Norway: Google Norway
Overview
Google Norway AS is Google’s Norwegian local operating company. It is registered in Norway as an aksjeselskap / AS, a Norwegian limited liability company, under organisation number 988 588 261. The company’s official business address is Dronning Eufemias gate 8, 0191 Oslo, Norway. Its postal address is Bryggegata 6, 0250 Oslo. The company was founded on 1 July 2005 and registered on 5 September 2005.
Google Norway AS is Google’s local Norwegian business and market-support entity. It is classified under NACE 63.910, drift av søkemotorer / operation of search engines. Its stated corporate purpose covers the generation and sale of internet advertising, marketing of internet advertising, and the generation of sales and direct marketing of other goods and services.
Ownership and group status
Google Norway AS is part of the Google/Alphabet group. The direct shareholder is Google International, LLC, which holds 100% of the company’s ordinary shares. The ultimate parent group is Alphabet Inc.
Governance and management
The official Norwegian company-data extract lists Michael Tangney as chair of the board. The company is governed through a Norwegian board structure while operating within Google’s wider European and global corporate framework.
Business model and services
Google Norway AS functions as a local Google service, sales-support, marketing and representation company. Its role includes activity connected to Google’s advertising business, search-related services, local client and partner liaison, public-policy engagement and business support in Norway.
Infrastructure and data-centre context
Google lists Skien, Norway as an in-development data-centre location. In 2024, Google announced a major Norwegian data-centre investment in Skien, its first data-centre campus in Norway. The project is associated with a reported investment of approximately €600m, an initial allocation of 240 MW, and an expected operational date in 2026.
Employees
The official company-data extract lists 93 employees for Google Norway AS. Other public extracts display slightly different employee counts for the main entity and subunit, generally placing the company in the 90 to 100 employee range.
Source financial data in NOK
Data in NOK. Values are from Norwegian annual-account data reported in thousands by Proff / Brønnøysundregistrene.
| Year | Sum driftsinntekter | Resultat før skatt | Årsresultat |
| 2020 | 252,378,000 | -437,000 | -5,980,000 |
| 2021 | 269,734,000 | -11,062,000 | -15,561,000 |
| 2022 | 345,140,000 | -22,473,000 | -29,117,000 |
| 2023 | 381,171,000 | -28,181,000 | -36,442,000 |
| 2024 | 351,102,000 | -23,544,000 | -31,962,000 |
Latest financial snapshot
FY2024
| Indicator | Value |
| Sum driftsinntekter | NOK 351,102,000 |
| Driftsresultat / EBIT | -NOK 31,972,000 |
| Resultat før skatt | -NOK 23,544,000 |
| Årsresultat | -NOK 31,962,000 |
| Sum eiendeler | NOK 316,802,000 |
| Sum egenkapital | NOK 188,012,000 |
| Employees | 93 |
The 2020 to 2024 GMFM table uses Sum driftsinntekter as revenue and Årsresultat as profit/net result. The figures are converted from NOK to EUR using annual average ECB euro reference exchange rates published in the Bundesbank exchange-rate statistics.
