Norway property purchase cost calculator
Type the price of a home to see what Kartverket charges on the purchase: the 2.5% document duty on a freehold home and NOK 545 for each registered document.
The duty is charged on the market value: in a normal sale the price, plus any share of joint debt (fellesgjeld) you take over.
Document duty (dokumentavgift)
2.5% of the market value.
Registration fee for the deed (skjøte)
Tinglysingsgebyr, 2026 price list.
NOK 545
Registration fee for the mortgage document
Tinglysingsgebyr, 2026 price list.
NOK 545
How the charges are worked out
Registering a document that transfers title to real property triggers document duty: 2.5% of the property’s value at the time of registration, buildings included. Kartverket rounds the value down to the nearest NOK 1,000 and the duty down to the nearest NOK 10, and never charges less than NOK 250.
Each document sent for registration also costs a fee. In the 2026 price list a deed is NOK 545 and a mortgage document is NOK 545.
Example: a NOK 4,000,000 freehold home bought with a mortgage. Document duty NOK 100,000, deed NOK 545, mortgage document NOK 545: NOK 101,090 in all.
A share in a borettslag
In a housing cooperative you buy a share, not the property. Kartverket charges no document duty on the transfer of a share, so the same NOK 4,000,000 purchase with a mortgage costs NOK 1,090: NOK 545 for the transfer and NOK 545 for the mortgage document.
The duty follows the market value
The duty is charged on what the property would sell for on the open market. If you pay less because you take over debt as part of the payment, or a part of the joint debt, you still pay duty on the full market value. The same goes for a gift.
How a purchase runs from the first viewing is in the guide to buying property in Norway.
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Common questions
How much is document duty (dokumentavgift) in Norway?
2.5% of the property’s market value when the transfer is registered. On a NOK 4,000,000 freehold home that is NOK 100,000.
Do I pay document duty on a borettslag flat?
No. Kartverket charges no document duty on the transfer of a share in a housing cooperative. You pay the registration fee: NOK 545 for the transfer and NOK 545 for a mortgage document.
When is it paid?
Kartverket sends the invoice for the duty and the registration fee on the day the document is registered. The payment deadline is 14 days.
Sources
Every figure on this page was read on these official pages on 15 November 2026.