Private company
Nokas
Logo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4
Norwegian security company
Nokas AS is a Norwegian security company established in 1987 as Vakt Service AS. The company is headquartered in Tønsberg. The largest shareholders is Orkla ASA and Wang Invest AS who are owned by Heine Wang, who is the company's CEO.2 It is part of Avarn Security.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrycash management1
- HeadquartersTønsberg1
- Legal formaksjeselskap1
- LEI5493006K7O4D7J5GE8763
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusIssued and current3
- Registered addressAlf Bjerckes vei 1, 0582 Oslo, Norway3
- Registered withThe Brønnøysund Register Centre, 983 493 9043
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Nokas AS is a Norwegian security company established in 1987 as Vakt Service AS. The company is headquartered in Tønsberg. The largest shareholders is Orkla ASA and Wang Invest AS who are owned by Heine Wang, who is the company's CEO. Paal Wang, who is Executive Director, has a stake through his company PTW Holding AS. In 2010 the group changed its name from Vakt Service AS to Nokas AS. The group is divided into two divisions, Nokas Cash Handling and Nokas Security.2
Corporate structure
Nokas is part of a group headed by AVARN SECURITY GROUP HOLDING AS. 8 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- AVARN SECURITY GROUP HOLDING AS Oslo, Norway
- AVARN SECURITY GROUP AS Oslo, Norway
- Avarn Security AS Oslo, Norway
- Nokas Oslo, Norway
- Nokas Payment Solutions Subsidiary · Oslo
- Kontanten Subsidiary · Sweden
- Nokas Værdihåndtering A/S Subsidiary · Brøndby, Denmark
- NOKAS VALUTA AS Subsidiary · Oslo, Norway
- Nokas Payment Solutions Subsidiary · Oslo
- AVARN SECURITY GROUP AS Oslo, Norway
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
- Avarn Security since 2020
Subsidiaries
Ultimate parent
From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.
Timeline
Links
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataNokas on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaNokas on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsNokas logo by Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5Wikimedia CommonsNokas photo by Lars Åge Kamfjord, CC BY-SA 3.0