A Guide To ICT Contracts In Norway

Norway has a well-developed contractual and regulatory framework for ICT procurements and contracts are commonly based on a model agreements from one of the three "families" of model agreements in Norway. This article is intended as a brief guide for foreign companies that are involved in ICT procurements in Norway.

Norwegian law is generally based on freedom of contract, and contracts generally do not require any particular form to be valid, but. it is clearly most common to enter into written contracts in transactions between businesses. In contracts between professional parties, the freedom of contract is generally only limited to situations that are roughly equivalent to the common law concept of contractual frustration.