Nationaltheatret Konferansesenter KS Agenda

What Nationaltheatret Konferansesenter KS Agenda does

Nationaltheatret Konferansesenter is a conference and meeting venue division of the Norwegian private limited company KS-Agenda AS, located at Haakon VIIs gate 9 in central Oslo. The venue operates 15+ meeting rooms with a maximum combined capacity of 230 attendees and serves corporate clients, organizations, and event planners requiring physical and hybrid meeting infrastructure. The division is staffed by 8 employees and operates alongside the parent KS-Agenda AS, which has a headcount of approximately 16.

The venue's service offering combines physical room rental with digital broadcast capabilities, including a purpose-built studio featuring a 300-inch LED screen, sensor cameras, and in-house streaming technicians integrated with Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Vimeo. The food and beverage operation is delivered through a partnership with Fursetgruppen, a Norwegian hospitality provider. The venue has hosted over 100,000 participants annually and executed more than 1,000 digital broadcasts since 2020, with over 250 digital events per year. Pricing is structured as fixed-fee packages: a hybrid package starts at 14,995 NOK and a studio package at 22,995 NOK, with à la carte catering options such as a 4-course dinner at 585 NOK per person.

The business model is venue-rental and event-services based, with revenue derived from room hire, technology-enabled broadcast services, and catering charges, the latter delivered through the Fursetgruppen partnership. The venue targets corporate organizations, associations, and institutional clients running meetings, conferences, AGMs, and press events, leveraging its central Oslo location, transport access, and bundled technology stack as primary differentiation. The operation was recognized with the Food Experience of the Year 2024 award, attributed to its catering partner.

Name

Nationaltheatret Konferansesenter KS Agenda

Legal name

KS-Agenda AS

Website

https://nationaltheatretkonferansesenter.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nationaltheatret Konferansesenter is a central Oslo conference venue operated by KS-Agenda AS, offering 15+ meeting rooms, a hybrid broadcast studio, and Fursetgruppen catering to corporate and institutional event organizers across Norway.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Conference Venue Services

NAICS

Food Service Contractors (722310), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

akta.pro primary industry

Conference Centers & Dedicated Meeting Venues (THAHAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Conference & Convention Center Catering (THAHAKAB), Conferences & Conventions Operations Services (Registration, AV, Logistics) (MPAGAGAM)

Keywords

• Conference venue rental
• Meeting room services
• Hybrid event production
• Corporate catering services
• Digital event streaming

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Venue Rental: Rental of conference rooms, meeting rooms, and event spaces for courses, seminars, conferences, and corporate dinners. Pricing varies by room size, capacity, and duration.
2. Event Services: Studio and hybrid conference services including production, streaming technicians, equipment, and technical support for digital events.
3. Catering Services: Food and beverage services including conference packages, lunch buffets, canapes, dinner menus, and Christmas buffets in partnership with Fursetgruppen.
4. Course Development: Development of courses as part of KS-Agenda AS offerings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Nationaltheatret Konferansesenter rents flexible meeting and conference rooms in central Oslo (15+ rooms for 1-230 participants), delivers professional studio and hybrid broadcasting services using in-house streaming technicians, and provides catering through Restaurant Trakteriet in partnership with Fursetgruppen. The venue hosts courses, seminars, conferences, corporate dinners, and digital/hybrid events for businesses and organizations.

Product overview

Nationaltheatret Konferansesenter KS Agenda operates as a conference center with three core service lines: (1) Meeting and Conference Rooms offering 15+ flexible venues from 1-230 participants with full digital capabilities, (2) Studio and Hybrid Conference services enabling digital and hybrid event participation with in-house streaming technicians, and (3) Food and Drink Services through Restaurant Trakteriet in partnership with Fursetgruppen. Key meeting rooms include Nordkapp (up to 230 persons with 300-inch LED screen), Tjuvholmen (140 persons), and newer rooms Lindesnes, Rondane, and Glittertind added in 2023. The studio package (from kr 22,995) and hybrid conference package (from kr 14,995) provide professional broadcasting capabilities. The center has been operating since 2012 and serves over 100,000 participants annually, located 25 meters from Nationaltheatret station in Oslo.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Restaurant Trakteriet: On-site restaurant operated in partnership with Fursetgruppen, offering short-haul, seasonal, and sustainable cuisine. Awarded 'Food Experience of the Year 2024' by Fursetgruppen.

