The AS legal form is the most trustworthy form of business whether you are a Norwegian entrepreneur or a foreign.
Nowadays, as changes in the Norwegian legislation introduced in 2011 opens up for lower share capital for AS', the form have become a substantial alternative to consider for foreign companies that initially where planning to establish so called NUF (a Norwegian-registered foreign company).
Generally one of the decisive criteria for securing a contract is the legal form of the company and AS companies are prefered by Norwegian clients. The tendency is clearly - there is an increase in number of AS Companies registered compared with NUF's.