Norway’s financial supervisory authority, Finanstilsynet, has set out six priorities for 2026.

The authority, which oversees around 9,000 enterprises and 18,000 individuals, has prioritised solid and liquid financial institutions, robust infrastructure, efforts against financial crime, investor protection, consumer protection and effective crisis management as its key areas of focus.

Pensions fall under its consumer protection priority, where it stated that companies must safeguard the interests of customers by taking into account customers’ prerequisites for understanding product features and the consequences of their choices.

As part of its pensions duties, Finanstilsynet will prioritise the supervision of occupational pension schemes and the distribution of loans, pension and fund products and other financial products.

In addition, pensions also came under its focus area of effective crisis management.

Finanstilsynet said that preparedness to handle crises is important for confidence in the financial system.

“We will prioritise strengthening preparedness in our own operations and in the financial industry in general to safeguard financial stability and well-functioning financial services even in a crisis situation,” it stated.

Specifically, the authority said that it will assist in introducing new regulations for the crisis management of insurance companies and pension funds.

Earlier this year, Finanstilsynet detailed its supervisory work across the insurance and occupational pensions sector in 2025, highlighting risk management, solvency and consumer protection as key priorities.

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