Mandal 3

Let. district RA Flekkefjord 1 RB Flekkefjord 2 RC Mandal 4 RD Mandal 5 RE Stavanger 1 RF Stavanger 2 RH Stavanger 3 RJ Stavanger 4 RK Stavanger 5 RL Stavanger 6 RN Stavanger 7 RP Stavanger 8 RR Stavanger 9 RS Stavanger 10 RT Stavanger 11 RU Stavanger 12 RV Stavanger 13 RW Stavanger 14 RX Stavanger 15 RY Stavanger 16 RZ Egersund 1

Let. district SA Egersund 2 SC Haugesund 1 SD Haugesund 2 SE Haugesund 3 SF Haugesund 4 SH Haugesund 5 SJ Haugesund 6 SK Haugesund 7 SL Haugesund 8 SN Bergen 1 SP Bergen 2 SR Bergen 3 SS Bergen 4 ST Bergen 5 SU Bergen 6 SV Bergen 7 SW Storslett 2 SX Bergen 8 SY Bergen 9 SZ Bergen 10

Let. district TA Bergen 11 TB Bergen 12 TC Bergen 13 TD Bergen 14 TE Bergen 15 TF Voss 1 TH Voss 2 TL Stord 1 TN Stord 2 TS Odda 1 TT Odda 2 TV Førde 1 TW Harstad 4 TX Førde 2 TY Førde 3 TZ Førde 4

Let. district UA Nordfjordeid 1 UB Nordfjordeid 2 UC Sogndal 1 UD Sogndal 2 UE Ålesund 1 UF Ålesund 2 UH Ålesund 3 UJ Ålesund 4 UK Ålesund 5 U.N. Ørsta 1 UP Ørsta 2 UR Molde 1 US Molde 2 UT Molde 3 UU Molde 4 UV Molde 5 UW Alta 6 UX Kristiansund 1 UY Kristiansund 2 UZ Kristiansund 3

Let. district VB Sunndalsøra VD Trondheim 1 VE Trondheim 2 VF Trondheim 3 VH Trondheim 4 VJ Trondheim 5 VK Trondheim 6 VL Trondheim 7 VN Trondheim 8 VP Trondheim 9 VR Trondheim 10 VS 1 Trondheim 14 VT 2 To disturb VU Trondheim 12 VV Trondheim 13 VW Levanger 3 VX Orkdal 1 VY Orkdal 2 VZ Orkdal 3

Let. district XA Brekstad 1 XB Brekstad 2 XD Steinkjer 1 XE Steinkjer 2 XF Steinkjer 3 XH Steinkjer 4 XJ Steinkjer 5 XK Levanger 2 XL Levanger 1 XN Stjørdal 1 XP Stjørdal 2 XR Namsos 1 XS Namsos 2 XT Namsos 3 XU Namsos 4 XV Mosjøen 1 XW Steinkjer 6 XX Mosjøen 2 XY Mosjøen 3 XZ Mosjøen 4

Let. district YA Mo i Rana 1 YB Mo i Rana 2 YC Mo i Rana 3 YE Bodø 1 YF Bodø 2 YH Bodø 3 YJ Bodø 4 YK Fauske 1 YL Fauske 2 YN Narvik 1 YP Narvik 2 YT Svolvær 1 YU Sortland 1 YV Sortland 2 YW Stjørdal 3 YY Svolvær 2 Y Z Harstad 1

Let. district ZA Harstad 2 E.g. Harstad 3 ZC Tromsø 5 ZD Finnsnes 3 ZE Tromsø 1 ZF Finnsnes 1 ZH Tromsø 2 ZJ Finnsnes 2 ZK Tromsø 3 ZL Tromsø 4 ZN Svalbard 1 ZP Vadsø 1 ZR Vadsø 2 ZS Kirkenes 1 ZT Alta 1 TO Alta 2 ZV Alta 3 ZW Alta 5 ZX 3 Hammerfest 1 ZY Alta 4 ZZ Lakselv 1

Footnotes

¹Due to the incorrect output of license plates with the letter pair VS up to number 1025, numbers from 1030 were chosen for the output.

²Due to errors, license plates with the letter pair VS up to number 1025 were issued in August 2006 .

³Due to errors, license plates with the pair of letters ZG and the numbers 1001 and 1002 were issued on January 23 and 27, 2014 .

