The Cadastre, Norway's official property register

Status: Submitted

Definition: The Cadastre is Norway's official register of real property, including buildings, housing/housing units and physical addresses. The Cadastre is regulated by the Cadastre Act which came into force on 1 January 2010 and replaced the previous Land Partition Act. The Cadastre also includes data from official registration, the population register, the central coordinating register for legal entities, ground contamination and cultural monuments.

Updated: 08.05.2026
Submitter: Norwegian Mapping Authority
Owner: Norwegian Mapping Authority

Usage

The Cadastre includes information on the individual cadastral units (properties) that is necessary for planning, development, and protection of real property. The register also shows the boundaries of the cadastral units (properties), including boundaries for outdoor spaces included in condominiums (paragraph 4 of the Cadastre Act). All buildings > 15 m2 must be registered in the Cadastre. Detailed information on buildings may therefore be used for many socially beneficial tasks. Street addresses, for example, are used in satnav systems so that addresses can be found quickly and easily without being familiar with the location. Linked with where people live (the population register), address data is used for social analyses and other socially beneficial purposes.

Theme: Property

In scope of Inspire Directive: No

DOK according to KMD-definitions: Yes

In scope of Norway digital agreement: Yes

Land-use plans subject to law (PBL): No

In scope of the Geodata Act: Yes

Mareano: No

Ecological Base Map: No

Modellbaserte vegprosjekter: No

DOK-status

DOK-status: Proposal

DOK-status date approved:

Updated: 5/8/2026 4:47:53 AM

Geodatalov status

Evaluation criteria

ASSESSMENT POINT
STATUS VALUE
COMMENT
Metadata
good
Product spesification
deficient
SOSI requirement status
deficient
GML requirement status
deficient
WMS status
good
WFS status
good
ATOM feed status
deficient
Nedlastingskrav status
good
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