Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Norway

Norway applies the Lifts Directive through the EEA; DiBK (Direktoratet for byggkvalitet) is the market-surveillance authority for lifts and safety components and administers the regulation on marketing and documentation of lifts. In-service safety is in chapter 16 of the building technical regulation TEK17: the owner must have a periodic safety inspection at least every second year, carried out by a DiBK-approved safety inspector employed by a municipal lift inspection scheme (only Oslo has one) or a nationwide scheme authorised by the ministry (Norsk Heiskontroll and Kiwa). After an accident, rebuild or relocation the lift may not be used until inspected and the municipality has issued an operating permit (driftstillatelse).

Who regulates lifts

Direktoratet for byggkvalitet (DiBK); municipalities (driftstillatelse, orders)

Periodic inspection

Periodic safety inspection at least every 2 years (TEK17 §16-1) by DiBK-approved sikkerhetskontrollør (TEK17 §16-2), carried out per NS-INSTA 500-2:2017; spot checks allowed.

Installer and maintenance licensing

Safety inspector (sikkerhetskontrollør) is a regulated profession approved by DiBK. Lift technicians train via the apprenticeship system (Opphei training office). Company-level licensing not verified.

Laws, codes and standards

Directive 2014/33/EU (2014) — Lifts Directive — harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for lifts
Mandatory · Applies via the EEA Agreement; DiBK is supervisory authority for lifts and safety components · European Parliament and Council
Forskrift om omsetning og dokumentasjon av heiser og sikkerhetskomponenter — Regulation on marketing and documentation of lifts and safety components
Mandatory · EEA Agreement; implements Directive 2014/33/EU · DiBK
TEK17 kapittel 16 — Building technical regulation, chapter 16 — Safety inspection of lifts
Mandatory · Plan- og bygningsloven · Kommunal- og distriktsdepartementet / DiBK
EN 81-20 (2020) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Lifts for the transport of persons and goods — Part 20: Passenger and goods passenger lifts
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
EN 81-28 (2022) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Lifts for the transport of persons and goods — Part 28: Remote alarm on passenger and goods passenger lifts
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
EN 81-50 (2020) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Examinations and tests — Part 50: Design rules, calculations, examinations and tests of lift components
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
EN 81-70 (2021+A1:2022) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lift — Part 70: Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
EN 81-72 (2020) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 72: Firefighters lifts
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
EN 81-73 (2020) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 73: Behaviour of lifts in the event of fire
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
EN 81-77 (2022) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 77: Lifts subject to seismic conditions
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
NS-INSTA 500-2 (2017) — Periodic safety inspection of lifts, stairlifts, platform lifts, escalators and moving walks
Referenced by law · Guidance to TEK17 §16-1 · Standard Norge (INSTA Nordic standard)

Lift associations and bodies

Norwegian Lift Association (HLF)
EL og IT Forbundet
Lift Fitters' Union (HMF)
Norwegian Building Authority (DiBK)
Kiwa (Norway)
Norsk Heiskontroll (NHK)
Training Office for the Lift Trade (Opphei)

Last verified 2026-10-16. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.