2017 until today

Nationwide approval was introduced on February 9, 2017. All identification numbers that have not yet been assigned are assigned in alphabetical order. Rows that have been completed are indicated in italics. The rows shown in normal letters were not used before.

year
2017			AC
	BA	BB					bra	BJ	BK							BU	BV	BW	BX	BY	BZ
2018	CA	CB												CS	CT	CU		CW
																			DX	DY	Double room
2019														IT				EW	EX	EY	EZ
	FA	FB	FC			FF												FW
	HA						HH						MR					HW
2020		JB									JN	JP		JS	JT			JW
	KA		KC	KD

Trial and transfer license plates

Trial license plate

The trial and delivery license plates have black characters on a red background. They contain two letters and three digits, followed by the indication of the validity by two superimposed numbers that indicate the last day of validity.

Dealer identification

Dealer identification

1971 to 2015

License plates with two white letters and two white numbers on a red background were given to dealers. Based on the license plate you could see the registration area until 2015.

The number after the approval district provides information about the order in which the approval letters (let.) Were issued.

Let. district AA Halden 1 FROM Heaps 2 AC Heaps 3 AD Sarpsborg 1 AE Sarpsborg 2 AF Sarpsborg 3 AG Hafslund 6 AH Sarpsborg 4 AH Hafslund 2 AJ Mysen 1 AK Mysen 2 AL Mysen 3 ON Mysen 4 AP Mysen 5 AR Fredrikstad 1 AS Fredrikstad 2 AT Fredrikstad 3 AT Hafslund 1 AU Hafslund 3 AV Hafslund 4 AW Hafslund 5 AX Moss 1 AY Moss 2 AZ Moss 3

Let. district BA Moss 4 BB Moss 5 BC Drøbak 1 BD Drøbak 2 BE Drøbak 3 BF Drøbak 4 BG Drøbak 8 bra Drøbak 5 BJ Drøbak 6 BK Drøbak 7 BL Asker and Bærum 1 BN Asker and Bærum 2 BP Asker and Bærum 3 BR Asker and Bærum 4 BS Asker and Bærum 5 BT Asker and Bærum 6 BU Asker and Bærum 7 BV Asker and Bærum 8 BW Mysen 6 BX Asker and Bærum 9 BY Asker and Bærum 10 BZ Asker and Bærum 11

Let. district CA Asker and Bærum 12 CB Asker and Bærum 13 CC Romerike 1 CE Romerike 2 CF Romerike 3 CG Romerike 15 CH Romerike 4 CJ Romerike 5 CK Romerike 6 CL Romerike 7 CN Romerike 8 CP Romerike 9 CR Romerike 10 CS Romerike 11 CT Romerike 12 CU Romerike 13 CV Jessheim 1 CW Jessheim 5 CX Jessheim 2 CY Jessheim 3 CZ Jessheim 4

Let. district THERE Oslo 1 DB Oslo 2 DC Oslo 3 DD Oslo 4 DE Oslo 5 DF Oslo 6 DG Hafslund 7 DH Oslo 7 DJ Oslo 8 DK Oslo 9 DL Oslo 10 DN Oslo 11 DP Oslo 12 DR Oslo 13 DS Oslo 14 DT Oslo 15 YOU Oslo 16 DV Oslo 17 DW Stavanger 18th DX Oslo 18 DY Oslo 19 Double room Oslo 20

Let. district EA Oslo 21 EB Oslo 22 EC Oslo 23 ED Oslo 24 EE Oslo 25 EF Oslo 26 EH Oslo 27 EJ Oslo 28 EK Oslo 29 Tbsp Oslo 30 EN Oslo 31 EP Oslo 32 HE Oslo 33 IT Oslo 34 EV Romerike 14 EW Drammen 13 EZ Drammen 12

Let. district FA Nordfjordeid 3 FB Stavanger 17 FC Tromsø 8 FD Bodø 5 FF Romerike 16 FJ Sogndal 3 FK Storslett FL Tromso 7 FN Moss 6 FP Trondheim 11 FR Vadsø 3 FS Hamar 1 FT Hamar 2 FU Hamar 3 FV Hamar 4 FX Hamar 5 FY Hamar 6 FZ Hamar 7

Let. district HA Hamar 8 HB Elverum 1 HC Elverum 2 HD Elverum 3 HF Tynset 1 HH Tynset 2 HJ Kongsvinger 1 HK Kongsvinger 2 HL Kongsvinger 3 HN Kongsvinger 4 HP Kongsvinger 5 MR Kongsvinger 6 HS Lillehammer 1 HT Lillehammer 2 HU Lillehammer 3 HV Lillehammer 4 HX Lillehammer 5 HZ Otta 1

