Private company

Avinor

Logo: Avinor (design by Snøhetta ). Converted from EPS to SVG and uploaded to Wikimedia by pjacklam ., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Norwegian state-owned airport operator

Avinor AS is a state-owned limited company that operates most of the civil airports in Norway. The Norwegian state, via the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications, controls 100 percent of the share capital. Avinor was created on 1 January 2003, by the privatization of the Norwegian Civil Aviation Administration known as Luftfartsverket.2 Its chief executive is Abraham Foss.1 It employed 2,800 people in 2025.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Jan 1, 2003Founded1
  • Industryair navigation service provider, airport authority1
  • HeadquartersOslo1
  • Websiteavinor.no/en
  • Legal formaksjeselskap1
  • LEI5967007LIEEXZX8ZW0783
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressDronning Eufemias gate 6A, 0191 Oslo, Norway3
  • Registered withThe Brønnøysund Register Centre, 985 198 2923

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Photo: Avinor Oslo lufthavn/Espen Solli, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Avinor AS is a state-owned limited company that operates most of the civil airports in Norway. The Norwegian state, via the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications, controls 100 percent of the share capital. Avinor was created on 1 January 2003, by the privatization of the Norwegian Civil Aviation Administration known as Luftfartsverket. Its head office is in Bjørvika, Oslo, located on the seaside of Oslo Central Station.2

Corporate structure

Avinor sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Avinor Oslo, Norway
    • Avinor Flysikring Oslo, Norway
    • Oslo Airport Subsidiary · Ullensaker Municipality, Norway
    • Bergen Airport Owned · Bergen Municipality, Norway
    • Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen Owned · Sogndal Municipality, Norway
    • Stavanger Airport Owned · Sola Municipality, Norway
    • Trondheim Airport Owned · Stjørdal Municipality, Norway

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Avinor reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Bergen Airport
  • Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen
  • Stavanger Airport
  • Trondheim Airport

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

On 1 July 1947, the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communication created the Aviation Directorate (Luftfartsdirektoratet) to take over the responsibility for the civilian airports in Norway. Until then the Norwegian Ministry of Defence was responsible for operating airports, including the civilian ones. This responsibility had been delegated to the Aviation Council (Luftfartsrådet) within the ministry. The first director was Einar Bøe (1947–1964), followed by Erik Willoch (1964–1989), Ove Liavaag (1989–2000), Randi Flesland (2000–2005), Sverre Quale (2006–2010), Dag Falk-Petersen (2011–2021) and Abraham Foss (2021–).

The organisation changed its name to Luftfartsverket in 1967. In 1997, Oslo Airport, Fornebu and the then under construction Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, were merged into a separate subsidiary, Oslo Lufthavn AS. This company still operates Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. On 14 December 2005, Randi Flesland resigned as CEO after an ongoing dispute with employees. She was temporarily replaced by Nic. Nilsen until Sverre Quale took over.

From Wikipedia’s article on Avinor, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led Avinor, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Ministry of Transport and Communications

Subsidiaries

Also owns

  • Bergen Airport
  • Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen
  • Stavanger Airport
  • Trondheim Airport

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Norwegian Civil Aviation Administration1

Employees over time

  • 20252,8001

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 2003Founded Founded1

Sources

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