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On 22 December 2025, Norway signed a new space law for the first time since 1969. The original legislation was written when Neil Armstrong was still training for the moon, when Norway had no launch sites, no satellite operators, and no commercial space sector to regulate. Romloven replaces it — and establishes Luftfartstilsynet as the country's new space regulatory authority.
The law covers the full scope of Norwegian space activity: licensing and registration for launches and satellite operations, liability and insurance obligations, spaceport regulation, and Norway's duties under international space treaties. For a sector that now turns over eight billion kroner a year — seventy per cent of it export — these are not abstract provisions. They apply to operators, to suppliers, to collaborative ventures, to international partnerships, and to the full range of constellations in which Norwegian actors participate.
For Kristin Haram Førde, partner at Bull & Co and one of a small number of qualified space lawyers in Norway, the law represents both a legal milestone and a practical challenge. "The law has arrived," she says. "Now the real work begins — understanding what it actually requires, from whom, and in which situations." Her approach at Ground Control #4 will be deliberately practical: working through different actor types and collaboration models to show where the law bites, what compliance looks like, and where the questions are still open.
The stakes are real. Norwegian companies are embedded in global value chains — building components, operating satellites, providing data services, entering joint ventures with international partners. The liability regime that romloven establishes, and the way it interacts with international space law, will shape how those relationships are structured. Getting it wrong is expensive. Getting it right is competitive advantage.
Førde brings an unusual combination of perspectives to this work. She spent more than fifteen years as general counsel at several Fortune 500 global technology companies, giving her a front-row view of how legal frameworks shape — and sometimes lag behind — technological transformation. She has been a partner at Bull & Co since 2016, focused on technology, cybersecurity and data privacy. Four years ago, she started building expertise in space law — at exactly the moment Norway was beginning to develop the regulatory framework that romloven now represents.
At Ground Control #4, Førde will take us through the new legal landscape from the ground up — not as a tour of the statute, but as a working session for the people who actually run the companies, build the systems, sign the contracts, and make the investments that the law now governs.
Kristin Haram Førde is a partner at Bull & Co, where she advises clients on technology, cybersecurity, data privacy, and space law. With over 25 years of legal experience — including more than fifteen years as general counsel at several Fortune 500 global technology companies — she brings a rare combination of commercial depth and legal precision to her work in the Norwegian space sector. She has been a partner at Bull & Co since 2016 and holds a Master of Laws from the University of Oslo.
Firm: Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS
Role: Partner
Practice areas: Technology, cybersecurity, data privacy, space law
Education: Master of Laws, University of Oslo
Date: Wednesday 20 May 2026Time: 1700–2000 (programme 1700–1830, networking 1830–2000)Venue: Mesh Youngstorget, Møllergata 6, 0179 OsloPrice: Free (registration required)