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EXHIBIT 1

Translation from Norwegian

                             ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

                                       FOR

                                   TELENOR ASA

                       (Last amended on 6th December 2002)

                                      ss. 1

The name of the company is Telenor ASA. The company is a public limited company.

                                      ss. 2

The Company's registered office is in the municipality of Baerum.

                                      ss. 3

The object of the company is to engage in telecommunications and other related
activities. These activities may be conducted by the company itself, by
subsidiaries or through participation in other companies or in cooperation with
others.

                                      ss. 4

The company's share capital is NOK 10,820,557,032,- divided into 1,803,426,172
shares, each with a par value of NOK 6.

                                      ss. 5

The Board of Directors shall consist of a minimum of five and a maximum of
eleven members.

                                      ss. 6

The Board Chairman or the Deputy Chairman jointly with another board member have
the right to sign for the company.


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                                      ss. 7

The Company shall have a Corporate Assembly consisting of 15 members. The
members and alternates shall be elected for a term of two years. Ten members and
three alternates for these members shall be elected by the General Meeting. Five
members and two observers, with alternates, shall be elected by and from among
the employees pursuant to the rules in the regulations relating to the
provisions of the Norwegian Public Limited Companies Act concerning the
employees' right to representation on the board of directors, corporate
assembly, etc. of public limited companies.

                                      ss. 8

The Company's Annual General Meeting shall be chaired by the chairman of the
Corporate Assembly.

The Annual General Meeting shall be held once a year before the end of June. Two
weeks' written notice of the meeting shall be given. An agenda shall be enclosed
with the notice of the meeting. Shareholders who wish to attend the General
Meeting must give notice to the company no later than three days prior to the
General Meeting in accordance with the Board of Directors' detailed
instructions.

The Annual General Meeting shall deal with the following matters:

1.   Approval of the annual report and accounts, including distribution of
     dividends.

2.   Any other matters that shall be dealt with by the General Meeting by law or
     pursuant to the Articles of Association.

The Company's General Meetings may be held in Oslo.

                                      ss. 9

The Company shall have an Election Committee. The tasks of the Election
Committee are to make recommendations to the General Meeting regarding the
election of shareholder-elected members and alternates to the Corporate Assembly
and to make recommendations to the Corporate Assembly regarding the election of
shareholder-elected members and alternates to the Board of Directors.

The Election Committee consists of four members that shall be shareholders or
representatives of shareholders. The chairman of the Corporate Assembly is a
permanent member and the chairman of the Election Committee. Two of the members
shall be elected by the General Meeting, and one member by and from among the
shareholder-elected members and alternates of the Corporate Assembly. The
members of the Election Committee are elected for a term of two years.

The shareholder-elected members of the Corporate Assembly may, following
recommendations of the shareholder-elected members of the Board of Directors,
adopt instructions for the Election Committee.