Where can private buyers get copper and metal in Norway?

You need a piece of copper for the lathe, a brass plate for a knife handle or aluminium for a mini CNC, and you quickly hit a wall: the web shop asks for a company registration number. That is true of the big wholesalers, but not of everyone. Several Norwegian shops sell metal in small quantities to private individuals. These are the ones we found, with what they stock. Everything was checked on the shops’ own sites on 19 September 2026. Most of the linked pages are in Norwegian.

Why do the wholesalers say no?

The largest suppliers say it outright. Tibnor states that it only sells to business customers. Norsk Stål sells only to companies and refers private individuals to a builders’ merchant chain. Astrup is a wholesaler and points private individuals to a local tinsmith, a machine shop or a builders’ merchant. Ahlsell only sells to firms with a customer number.

Part of the explanation is legal. When a business sells to a consumer, the Consumer Purchases Act applies. Between businesses the Sale of Goods Act applies, which gives the seller more freedom. On top of that, stock often comes in six-metre lengths, and small orders cost more to handle than they bring in. Astrup’s advice is therefore useful: a local workshop or tinsmith buys from the wholesaler and can often sell you a piece.

Web shops that sell copper, brass and bronze to private buyers

• Smiutstyr (Kleppestø): copper plate in strips from 1 × 50 × 500 mm to 6 × 40 × 500 mm, copper round rod of 3–6 mm, brass plate and brass rod, plus knife steel and stainless. Prices are shown including VAT.
• Stålbutikken.no: copper plate of 1–5 mm cut to your measurements, brass round rod, and steel, stainless and aluminium as plate and bar. Copper and brass take 10–15 working days, and goods cut to measure carry no right of withdrawal.
• Sløyd-Detaljer: sheets in copper, brass, aluminium, nickel silver and stainless, brass rod and tube, and profiles in aluminium and steel. Private individuals are listed as a customer group.
• Storbua (Stordal): brass flat bar and plate from 0.15 to 12 mm, brass tube, bronze plate and bronze round rod. We found no copper in the range.
• Jørn Jensen Lærhandel (Rælingen): small plates and rods in nickel silver, brass and bronze for knife makers, and one copper plate. You order by e-mail or phone, and orders under NOK 200 are not dispatched.
• Ravstedhus (Drøbak): jewellery metals in sheet, including copper, brass and bronze, and copper wire from 0.3 to 5 mm. You choose private or business customer yourself.
• Elefun and Lokstallen Hobby: small K&S sheets, tubes and rods in copper, brass and aluminium. Good for model making and small parts.
• Linaa.no: a Danish shop that delivers to private individuals in Norway. Copper plate 500 × 500 mm in 0.7 and 1.0 mm, and brass round rod from 4 to 22 mm. Shipping starts at NOK 319.

Links: Smiutstyr, Stålbutikken, Sløyd-Detaljer, Storbua, Jørn Jensen Lærhandel, Ravstedhus, Elefun, Lokstallen Hobby and Linaa.

We sell cast copper bars of 1 kg ourselves. They are made as collectors’ and display pieces, not as stock with dimensions and tolerances. If a solid block of pure copper is what you are after, you will find them among our copper bars.

Steel and aluminium: local steel yards and hardware chains

• Bergen Stål Bruktjern (Blomsterdalen) has both companies and private individuals as customers, and sells new and used steel as tube, beam, plate and profiles.
• Stållageret (Stokke) supplies steel and metals to companies and private individuals.
• Industristål / Stållageret Telemark (Skien) describes its warehouse as open to everyone, private individuals included, and cuts to your measurements.
• Stålshop (Karmøy) serves private individuals locally, and companies nationwide.
• Biltema has aluminium and steel plates of 1000 × 500 mm in several thicknesses, and tube and profiles in 1–2 metre lengths. Byggmax has profiles in aluminium, steel and brass.
• Smith Stål has a closed web shop, but states that its whole range can be bought through your local Bygger’n store. That includes copper and brass as rod, plate and busbar. What an individual store will bring in for a small order we have not been able to confirm.

Links: Bergen Stål, Stållageret, Industristål, Stålshop, Biltema, Byggmax and Smith Stål.

Online forums often recommend buying offcuts by the kilo from a scrap dealer. That may well be true locally, but we have not found a scrap dealer that mentions such sales on its own site. Call and ask.

What do small quantities cost?

• Copper plate 6 × 40 × 500 mm at Smiutstyr: NOK 489.
• Copper plate 0.8 × 200 × 100 mm at Jørn Jensen: NOK 170.
• Copper sheet 1.0 × 495 × 195 mm at Sløyd-Detaljer: NOK 1,027.
• Copper plate 0.7 × 500 × 500 mm at Linaa: from NOK 1,339 + shipping.
• Copper pipe 15 × 1.0 mm, 2 m at hgvs.no: NOK 349.
• Brass 4 × 50 × 200 mm at Storbua: NOK 249.
• Aluminium plate 1000 × 500 × 2.0 mm at Biltema: NOK 529.
• Steel plate 1000 × 500 × 2.0 mm at Biltema: NOK 349.

Prices seen on 19 September 2026, as the shops stated them. They change, so check the shop.

Converted to a price per kilo, the picture is clear. The 6 × 40 × 500 mm plate weighs about 1.1 kg, so it costs roughly NOK 450 per kilo. The thin 0.8 mm plate weighs only 140 grams and comes to almost NOK 1,200 per kilo. By comparison, the metal value of copper was about NOK 137 per kilo in September 2026. You pay for rolling, cutting, stock-keeping and shipping of small quantities, not just for the metal.

Ordering from abroad

If you buy from a foreign web shop, you pay 25 % Norwegian VAT from the first krone. If the shop is part of the VOEC scheme, you pay the VAT at checkout, as long as each item costs less than NOK 3,000. Otherwise you pay when the goods arrive in Norway, and the carrier often charges a fee for the customs clearance. Customs duty only applies to clothing and food, so metal is duty-free. Metal is heavy, so shipping often decides whether it is worth it.

What should you ask for?

• Cu-DHP is the copper most of these shops stock as plate. It is deoxidised with phosphorus and is the usual copper in pipe and flashing. It is easy to solder and form.
• CuZn37 is common brass in sheet, suited to bending and forming.
• MS58 is free-machining brass with a little lead. It is the one you want for turning and milling.
• CW452K is a tin bronze in rod, used for fasteners and springy parts among other things.
• Always state form and size: plate, flat bar, round bar or tube, and thickness × width × length. Ask about cutting before you order.