.no opens for private individuals on June 17th

From June 17th 2014 .no will be available for private individuals. Today, .no is open only for companies. Private individuals must use the subdomain .priv.no.

In order to apply for .no on June 17th as a private individual, you must be 18 years or older, registered in the National Registry (Folkeregisteret) with a Norwegian national identity number (fødselsnummer) and have a Norwegian post address.

The subdomain priv.no will continue. Each private individual can have up to 5 domain names directly within .no and 5 domain names within .priv.no.

From June 17– June 18 2014, the registry will collect applications and draw lots in cases where more than one person applies for the same domain name. From June 19th all applications from private individuals will be processed on a first come, first served basis.