Let. district YES Otta 2 JB Otta 3 JC Gjøvik 1 JD Gjøvik 2 JE Gjøvik 3 JF Gjøvik 4 JG Stavanger 20 JH Gjøvik 5 YY Gjøvik 6 JK Gjøvik 7 JL Gjøvik 8 JN Gjøvik 9 JR Fagernes 1 JS Fagernes 2 JU Ringerike 1 JV Ringerike 2 JX Ringerike 3 JY Ringerike 4 JZ Ringerike 5

Let. district KA Ringerike 6 KB Hallingdal 1 KC Hallingdal 2 KD Hallingdal 3 KE Drammen 1 Theatrical Version Drammen 2 KH Drammen 3 KJ Drammen 4 KK Drammen 5 KL Drammen 6 KN Drammen 7 KP Drammen 8 KR Drammen 9 KS Drammen 10 KT Kongsberg 1 KU Kongsberg 2 KV Kongsberg 3 KW Drammen 11 KX Kongsberg 4 KY Kongsberg 5 concentration camp Hoarding 1

Let. district LA Hoarding 2 LB Hoarding 3 LC Hoarding 4 LD Hoarding 5 LE Hoarding 6 LF Hoarding 7 LH Tønsberg 1 LJ Tønsberg 2 LK Tønsberg 3 LL Tønsberg 4 LN Tønsberg 5 LP Tønsberg 6 LR Tønsberg 7 LS Larvik 1 LT Larvik 2 LU Larvik 3 LV Larvik 4 LX Larvik 5 LY Sandefjord 1 LZ Sandefjord 2 LZ Larvik and Sandefjord 1

Let. district N / A Larvik and Sandefjord 2 NB Larvik and Sandefjord 3 NC Larvik and Sandefjord 4 ND Skien 1 NE Skien 2 NF Skien 3 NG Skien 13 NH Skien 4 NJ Skien 5 NK Skien 6 NL Skien 7 NN Porsgrunn NN Skien 8 NP Skien 9 NO Skien 10 NT 1 Skien 11 NU Skien 12 NV Notodden 1 NW Notodden 5 NX Notodden 2 NY 2 Notodden 3 NZ Notodden 4

Let. district PA Rjukan Pc Arendal 1 PD Arendal 2 PE Arendal 3 PF Arendal 4 PG Arendal 8 PH Arendal 5 PJ Arendal 6 PK Arendal 7 PL Setesdal PN Kristiansand 1 PP Kristiansand 2 PR Kristiansand 3 PS Kristiansand 4 PT Kristiansand 5 PU Kristiansand 6 PV Kristiansand 7 PW Kristiansand 8 PX Mandal 1 PY Mandal 2 PZ Mandal 3

Let. district RA Flekkefjord 1 RB Flekkefjord 2 RE Stavanger 1 RF Stavanger 2 RG Stavanger 21 RH Stavanger 3 RJ Stavanger 4 RK Stavanger 5 RL Stavanger 6 RN Stavanger 7 RP Stavanger 8 RR Stavanger 9 RS Stavanger 10 RT Stavanger 11 RU Stavanger 12 RV Stavanger 13 RW Stavanger 16 RX Stavanger 14 RY Stavanger 15 RZ Egersund 1

Let. district SA Egersund 2 SC Haugesund 1 SD Haugesund 2 SE Haugesund 3 SF Haugesund 4 SH Haugesund 5 SJ Haugesund 6 SK Haugesund 7 SL Haugesund 8 SN 3 Bergen 1 SP Bergen 2 SR Bergen 3 SS Bergen 4 ST Bergen 5 SU Bergen 6 SV Bergen 7 SX Bergen 8 SY Bergen 9 SZ 3 Bergen 10

Let. district TA Bergen 11 TB Bergen 12 TC Bergen 13 TF Voss 1 TH Voss 2 TL Stord 1 TN 4 Stord 2 TS Odda TV Førde 1 TX Førde 2 TY 5 Førde 3 TZ Førde 4

Let. district UA Nordfjordeid 1 UB Nordfjordeid 2 UC Sogndal 1 UD Sogndal 2 UE Ålesund 1 UF Ålesund 2 Basement Ålesund 7 UH Ålesund 3 UJ Ålesund 4 UK Ålesund 5 UL Ålesund 6 U.N. Ørsta 1 UP Ørsta 2 UR Molde 1 US Molde 2 UT Molde 3 UU Molde 4 UV Molde 5 UW Ålesund 8 UX Kristiansund 1 UY Kristiansund 2 UZ Kristiansund 3

