WCAG Audits and Accessibility Testing in Harstad, Norway

Audits for Harstad against the standard that actually binds you in Norway.

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What Harstad actually requires

Roughly 21,000 people live in Harstad. Which accessibility rule reaches your website here is not decided at city level, though, and no council in Norway writes its own web standard. Norway went early and went hard, and it did it nationally. Universal design of websites has been the law since 2014, it reaches private business rather than stopping at the public sector, and the uutilsynet regulator can impose coercive daily fines until a site is fixed.

The county administration answers to the same rule as everybody else. There is no separate regional regime to learn, which is the good news, and no regional exemption either.

So here is what we do about it. We work your Harstad site against all 55 WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules by hand, then a professional blind screen-reader user runs your real journeys while we record where they stop. WCAG 2.2 covers everything the standard above asks for and more, so one audit answers it with room to spare. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.

The rules in force in Harstad

Norway: Universal Design of ICT

Standard: WCAG 2.0 AA private / 2.1 AA public
Where it stands: In force since 2014 (all sites since 2021)
Who it binds: Public and private sectors
Reaches sellers based abroad: Not by itself
What non-compliance costs: Coercive daily fines from the uutilsynet regulator

Private-sector baseline: 2.0 AA
Public sector since 2023: 2.1 AA
Coercive fines accrue: Daily
Duty began (new sites): 2014

The Norway (Universal Design) dates, 3 of them

Jul 1, 2014New ICT solutions must be universally designed
Jan 1, 2021All existing solutions covered
Feb 1, 2023Public sector: WCAG 2.1 AA + accessibility statement

Read the full Norway (Universal Design) page

What we test, and how, in Harstad

Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Harstad as it is anywhere, because WCAG does not change at a border. What changes is which law is watching and what it costs to fail, and the section above settles that.

The work itself runs in three passes. A machine finds the failures a machine can prove. A human works every one of the 55 A and AA rules by hand. Then a professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, the way your customers would. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it, drawn from our free library of 432 guides.

None of the reference sits behind a form, either. Every number below counts pages you can go and read right now, free, whether you ever buy an audit or not.

A and AA rules we check: 55
Techniques and failures: 432
ACT test rules: 90
ARIA roles documented: 94
Terms in the glossary: 131
Checklists to work from: 9

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The honest limit

And an audit is evidence, not a legal opinion. We tell you what fails, who it stops, and what closes it. Whether that satisfies a regulator or a court in Harstad is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

What owners in Harstad want to know first

Is accessibility testing in Harstad different from anywhere else?

No. WCAG is the same standard everywhere, so the testing is identical wherever you are. What changes is which law is watching and what failing it costs, and that is what the law section on this page settles.

Who sets the rules for a website in Harstad?

Norway (Universal Design) is the one that reach Harstad first, and each has its own page here covering what it asks for, who it lands on, and how it gets enforced. Sell into more than one market and more than one of them can reach you at the same time.

Does Harstad expect a published accessibility statement?

At least one of the laws that reaches Harstad names an accessibility statement, so plan on publishing one. Our free generator writes it from what the audit found, so the page says what actually works today rather than what you hope works.

How much is an audit, and when does the report land?

A Rapid Audit is $499 for 10 pages, with the report in 5 business days. A Standard Audit is $1,499 for 25 pages in 10 business days. Once your team has fixed things, the re-audit is half price within 3 months.

Is a real screen-reader user involved, or just software?

Yes, on every audit. A professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, and we write down where they stop. That is the pass no scanner can run.

Related on this site

The reading behind the law that reaches you in Harstad, and the guides that turn it into work your team can do.

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Find out where your site stands in Harstad

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