The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway
Finanstilsynet · Norway · Established 1986
The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet) is the financial regulator of Norway, established 1986. It caps retail leverage at 1:30, requires negative balance protection and segregated client funds, and compensates clients up to NOK 2,000,000 if a firm fails.
Check a firm's licence yourself
What this licence gets you
The rules a firm has to follow to keep this licence. A dash means we hold no answer on file, which is not the same as a no.
- Maximum leverage, retail
- 1:30
- Maximum leverage, professional
- 1:500
- Compensation if the firm fails
- NOK 2,000,000
- Negative balance protection
- Required
- Client funds held separately
- Required
- Hedging
- Permitted
- FIFO order closing
- Not mandatory
- Supervision covers
- Banking, Insurance, Securities, Auditing
- Body type
- Government
About Finanstilsynet
Norway's FSA supervises banks, insurance companies, securities trading, and other financial services. Strong consumer protection focus.
- EEA regulation
- Banks guarantee fund
- Strong oversight
No listed broker holds a Finanstilsynet licence
None of the brokers in our database holds an active licence from this authority. That is a statement about our listings, not about the regulator.