# Norway license plate: Diplomatic

> The Norway diplomatic license plate: format CD 99999, for example CD 80652, documented since 1990, car, van, and trailer, cited to Statens vegvesen.

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Part of [Norway license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway) (17 registration series).

![Norway license plate, Diplomatic (documented since 1990)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/no/no-diplomatic-1990/norway-license-plate-diplomatic.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `CD 99999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1990 → today (documented from 1990; the format is likely older) |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, van, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background #1A85FF; characters #FFD700 |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `no-diplomatic-1990` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway/diplomatic-1990) |

Sources:

- [§ 2-11 tredje ledd d: yellow characters on a blue retroreflective ground for diplomatic vehicles.](https://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/1990-01-25-92/KAPITTEL_2)
- ['Ambassadekjøretøy (Corps Diplomatique): CD' among the nationwide combinations.](https://www.vegvesen.no/kjoretoy/eie-og-vedlikeholde/skilt/skiltserier/)
- [2026-07-16): CD plus five digits, trailers four; the first two digits give the mission; the British, Israeli and US embassies stopped using them (2002, 2002 and 2001) and now use ordinary plates; from 1922 diplomatic cars carried an additional oval CD or CC sign in black on white while keeping ordinary numbers.](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjennemerke_for_motorkj%C3%B8ret%C3%B8y_i_Norge)

## About this plate

CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE, yellow on blue. Worth recording that the plate is not compulsory for missions and several of the largest have abandoned it: the US embassy from 2001, the British and Israeli embassies from 2002, all now on ordinary white plates.

## How numbers are issued

THE FIRST TWO DIGITS AFTER CD IDENTIFY THE MISSION, the rest is a sequence within it, the only decodable dimension of a Norwegian diplomatic plate. Recorded so one can be hung off this series later without an id change.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/no/no-diplomatic-1990.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/norway?series=no-diplomatic-1990
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/no` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "no-diplomatic-1990"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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