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Book stores in Norway
Database of book stores in Norway: 424 businesses with address and coordinates, postcode, phones, website, e-mail, social media, opening hours and chain — in all counties, one file for 20 €. Also separately: a county or a town — a part of the price of the category, from 10 €. Part of the “Retail & Shopping” sector.
How many book stores are there in Norway?
424 businesses
As of 11 November 2026, our base holds 424 book stores in Norway — 2% of the “Retail & Shopping” sector. That is 7.6 per 100,000 people. The counties with the most of them are Oslo (63), Vestland (62), and Akershus (37). 308 (73%) belong to chains; the largest are Norli (160), ARK (130), and Akademika (9).
B2B contacts of book stores in Norway: what is inside
How often the fields are filled in — the share of active businesses where the field is not empty.
| Field | Format | Filled | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | text, as on the card | 100% | |
| Sector and category | e.g. Food & Drink · Restaurant | 100% | |
| Other categories | e.g. “Restaurant, Café” | 22% | |
| Address | text | 100% | |
| Postcode | as in the address | 99% | |
| County, town | 15 counties | 100% | |
| Coordinates | latitude, longitude | 100% | |
| Phone | +47 format, up to 5 numbers · unique numbers: 381 | 92% | |
| Mobile | mobile phone flag | 74% | |
| Website | URL | 88% | |
| from the business website · unique addresses: 67 | 10% | ||
| Social media | Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp… | 11% | |
| Opening hours | published or not | 91% | |
| Chain | name of the chain; empty — independent | 73% |
List of book stores in Norway: data sample
Rows of the export — you can page through the table. Click a phone, website or e-mail: contacts open after a free sign-up, up to 10 businesses a day.
| Business | Town | Phone | Website and e-mail | Social media |
|---|---|---|---|---|
BE Bergen Kristne Bokhandel ASØvre Korskirkeallmenningen 1, 5017 Bergen
Book store Bokhandel for religiøse bøker
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BergenVestland |
mobile |
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LI Lille ArkanaYoungstorget 6, 0181 Oslo
Book store Health and beauty shop, Gift shop
|
OsloOslo | |||
OR Ordet E' ditt ASBreigata 12, 4006 Stavanger
Book store
|
StavangerRogaland |
mobile |
||
ST St Eystein bokhandel ASSchirmers gate 1, 7012 Trondheim
Book store
|
TrondheimTrøndelag |
mobile |
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NO Norli Akademisk RingerikeBredalsveien 14, 3511 Hønefoss
Book store
|
HønefossBuskerud | |||
AN Anton & James bokhandelStorgata 40, 2609 Lillehammer
Book store
|
LillehammerInnlandet |
mobile |
||
BL BlinkebokBrekkeskog 27, 1430 Ås
Book store
|
ÅsAkershus |
mobile |
||
NO Norli Akademisk NotoddenLærerskoleveien 40, 3679 Notodden
Book store
|
NotoddenTelemark | |||
GI Girjjálašvuođaguovddáš - Samisk litteratursenterFitnodatgeaidnu 13, 9730 Karasjok
Book store CD-butikk, DVD-butikk
|
KárášjohkaFinnmark |
mobile |
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UT UtopiaSvenskegata 2, 1776 Halden
Book store
|
HaldenØstfold |
mobile |
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KN Knut A Høyer Bokhandel ASØstre gate 7, 4838 Arendal
Book store Art gallery, Hobby store
|
ArendalAgder | — |
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ST Stavern Bok & BlandetRådhusgaten 23, 3290 Stavern
Book store
|
StavernVestfold |
mobile |
— |
|
BO BokmannenStorgata 2, 6100 Volda
Book store
|
VoldaMøre og Romsdal |
mobile |
— |
|
MO Mosjøen LibrisStrandgata 20, 8656 Mosjøen
Book store
chain: Libris |
MosjøenNordland | — |
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BO Bokhjørnet Utenfor AllfarveiNormanns gate 3, 9405 Harstad
Book store
|
HarstadTroms |
mobile |
— |
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EL ElephantenØstre Skostredet 10, 5017 Bergen
Book store
|
BergenVestland |
mobile |
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LI LitteraturhusetWergelandsveien 29, 0167 Oslo
Book store Cultural centre, Conference centre
|
OsloOslo | |||
BO BoksmiaHøgskoleveien 2, 1433 Ås
Book store
|
ÅsAkershus | |||
NO Norli Akademisk PorsgrunnKjølnes Ring 56, 3918 Porsgrunn
Book store
|
PorsgrunnTelemark | |||
HI Hillesland as KopervikHovedgata 46, 4250 Kopervik
Book store
|
KopervikRogaland |
Book stores by county
Active businesses of the category in each county and per 100,000 people. Click a column to sort.
| County ↕ | Businesses ↓ | Share ↕ | Per 100,000 people ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oslo | 63 | 15% |
8.7 |
| Vestland | 62 | 15% |
9.5 |
| Akershus | 37 | 9% |
5.0 |
| Rogaland | 37 | 9% |
7.3 |
| Agder | 34 | 8% |
10.5 |
| Trøndelag | 34 | 8% |
7.0 |
| Innlandet | 30 | 7% |
8.0 |
| Nordland | 23 | 5% |
9.5 |
| Telemark | 18 | 4% |
10.2 |
| Buskerud | 17 | 4% |
6.3 |
| Vestfold | 16 | 4% |
6.2 |
| Møre og Romsdal | 16 | 4% |
5.9 |
| Østfold | 15 | 4% |
4.8 |
| Troms | 14 | 3% |
8.2 |
| Finnmark | 8 | 2% |
10.7 |
Where there are the most
Towns with the most businesses of the category.
Book stores: chains
Chains with businesses in this category. Share — of all businesses of the category in Norway.
| Rank | Chain | Businesses | Counties | Market share | Addresses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  NorliBook store · 162 businesses in Norway |
160 | 15 | 38% |
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| 02 |  ARKBook store · 132 businesses in Norway |
130 | 15 | 31% |
|
| 03 |
AK AkademikaBook store · 9 businesses in Norway |
9 | 4 | 2.1% |
|
| 04 |
LI LibrisBook store · 6 businesses in Norway |
6 | 6 | 1.4% |
|
| 05 |
SI SiAKindergarten · 10 businesses in Norway |
1 | 1 | 0.2% |
|
| 06 |
BI BibelbutikkenBokhandel for religiøse bøker · 4 businesses in Norway |
1 | 1 | 0.2% |
|
| 07 |
BL BladkompanietBook store · 2 businesses in Norway |
1 | 1 | 0.2% |
Other categories: Retail & Shopping
Questions about the base
As of 11 November 2026, our base has 424 book stores in Norway. 308 (73%) belong to chains; the rest are independent. The largest chains here are Norli (160), ARK (130), and Akademika (9).
All book stores in Norway cost 20 € — one file for the whole country. The price depends on the number of businesses; a county or a town is sold separately, for its share of this price (from 10 €). The complete base of all sectors costs 300 €.
92% of the businesses have a phone number, 88% a website, 11% social media and 91% published opening hours. E-mails come from the businesses' own websites (10%). Every row has an address and coordinates. 314 numbers are mobile.
XLSX and CSV (UTF-8), one row per business: name, sector, category and other categories, chain, county, country, town, postcode, address, coordinates, phones, website, e-mail, social media, published opening hours and the date the business was added to the base. The files appear in your account right after payment.
With every update new businesses are added and those that the source marks as closed are removed.