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Accessibility law in Norway: is your site demonstrably in order?

Norway has required private websites and web shops to meet WCAG since 1 July 2014, years ahead of the EU wave. The supervisor uu-tilsynet can order remediation and impose a daily coercive fine; the law sets no cap.

  • Law: Likestillings- og diskrimineringsloven § 18 + the regulation on universal design of ICT (private and public sector alike)
  • In force: For new ICT solutions since 1 July 2014; existing solutions by 1 January 2021 at the latest. The public sector additionally faces WAD requirements plus a statement duty since 1 February 2023.
  • Standard: WCAG 2.0 AA privaat (35 criteria) · WCAG 2.1 AA publiek

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Enforcement: what's happening now

Uu-tilsynet (under Digdir) supervises actively: across 88 in-depth inspections since 2015 it found violations of the minimum requirements in 98% of cases; 20 organisations received a coercive-fine decision. Best-known case: SAS, a decision of NOK 150,000 per day (SAS remediated within the deadline). A yearly status measurement of some 500 sites runs alongside.

In 2018 uu-tilsynet issued SAS a coercive-fine decision of NOK 150,000 per day over six violated requirements; SAS remediated within the deadline and paid nothing. Of the 88 in-depth inspections since 2015, 20 led to a coercive-fine decision, and the law sets no statutory cap on the coercive fine. Difi/uu-tilsynet: tilsyn met SAS afgesloten zonder dagboetes (2018)

Cross-border trade

Selling to here from abroad?

The Norwegian rules apply to ICT solutions aimed at the Norwegian public, which includes foreign web shops targeting Norwegian consumers. Conversely, a Norwegian business selling to EU consumers falls under the European Accessibility Act of those EU countries; the EAA itself has not yet been incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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Why this matters

Accessibility isn't a checkbox for a regulator, it decides whether roughly 1 in 6 people (WHO) can use your site at all. For them, an inaccessible store isn't a minor annoyance but a closed door. Fix the error in your own code and you remove that barrier and make your site cleaner for search engines, the same fix, double the gain.

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Sources: Lovdata, forskrift om universell utforming av IKT-løsninger · Lovdata, likestillings- og diskrimineringsloven § 36 (tvangsmulkt) · uu-tilsynet, resultaten van tilsyn met websites en apps · uu-tilsynet, EU-webrichtlijn (WAD) in Noorwegen · Europalov, status EAA (tilgjengelighetsdirektivet) in het EER

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Facts last verified: July 2026

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