Terminated general tax conventions between Norway and other states

Terminated general tax conventions for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion, and other international agreements regarding tax matters.

Country Signed Status In force
Australia 06.05.82 Treaty terminated c) 19.10.83
Barbados
Protocol
15.11.90
03.11.11
Treaties terminated e) 30.07.91
01.06.12
Belgium
Protocol
14.04.88
10.09.09

Treaties terminated

04.10.91 
19.07.13

Brazil
Protocol 1994
Protocol

21.08.80
12.07.94
20.02.14

Treaties terminated

26.11.81

18.07.18

Bulgaria 01.03.88 Treaty terminated 01.04.89
Curacao 
Protocol
13.11.89
10.09.09
Treaties terminated e) 17.12.90
01.09.11
Cyprus 18.05.55

Treaty terminated d) 11.05.55
India 31.12.86 Treaty terminated c) 02.07.87
Ireland   Treaty terminated  
Jamaica
Protocol
30.09.91
04.12.12
Treaties terminated e) 01.10.92
12.09.13
Malawi 18.05.55 Treaty terminated d) 16.12.63
Malta 02.06.75 Treaty terminated 22.07.77
Poland 24.05.77 Treaty terminated c) 30.10.79
Portugal 24.06.70 Treaty terminated 01.10.71
Romania 14.11.80 Treaty terminated c) 27.09.81
Serbia   Treaty terminated a)  
Sierra Leone 18.05.55 Treaty terminated d) e) 18.05.55
Slovenia   Treaty terminated a)  
Trinidad and Tobago 29.10.69 Treaty terminated e) 07.08.70
Turkey 16.12.71 Treaty terminated 30.01.76
United Kingdom 12.10.00 Treaty terminated 21.12.00
Zambia 14.07.71 Treaty terminated 22.03.73

a) The tax treaty between Norway and Yugoslavia of 1 September 1983 is suspended. By the exchange of notes the treaty has been given effect for Croatia as from 6 March 1996. By the exchange of notes 6 March 1997, the treaty was given effect for Slovenia as from the date of independence of the Republic of Slovenia (until January 1 2009). By the exchange of notes 20 August 2008, the treaty has been given effect for Bosnia Herzegovina as from the fiscal year 2009. By the exchange of notes 29 May 2003, the treaty was given effect for the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro as from the date of the exchange of notes (until January 1 2010). By the exchange of notes 31 October 2011 it has been clarified that the treaty shall apply to the Republic of Montenegro as from the date of Montenegro’s independence on 3 June 2006.

b) The tax treaty between Norway and Czechoslovakia of 27 June 1979 will temporarily apply for the Slovak Republic.

c) The protocols of these treaties provide an option for Norway, by means of the exchange of diplomatic notes, to replace the exemption-method with the credit-method as the general method for the avoidance of double taxation. In 1998 diplomatic notes were sent to Australia, Greece, Hungary, India, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Tanzania.

d) The tax treaty between Norway and the United Kingdom signed 2 May 1951 was by the exchange of diplomatic notes 18 May 1955 extended as to include several British colonies which later became independent states. 

e) The tax treaties with Sierra Leone, Barbados, Curacao, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago was decided terminated by Royal Decree dated 9 June 2023. Diplomatic notes have been sent and the terminations have effect from 1 January 2024.

Agreements with limited scope

Country Status Signed Scope
Argentina 0* 09.11.48 S & A
Greece 1 15.08.31 S
Greece 1 25.05.55 A
Hong Kong, China 1 02.06.00
In force 01.01.97
A
Hong Kong, China 1 16.10.03
In force 01.01.05
S
Iran 1 21.11.69 A
Yugoslavia 1 20.06.66 S & A
China 1 02.08.74 S
Kuwait 1 27.02.77 A
Lebanon 1 10.12.68 S & A
New Zealand 1 08.08.68 S
Saudi Arabia 3   A
Soviet Union 1 11.02.71 A
Soviet Union 1 18.03.74 S
South Africa 1 19.06.51 S & A
South Korea 1 02.02.73 S & A
Czechoslovakia 1 25.10.62 A
Ukraine 3   A
Uruguay 1 18.12.81 A
Uzbekistan 3   A

* Suspended in accordance with article 30.3 in the dobbel tax treaty between Norway and Argentina.

Country Status Signed Terminated 
Nordic countries 1 12.09.89 22.08.14
Switzerland 1 07.12.56 01.01.15
United States 1 13.06.49 01.01.15

Country Signed Status In force
Bermuda 16.04.09 1 22.01.10
British Virgin Islands 18.05.09 1 03.12.10
Cayman Islands 01.04.09 1 04.03.10
Guernsey 28.10.08 1 07.10.09
Isle of Man 30.10.07 1 06.09.08
Jersey 28.10.08 1 07.10.09

 

Country Status Signed
Finland
(convention on taxation of the construction of cross-border bridges)
1 19.05.93