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Domain name policy for .no

Appendix A: Reserved and prohibited domain names under domains managed by Norid

Appendix A specifies reserved and prohibited domain names under the domains that Norid manages. Reserved names are domain names that are in public use (for example, they form part of the geographical second-level domains) or names that are reserved for later use in this way. Prohibited names are names that may not be registered for various reasons.

Guidelines for amendments to Appendix A

Names that are prohibited for technical reasons

These are names that are prohibited because one would expect to find a specific service behind the name, or because registration of the name could cause technical problems.

ftp 
localhost 
whois 
www

Registration of the combination <letter><letter><hyphen><hyphen><domain name> is prohibited except as a correct ACE form of a domain name with national characters.

Specific words and expressions

Certain expressions may not be registered within the .no domain. The names are prohibited because they represent pornographic, defamatory or discriminatory expressions or other specific words and expressions whose registration Norid feels should not be permitted. Even though it is not possible to prevent all such registrations, and even though the choice of domain name is the applicant's responsibility, it is desirable to restrict certain expressions. No list of these names will be published.

Miscellaneous

no   # Used as a test zone for DNSSEC, etc.
nic # The international designation for a registry.
internet 
internett

Names reserved on the basis of national considerations. This category is being phased out.

Even though numeric domains have no particular association to telephone numbers, telephone numbers used as national emergency numbers or the equivalent are regarded as a special case in which society has a strong interest in avoiding confusion and misuse with the resulting consequences for life and health. The category is being phased out, with 30 August 2012 as the end date. During the phasing-out period, the names may be registered only by the institution specified below

110	The Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning
112	The Ministry of Justice and the Police
113	The Norwegian Board of Health Supervision
141	The Ministry of Justice and the Police
1412	The Ministry of Justice and the Police
02800	Politiets data- og materielltjeneste 
        [PDMT, which provides ICT, materials, logistics and 
        property services for the Police Department]

Names that are reserved as category second-level domains

These domain names are reserved because they are or may become category second-level domains. To have the status of an existing or future category domain, the category that the domain is to cover must be universally applicable and general, and the domain must be open to all applicants with an affiliation to the category in question.

Category second level domains managed by Norid

gs.<county>.no [primary school]
vgs [upper secondary school]
fhs [folkeh�gskoler - colleges which do not offer a formal education]
museum
fylkesbibl [county libraries]
folkebibl [public libraries]
idrett [sports]
priv [private individuals]

Category second level domains managed by parties other than Norid

mil
stat
dep
kommune
herad

Possible future category second-level domains

da
ans
as
asa
org
co
com
edu
gov
herred
int
kom
net
porno
sex

Names that are reserved as geographical designations

These are names that are in use or reserved for further extension of the geographical second-level domains. For a name to be reserved in this category, it must have geographical significance, that is, it must be a settlement with a population of more than 5000 (according to Statistics Norway's figures), a municipality, a county, a region, an island of significant size, or one of the official names of Norway (selection in accordance with the list drawn up by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

The geographical second level domains

oslo
of
ah
hm
ol
bu
vf
tm
aa
va
rl
hl
sf
mr
st
nt
nl
tr
fm
svalbard

Norid manages subdomains for counties, municipalities and urban areas with more than 5,000 inhabitants. These areas are listed under the categories to which they belong (towns, municipalities, etc.) A complete list is shown in�Appendix B.

Regions

dronningmaudsland
dronningmaudland
dronningmauds-land
dronningmaud-land
dronning-maudsland
dronning-maudland
dronning-mauds-land
dronning-maud-land
norge # (Registered by the Norwegian Government)
noreg # (Registered by the Norwegian Government)
norway # (Registered by the Norwegian Government)
norwegen # (Registered by the Norwegian Government)
norvege # (Registered by the Norwegian Government)
norga # (Registered by the Norwegian Government)
norvec
noorwegen 
norveska
norweig
norwig
norra
noriway
noorwaye
norja
norvigia
norwegia
norvezh
norbhuaidh
noregur
norweg
noruee
nerweeg
nouwei
norvegija
norouij
norwige
nou-wei
nar-vay
noruwei
norvegiya
nord-norge
nord-noreg
nordnorge
nordnoreg
troendelag
trondelag
tr�ndelag
midt-norge
midt-noreg
midtnorge
midtnoreg
sapmi
s�pmi
sunnmore
sunnmoere
sunnm�re
sunn-more
sunn-moere
sunn-m�re
nord-more
nord-moere
nord-m�re
nordmore
nordmoere
nordm�re
soer-norge
sor-norge
s�r-norge
soer-noreg
sor-noreg
s�r-noreg
soernorge
sornorge
s�rnorge
soernoreg
sornoreg
s�rnoreg
sorlandet
soerlandet
s�rlandet
vest-norge
vest-noreg
vestnorge
vestnoreg
vestlandet
oest-norge
ost-norge
�st-norge
oestnorge
ostnorge
�stnorge
oestlandet
ostlandet
�stlandet
aust-norge
aust-noreg
austnorge
austnoreg
austlandet
janmayen
jan-mayen
bjoernoeya
bjoernoya
bjornoeya
bjornoya
bj�rn�ya
barentsburg
longyearbyen

