How to get insurance and Buy a car in Norway w/out a D Number?

Hi All.

First post here...

So I no live in Norway, I drove my UK car here, have now decided to stay so will bringmy car back to the UK at the beginning of August.

I called a Norwegian Insurance company to get an idea of how much it costs here, they said that I could not get insured with them as I wasn't on the national register.

There must be a way around this?

I have applied for residency here now, last week, but it is holidays so I have no idea how long the process will take.

I have money enough to buy a car and get insured, but can I physically buy a car without a D number at least? Can anyone give me advice one how to go about buying a car and getting insured prior to being fully registered here?

BR
Evan