Let. district VA Kristiansund 4 VB Sunndalsøra VD Trondheim 1 VE Trondheim 2 VF Trondheim 3 VH Trondheim 4 VJ Trondheim 5 VK Trondheim 6 VL Trondheim 7 VN Trondheim 8 VP Trondheim 9 VR Trondheim 10 VS Trondheim 12 VT Støren 1 VU Støren 2 VV Trondheim 13 VX Orkdal 1 VY Orkdal 2 VZ Orkdal 3

Let. district XA Brekstad 1 XB Brekstad 2 XD Steinkjer 1 XE Steinkjer 2 XF Steinkjer 3 XG Namsos 5 XH Steinkjer 4 XJ Steinkjer 5 XK Levanger 2 XL Levanger 1 XN Stjørdal 1 XP Stjørdal 2 XR Namsos 1 XS Namsos 2 XT Namsos 3 XU Namsos 4 XV Mosjøen 1 XW Levanger 3 XX Mosjøen 2 XY Mosjøen 3 XZ Mosjøen 4

Let. district YA Mo i Rana 1 YB Mo i Rana 2 YC Mo i Rana 3 YE Bodø 1 YF Bodø 2 YH Bodø 3 YJ Bodø 4 YK 6 Fauske YN Narvik 1 YP Narvik 2 YR Narvik 3 YS Narvik 4 YT Svolvær 1 YY 7 Svolvær 2 Y Z Harstad 1

Let. district ZA Harstad 2 E.g. Harstad 3 ZC Tromsø 6 ZD Finnsnes 3 ZE Tromsø 1 ZF Finnsnes 1 ZH Tromsø 2 ZJ Finnsnes 2 ZK Tromsø 3 ZL Tromsø 4 ZN Tromsø 5 and Svalbard ZP Vadsø 1 ZR Vadsø 2 ZS Kirkenes ZT Alta 1 TO Alta 2 ZV Alta 3 ZW Alta 5 ZY Alta 4 ZZ Lakselv

Footnotes

¹ Due to an error, the NG 10 label was issued on October 3, 2014.

² Due to an error, the code NW 10 was issued on August 1, 2011.

³After the SZ 99 license plate was issued, license plates from the letter ranges SN to SZ that had become vacant were reassigned. The first license plates with the letter pair TA were issued in 2008.

^4th Due to an error, the TP 10 indicator was issued on January 6, 2015.

⁵ Due to an error, the TG 10 label was issued on April 23, 2015.

^6th Due to an error, the label YL 10 was issued on March 5, 2014.

^7th Due to an error, the FG 10 label was issued on December 9, 2014.

2015 until today

License plates with three white letters and two white numbers on a red background have been given to dealers since June 2015. Tags for trailers also have a T at the end (for Tilhenger ).

The table shows the first two of the three letters.

year
2015	AA
2017		FROM
2018			AC

Diplomatic plates

These license plates have yellow letters on a light blue background. They consist of the letter pair CD followed by a five- (cars and trucks) or four-digit number. The first two digits indicate the country of origin. The diplomatic missions of Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States now also use civilian plates.

Diplomatic license plate, 80 = Germany

Diplomatic missions with the highest approval numbers

space	Country	Code no.	number
1	Russia	71	71518
2	United States	10	10427
3	Germany	80	80327
4th	United Kingdom	16	16265
5	France	34	34235
6th	China	52	52192
7th	Finland	33	33191
8th	Poland	64	64187
9	Japan	48	48163
10	Italy	45	45149

As of November 22, 2018

Export indicator

License plates for the export of brand new vehicles or for tourists only show four or five (depending on the type of vehicle) black digits on a white background. The number plate is limited on both sides by a red bar indicating the maximum validity (month on the left, year on the right). Export license plates are issued by the Norwegian police. The first digit indicates the place of registration. The information relates to license plates with five digits.

No.	Admission location	1st round	2nd round
1	Oslo	1971	2004
2	Larvik	1971
3	Kristiansand	1971
4th	Stavanger	1971
5	Mountains	1971
6th	Trondheim	1971
7th	Tromso	1971

Vehicles of the Norwegian royal family

License plate of the royal family

Vehicles belonging to the Norwegian royal family have license plates that begin with the single letter A.

Vehicles of the Norwegian Armed Forces

The Norwegian Armed Forces use yellow plates with black numbers. Military test tags have red font. They are used exclusively by the Defense Museum (Forsvarsmuseet, FMU) and the Test and Development Department (Test og utvikling, TU).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Diplomatic codes at Olavsplates

Web links

• www.olavsplates.com