How to address in iMail - Norway

Domestic letters

1. Return address
– A return adress is mandatory.
– The return address must be a Norweigan address and is recommended to be written in one line with the following elements: <keyword>: <name>, <street with number or post box>, <postcode>, <posttown>. For example:
Returadresse: 21 Grams AS, Postboks 19 Årvoll, 0515 Oslo
– Approved keywords for prefix before return address: “Avsender”, “Retur”, “Returadresse”, “Fra/From”, “Returadr”, “Sender”, “Retur Adr” or “Return to”.

Format:
– The return address must not have a larger font size than the destination address
– Font and size must be the same throughout the address.
– Preferably use normal style in the return address
– The entire return address must contain the same style, i.e. do not mix bold and italics if these are used
– Use Norwegian characters, i.e. not Swedish replacement characters

2. Destination address
– The address must always consist of at least 2 lines
– Customer number, EA (electronic address update) and similar customer identification must always appear at the top of the address field
– There can not be any text, numbers or markings that do not belong to the address in the address window
– Country is not to be  added (Norge/Norway/NO)

Format:
– Approved fonts: Arial, Courier New, Verdana
– Use font size 10-12
– Don’t use bold, underlining or italics.
– The address should have a straight left margin with the address lines underneath each other
– Use Norwegian characters, i.e. not Swedish replacement characters
– Line spacing should be 1 or 1.5. All lines must have the same line spacing
– No empty lines in the address, nor empty lines containing junk characters

 

Foreign letters

1. Return address
– A return adress is mandatory.
– The return address must be a Norweigan address.

2. Destination address
– Must contain a complete address including the name of the country in in Norwegian and/or English on an extra, separate line below the address.
– If you are sending letters to countries that use postcodes with only numbers, as in Norway, you must also write the country code. This is written first on the line containing the postal code and city, followed by a hyphen. For exampel:
Navn Navnesen
Navneveien 1
DK-9000 København
Danmark
(The country codes can be found on the World Postal Association (UPU) website.)