Bekk and Bouvet get central role in the Norwegian Mapping Authority's digitalization. Consulting firms will assist the Norwegian Mapping Authority with system development, advisory services and product development in an agreement that may extend over eight years. 26 June 2026 - 15:43 The Norwegian Mapping Authority has entered into an agreement with Bekk and Bouvet for support in the development, maintenance and modernisation of shared digital solutions. The contract has a duration of up to eight years and includes support for system development, advisory services and product development, among other things. - We have now secured two solid and equivalent suppliers, who we believe can provide us with external perspectives and support us in our work on development, technology and methodology. They will bring knowledge and insight that will help further strengthen the Norwegian Mapping Authority's capacity for change and innovation, says director general Johnny Welle. Public security. In the state budget for 2026, the Norwegian Mapping Authority was allocated 477 million kroner over a period of five years to upgrade its national shared solutions. These are solutions used by the public and private sectors for public security and defence, transport, nature, climate and environmental management, and innovation and business development. Digitalisation work. At the same time, the Norwegian Mapping Authority is gearing up for several digitalisation projects in the future. Henrik Sartz, who is IT and digitalisation director at the Norwegian Mapping Authority, highlights that they have built a modern cloud platform and organised the digitalisation work in a good way in recent years. - We have solid technological expertise in-house, and the suppliers we have now contracted will be an important supplement and support in the work we are engaged in, says Sartz in the statement. - We will lead the digitalisation work and are confident that we have two good suppliers who will support us on the way forward, he continues. The Norwegian Mapping Authority's existing solutions will also be assured stable operation, while work on new services and development projects continues, it is stated. The Norwegian Mapping Authority is a directorate under the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development and has national responsibility for mapping, geodata and property information. You must be logged in to comment. Use BankID for automatic creation of user account. You can comment with full name or pseudonym. Get your ad here and reach the best candidates Create a company profile A service from

Norstat adds new CIO role. NORWAY - Data collection business Norstat has appointed Olav Nistad as chief information officer, joining in autumn 2026. Nistad (pictured) previously spent seven years as chief information officer at Orkla Foods Norway, the Norwegian branch of northern and central European consumer goods company Orkla Foods, where he had strategic and operational responsibility for the IT function and led workstreams on analytics and business intelligence. Prior to Orkla Foods, Nistad was senior consultant at Bekk Consulting. Advertisement The chief information officer role is new at Norstat and will focus on the technical integration of acquisitions, and the implementation of unified operations, technology and systems across the company. The appointment will see Siv Rønstad, chief technology officer at Norstat, change focus to product and technology development, as well as Norstatpanel. Nistad will report directly to Erling Eriksen, chief executive at Norstat. Eriksen said: "Creating this new role reflects Norstat's ambition to operate as one company across all our markets, and Olav's track record leading digital transformation makes him ideally placed to deliver it. Advertisement "Clients should see long-term benefits as we implement enterprise technology and best practices to improve efficiency and project delivery, while freeing up resources to develop our panel and digital products with greater intensity." Nistad added: "I'm very happy to be joining Norstat at such an exciting point in its development. "The company has built an impressive position in data collection across Europe and the Americas, and I look forward to working with the highly capable IT team and developers to integrate technology further, scale our infrastructure and ensure we have the right foundations to support the company's growth ambitions."