Cities, towns and villages

akrehamn
aakrehamn
�krehamn
algard
aalgaard
algaard
aalgard
�lg�rd
arna
broennoeysund
broennoysund
bronnoeysund
bronnoysund
br�nn�ysund
brumunddal
brummunddal
bryne
drobak
droebak
dr�bak
egersund
fetsund
floro
floroe
flor�
hokksund
honefoss
hoenefoss
jessheim
jorpeland                     
joerpeland
j�rpeland
kirkenes
kopervik
krokstadelva
langevag
langevaag
langev�g
leirvik
mjondalen
mjoendalen
mj�ndalen
mo-i-rana
moirana
mosjoen
mosjoeen
mosj�en
nesoddtangen
orkanger
osoyro
osoeyro
os�yro
raholt
raaholt
r�holt
sandnessjoen
sandnessjoeen
sandnessj�en
skedsmokorset
slattum
spjelkavik
stathelle
stavern
stjordalshalsen
stjoerdalshalsen
stj�rdalshalsen
tananger
tranby
vossevangen

Islands

mageroey
mageroy
mager�y
bouvetoeya
bouvetoya
bouvet�ya
peter1soey
peter1soy
peter1s�y
peter-1soey
peter-1soy
peter-1s�y
peter1s-oey
peter1s-oy
peter1s-�y
peter-1s-oey
peter-1s-oy
peter-1s-�y
hinnoeya
hinnoya
hinn�ya
senja
langoeya
langoya
lang�ya
soeroeya
soeroya
soroeya
soroya
s�r�ya
kvaloey
kvaloy
kval�y
ringvassoey
ringvassoy
ringvass�y
seiland
austvaagoey
austvagoey
austvaagoy
austvagoy
austv�g�y
andoeya
andoya
and�ya
nordaustlandet
nordaust-landet
nord-aust-landet
barentsoeya
barentsoya
barents�ya
edgeoeya
edgeoya
edge�ya
kong-karls-land
kongkarlsland
hopen
prins-karls-forland
prins-karlsforland
prinskarls-forland
prinskarlsforland
spitsbergen

