Evidence-backed European AI register
NORA — Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium
Reviewed identity, roles, model listings, pricing and evidence for NORA — Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium.
Dataset compiled 2026-08-27 · evidence over inference
Reviewed identity
- Headquarters scope
- European non-EU headquarters
- Headquarters record
- Oslo
- Legal entity
- consortium of Norwegian universities, university colleges and research institutes
- Ownership
- public research consortium
- Founded
- 2018
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-08-22
Evidence boundaries
Organisation listings identify a reviewed canonical record. Model listings show an association in the source register; they do not by themselves establish model creation, current API availability, hosting location or infrastructure ownership.
Model listings
- Type
- text
- Parameters
- 7B–11.4B
- Context
- unknown
- Languages
- Norwegian Bokmål, Nynorsk, Northern Sámi, English
- Licence
- Apache-2.0 on flagship
- Release
- 2024–2025
Profile note
The coordinating body for Norwegian AI research — 8 universities, 5 university colleges and 5 research institutes, with the Norwegian Computing Center (NR) among newer members. NORA.LLM is the branding under which UiO's Norwegian model family is published. In 2026 the Research Council funded a new national AI cooperation arena bringing together NORA, Digital Norway, KI Norge and Sigma2. Not a vendor.