Products and services

• Meeting and Conference Rooms Rental of flexible meeting and conference rooms in central Oslo, ranging from small boardrooms for 1-14 persons to large conference rooms accommodating up to 230 participants. All rooms are fully digital with modern AV equipment, sensor cameras, and integration with Teams, Zoom, and Vimeo. Targets organizations hosting courses, seminars, conferences, and corporate meetings.
• Studio and Hybrid Conference Services Professional studio broadcasting and hybrid conference services enabling digital event participation, delivered by Oslo's only in-house streaming technician team. Provides end-to-end production from planning through post-production, including camera work, lighting, sound, and Zoom/Vimeo licensing. Targets organizations needing to broadcast conferences, presentations, or hybrid events to remote audiences.
• Food and Drink Services (Restaurant Trakteriet) Catering services provided through partnership with Fursetgruppen, including conference packages (breakfast, lunch, day packages), lunch buffet, dinner menus, canapes, and Christmas buffets. Restaurant Trakteriet focuses on sustainable, short-distance, seasonal ingredients with reduced food waste. Targets conference and event attendees at the venue.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100,000 participants annually attend events at the venue
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FursetgruppencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Fursetgruppen for food and beverage services. Fursetgruppen provides sustainable, short-haul, seasonal ingredients for all catering. They developed the restaurant concept Trakteriet with focus on quality, reduced food waste, and good taste experiences. The partnership includes award-winning food services (Food Experience of the Year 2024).

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Scandic Hotels (Norway): Largest hotel operator in the Nordics with multiple Oslo properties featuring conference rooms and event spaces. Competes for the same Norwegian corporate and association meeting demand but as part of a much wider accommodation-focused portfolio.
• Oslo Spektrum: Large arena and convention hall in central Oslo hosting concerts, exhibitions, and large-scale conferences. Adjacent competitor for bigger congresses that exceed NSK's 230-person max room capacity, particularly association and consumer-facing events.
• Thon Hotel (Oslo): Norwegian hotel chain with several central Oslo properties offering meeting and conference facilities. Targets the same mid-size corporate booking segment but bundles rooms and meeting space as a hotel chain rather than as a dedicated conference venue.
• Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Oslo: Large Oslo hotel with extensive meeting and conference facilities located near Oslo Spektrum. Competes with NSK for mid-to-large corporate events by bundling lodging and meeting space under an established international brand, but offers a broader (non-specialist) service portfolio.

Regional players

• Clarion Hotel & Congress Oslo Airport: Conference-focused hotel at Oslo Airport with dedicated meeting facilities. Targets similar mid-size Norwegian corporate conferences but serves a different catchment (airport business travelers) and bundles lodging, making it a partial substitute rather than direct Oslo-CBD competitor.
• Bella Center Copenhagen: Large Scandinavian convention and conference venue in Copenhagen. Comparable operator in the broader Nordic MICE market — same business model (conference venue + event services) — but serves a different geography and primarily larger international congresses.
• Göteborgsvarvet Meeting & Congress (Swedish Exhibition Centre / Svenska Mässan): Swedish convention and exhibition venue with conference facilities. Operates the same core business model as NSK — venue rental plus event and AV services for trade and corporate clients — but serves the Gothenburg/West Sweden market rather than Oslo.
• Stockholmsmässan: Major Swedish convention center hosting trade fairs, conferences, and corporate events. Comparable in core offering (convention venue + event organization services) and useful as a regional benchmark for the Nordic conference venue category, though based in Stockholm rather than Oslo.

Others

• Fursetgruppen: Norwegian catering and restaurant group that is both NSK's strategic catering partner and itself a competitor for off-premise corporate catering. Included because the partnership is core to NSK's award-winning F&B offering (Food Experience of the Year 2024), and Fursetgruppen's standalone event catering competes for the same Norwegian corporate dinner and conference catering spend.

Direct peers

• Oslo Kongressenter: Dedicated conference and meeting venue in central Oslo (Folketeateret building). Closest direct competitor to Nationaltheatret Konferansesenter, serving the same Norwegian corporate, association, and government event buyers with mid-size conference rooms and meeting facilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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