Municipalities

agdenes
alstahaug
alta
�lt�
alaheadju
�laheadju
alvdal
andebu
andoy
andoey
and�y
andasuolo
aremark
arendal
asker
askim
askvoll
askoy
askoey
ask�y
audnedal
aukra
aure
aurland
aurskog-holand
aurskog-hoeland
aurskog-h�land
aurskoghoeland
aurskogholand
aurskogh�land
austevoll
austrheim
averoy
averoey
aver�y
balestrand
ballangen
balat
b�l�t
balsfjord
bahccavuotna
b�hccavuotna
bamble
bardu
beardu
beiarn
bajddar
b�jddar
baidar
b�id�r
berg
bergen
berlevag
berlevaag
berlev�g
bearalvahki
bearalv�hki
bindal
birkenes
bjarkoy
bjarkoey
bjark�y
bjerkreim
bjugn
bodo
bodoe
bod�
baadaaddjaa
badaddja
b�d�ddj�
budejju
bokn
bremanger
bronnoy
bronnoey
broennoey
broennoy
br�nn�y
bygland
bykle
barum
berum
baerum
b�rum
bievat
biev�t
bomlo
boemlo
b�mlo
bo
boe
b�
batsfjord
baatsfjord
b�tsfjord
bahcavuotna
b�hcavuotna
dovre
drammen
drangedal
dyroy
dyroey
dyr�y
donna
doenna
d�nna
eid
eide
eidfjord
eidsberg
eidskog
eidsvoll
eigersund
elverum
enebakk
engerdal
etne
etnedal
evenes
evenassi
even�šši
evje
evjeoghornnes
evje-og-hornnes
farsund
fauske
fuossko
fuoisku
fedje
fet
finnoy
finnoey
finn�y
fitjar
fjaler
fjell
flakstad
flatanger
flekkefjord
flesberg
flora
fla
flaa
fl�
folldal
forsand
fosnes
fredrikstad
frei
frogn
froland
frosta
frana
frena
fraena
fr�na
froya
froeya
fr�ya
fusa
fyresdal
forde
foerde
f�rde
gamvik
gangaviika
g�ŋgaviika
gaular
gausdal
gildeskal
gildeskaal
gildesk�l
giske
gjemnes
gjerdrum
gjerstad
gjesdal
gjovik
gjoevik
gj�vik
gloppen
gol
gran
grane
granvin
gratangen
grimstad
grong
kraaanghke
kraanghke
kr�anghke
grue
gulen
hadsel
halden
halsa
hamar
hamaroy
hamaroey
hamar�y
habmer
h�bmer
hapmir
h�pmir
hammerfest
hammarfeasta
h�mm�rfeasta
haram
hareid
harstad
hasvik
aknoluokta
�kŋoluokta
hattfjelldal
aarborte
haugesund
hemne
hemnes
hemsedal
heroy
heroey
her�y
hitra
hjartdal
hjelmeland
hobol
hoboel
hob�l
hof
hol
hole
holmestrand
holtalen
holtaalen
holt�len
hornindal
horten
hurdal
hurum
hvaler
hyllestad
hagebostad
hegebostad
haegebostad
h�gebostad
hoyanger
hoeyanger
h�yanger
hoylandet
hoeylandet
h�ylandet
ha
haa
h�
ibestad
inderoy
inderoey
inder�y
iveland
jevnaker
jondal
jolster
joelster
j�lster
karasjohka
k�r�šjohka
karasjok
karlsoy
karlsoey
karls�y
galsa
g�ls�     
karmoy
karmoey
karm�y    
kautokeino
guovdageaidnu
klepp
klabu
klebu
klaebu
kl�bu     
kongsberg
kongsvinger
kragero
krageroe
krager�
kristiansand
kristiansund
krodsherad
kroedsherad
kr�dsherad
kvalsund
rahkkeravju
r�hkker�vju
kvam
kvinesdal
kvinnherad
kviteseid
kvitsoy
kvitsoey
kvits�y
kvafjord
kvefjord
kvaefjord
kv�fjord
giehtavuoatna
kvanangen
kvenangen
kvaenangen
kv�nangen
navuotna
n�vuotna 
kafjord
kaafjord
k�fjord  
gaivuotna
g�ivuotna
larvik
lavangen
lavagis
loabat
loab�t         
lebesby
davvesiida
leikanger
leirfjord
leka
leksvik
lenvik
leaŋgaviika
lesja
levanger
lier
lierne
lillehammer
lillesand
lindesnes
lindas
lindaas
lind�s
lom
loppa
lahppi
l�hppi
lund
lunner
luroy
luroey
lur�y 
luster
lyngdal
lyngen
ivgu
lardal
lerdal
laerdal
l�rdal
lodingen
loedingen
l�dingen
lorenskog
loerenskog
l�renskog
loten
loeten
l�ten
malvik
malsoy
maalsoey
mandal
marker
marnardal
masfjorden
meland
meldal
melhus
meloy
meloey
mel�y
meraker
meraaker
mer�ker
moaareke
moareke
mo�reke
midsund
midtre-gauldal
midtregauldal
modalen
modum
molde
moskenes
moss
mosvik
malselv
maalselv
m�lselv
malatvuopmi
m�latvuopmi
masoy
maasoey
maasoy
masoey
m�s�y
muosat
muos�t
namdalseid
aejrie
namsos
namsskogan
naaaamesjevuemie
naamesjevuemie
n��mesjevuemie
laakesvuemie
nannestad
narvik
narviika
naustdal
nedreeiker
nedre-eiker
nes
nesna
nesodden
nesseby
unjarga
unj�rga
nesset
nissedal
nittedal
nome
nord-aurdal
nordaurdal
nord-fron
nordfron
nord-odal
nordodal
norddal
nordkapp
davvenjarga
davvenj�rga
nordreland
nordre-land
nordreisa
raisa
r�isa
noreoguvdal
nore-og-uvdal
notodden
naroy
neroy
naeroey
naroey
neroey
naeroy
n�r�y
notteroy
