1 January: On the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Central Marketing Exclusion Register on 1 January 2011, 1,900,875 persons had registered.
 

The year's user survey shows that our users are very satisfied with our services and that we generally have a high level of goal achievement.

From this date, all documents submitted for official registration at the Register of Mortgaged Movable Property are scanned. They have been microfilmed for 30 years, but the regulations now allow other solutions.

More and more businesses choose to submit notifications to the Register of Business Enterprises electronically via www.altinn.no. In January, 54% of our users chose this option.

A good set of core values is a prerequisite for reputation building. The Brønnøysund Register Centre's values are: reliable, bold, flexible and clear.
 

Altinn broke down when a large proportion of Norwegians wanted to check their tax returns at the same time. Several measures were implemented, which had a positive effect.
 

Several of our customers report that persistent telemarketers either give the impression that they work at the Brønnøysund Register Centre or that they represent us.
 

On Saturday 30 April, more than 900,000 tax returns had been submitted via Altinn. This indicated that the solution was starting to perform in the same good, stable manner as before.

Limited liability companies that meet certain criteria can now decide to drop an external audit of their annual accounts.
 

For the second year in a row, the Brønnøysund Register Centre won the the prize for best customer service in the public sector category during Call Centre Days 2011.
 

The Brønnøysund Register Centre's first online annual report was published. 'Familiarise yourself with it and use it,' said Communications Director Mette Siri Brønmo.
 

Humorist Arthur Arntzen spoke at the Ramtind conference – a business seminar for big and small enterprises in Brønnøysund.
 

A new and improved service from the European Business Register (EBR) was launched. Information about enterprises in 15 European countries can be found in EBR.
 

Many representatives of user organisations attended this year's users forum on 31 May and 1 June. The safety aspect of logging on to Altinn and the further development of Altinn were on the agenda.
 

On 7 June, an event was held to mark that it is 30 years since the Register of Mortgaged Movable Property was established.

The Brønnøysund Register Centre has started the work on developing linguistic guidelines for letters. How can we provide as good service in our letters as we do over the phone?

The Brønnøysund Register Centre's own Facebook page, www.facebook.com/brreg, is in line with our strategy for more openness, dialogue and better user service. We want to meet users where they are.
 

Access: Businesses that use Altinn now have free access to information about their own enterprises.
 

In June, Edvard Pedersen and Lars Eliassen from the Brønnøysund Register Centre (pictured) were on assignment in Kyrgyzstan. Their assignment was to contribute to the establishment of a solution for the registration of enterprises and statistics there.
 

Electronic forms in Altinn and downloadable forms replace forms and guidelines on paper.

The Brønnøysund Register Centre is responsible for operating the technical e-election solution in ten test municipalities during the autumn's municipal and county elections.

Together with more than 400 other exhibitors from all over the world and almost 15,000 visitors, the Brønnøysund Register Centre had its own stand at Aqua Nor 2011, the aquaculture trade fair in Trondheim.
 

The Brønnøysund Register Centre needs a new and flexible building. We want input as regards the main challenges relating to the development of Brønnøysund.

A new version of the ELMER guidelines, which are intended to ensure good user experience of online forms, was adopted by the Brønnøysund Register Centre after thorough discussions with agencies and expert environments.

This year's Altinn Day was held in Oslo. From 125 participants at Altinn Day two years ago, the number had risen to 250 partners and stakeholders at this year's event.

We offer downloadable English versions of some forms.
 

Public business information for start-up businesses and enterprises has finally been gathered in one place: Altinn. An event was held on 12 December to mark this , as well as the closure of the site bedin.no.
 

The new Altinn portal was presented to business mentors from all over Norway during the start-up mentor conference 'Etablererveileder'. The professional users responded with spontaneous applause – and some even whistled.
 

The Register of Mortgaged Movable Property has started electronic official registration through Altinn, initially for Terra Finans. This will make official registration easier for both users and the Register of Mortgaged Movable Property.
 

During a two-day visit, a delegation from Kyrgyzstan was informed about activities at the Brønnøysund Register Centre and our primary duties.
 

The Brønnøysund Register Centre wishes to motivate more women to take up the challenge of a management position.

A study describing the development of the registration of enterprises in Norway has been carried out by Dörthe Koerner and Håkon Olderbakk. The product is part of the Brønnøysund Register Centre's collaboration with the World Bank.

A delegation of 15 persons from Vietnam visited the Brønnøysund Register Centre. The Department of Distribution played a key role when the delegation was given a presentation of some of our most important services.

Decision to reduce the minimum requirement for share capital in limited liability companies from NOK 100,000 to NOK 30,000. The new scheme applies from 1 January 2012.