noetteroey
noetteroy
notteroey
n�tter�y
odda
oppdal
oppegard
oppegaard
oppeg�rd
orkdal
os
osen
osteroy
osteroey
oster�y
overhalla
porsanger
porsangu
pors�ŋgu
porsanki   
porsgrunn
radoy
radoey
rad�y
rakkestad
rana
ruovat
randaberg
rauma
re
rendalen
rennebu
rennesoy
rennesoey
rennes�y
rindal
ringebu
ringerike
ringsaker
rissa
risor
risoer
ris�r
roan
rollag
rygge
ralingen
relingen
raelingen
r�lingen
rodoy
roedoey
rodoey
roedoy
r�d�y
romskog
roemskog
r�mskog
roros
roeros
r�ros
rost
roest
r�st
royken
roeyken
r�yken
royrvik
roeyrvik
r�yrvik
rade
raade
r�de
salangen
siellak
saltdal
salat
s�l�t   
s�lat
samnanger
sande
sandefjord
sandnes
sandoy
sandoey
sand�y
sarpsborg
sauda
sauherad
sel
selbu
selje
seljord
sigdal
siljan
sirdal
skaun
skedsmo
ski
skien
skiptvet
skjervoy
skjervoey
skjerv�y
skierva
skierv� 
skjak
skjaak
skj�k
skodje
skanland
skaanland
sk�nland 
skanit
sk�nit
smola
smoela
sm�la
snillfjord
snasa
snaasa
sn�sa
snoasa
snaaase
snaase
sn�ase
sogndal
sokndal
sola
solund
songdalen
sortland
spydeberg
stange
stavanger
steigen
steinkjer
stjordal
stjoerdal
stj�rdal
stokke
stor-elvdal
storelvdal
stord
stordal
storfjord
omasvuotna
strand
stranda
stryn
sula
suldal
sund
sunndal
surnadal
sveio
svelvik
sykkylven
sogne
soegne
s�gne  
somna
soemna
s�mna  
sondreland
sondre-land
soendreland
soendre-land
s�ndreland
s�ndre-land
sor-aurdal
soraurdal
soeraurdal
soer-aurdal
s�raurdal
s�r-aurdal
sor-fron
sorfron
soerfron
soer-fron
s�rfron
s�r-fron 
sor-odal
sorodal
soerodal
soer-odal
s�rodal  
s�r-odal 
sor-varanger
sorvaranger
soervaranger
soer-varanger
s�rvaranger
s�r-varanger
sydvaranger
syd-varanger
matta-varjjat
m�tta-v�rjjat
sorfold
soerfold
s�rfold  
sorreisa
soerreisa
s�rreisa 
sorum
soerum
s�rum    
tana
deatnu
time
tingvoll
tinn
tjeldsund
dielddanuorri
tjome
tjoeme
tj�me
tokke
tolga
torsken
tranoy
tranoey
tran�y  
tromso
tromsoe
troms�
tromsa
romsa
trondheim
troandin
trysil
trana
trena
traena
tr�na   
trogstad
troegstad
tr�gstad 
tvedestrand
tydal
tynset
tysfjord
divtasvuodna
divttasvuotna
tysnes
tysvar
tysver
tysvaer
tysv�r
tonsberg
toensberg
t�nsberg
ullensaker
ullensvang
ulstein
ulvik
utsira
vadso
vadsoe
vads�
cahcesuolo
č�hcesuolo 
vaksdal
valle
vang
vanylven
vardo
vardoe
vard�
varggat
v�rgg�t
vefsn
vaapste
vega
vegarshei
vegaarshei
veg�rshei
vennesla
verdal
verran
vestby
vestnes
vestreslidre
vestre-slidre
vestretoten
vestre-toten
vestvagoy
vestvaagoey
vestvaagoy
vestvagoey
vestv�g�y
vevelstad
vik
vikna
vindafjord
vinje
volda
voss
varoy
veroy
vaeroy
varoey
veroey
vaeroey
v�r�y
vagan
vaagan
v�gan
voagat
vagsoy
vaagsoey
vagsoey
vaagsoy
va�gs�y
vaga
vaagaa
vaaga
vagaa
v�g�
valer
vaaler
v�ler
oksnes
oeksnes
�ksnes
orland
oerland
�rland
orskog
oerskog
�rskog
orsta
oersta
�rsta
ostretoten
ostre-toten
oestre-toten
oestretoten
�stre-toten
�stretoten
ovreeiker
ovre-eiker
oevre-eiker
oevreeiker
�vre-eiker
�vreeiker
oyer
oeyer
�yer
oygarden
oeygarden
�ygarden
oeystreslidre
oeystre-slidre
oystre-slidre
oystreslidre
�ystreslidre
�ystre-slidre
afjord
aafjord
�fjord
al
aal
�l
alesund
aalesund
�lesund
amli
aamli
�mli   
amot
aamot
�mot   
ardal
aardal
�rdal  
aas
�s     
aseral
aaseral
�seral 
asnes
aasnes
�snes  

Counties

ostfold
oestfold
�stfold
akershus
hedmark
oppland
buskerud
vestfold
telemark
aust-agder
austagder
vest-agder
vestagder
rogaland
hordaland
sogn-og-fjordane
sognogfjordane
more-og-romsdal
moreogromsdal
moere-og-romsdal
moereogromsdal
m�re-og-romsdal
m�reogromsdal  
sor-trondelag
soer-troendelag
sor-troendelag
soer-trondelag
s�r-tr�ndelag
lulli-troendelaga
lulli-trondelaga
lulli-tr�ndel�ga
nord-trondelag
nordtrondelag
nord-troendelag
nordtroendelag
nord-tr�ndelag 
nordtr�ndelag 
davvi-troendelaga
davvi-trondelaga
davvi-tr�ndel�ga
nordland
nordlanda
nordl�nda
troms
tromsa
romsa
finnmark
finnmarku
finnm�rku
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