Gödel has enlisted the help of three postgraduate students at Manchester Business School to help get its venture off the ground.
The students will analyse potential markets, look at possible locations, start-up costs and the legal, contractual and tax implications of a launch in the country, as part of a research project.
Norway will become the third country of operations - it is based at Manchester Science Park and Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus, Cheshire, and has two development centres in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.
Mr Bland said the expansion follows the company's success in securing a contract with ADB Systemer, of Stavanger, to develop software for the oil and gas, healthcare and construction industries.
He said he hoped the order would add £400,000 to Gödel's annual turnover of £1m, adding that the move into Norway could be a springboard for expansion into Sweden.
The Norwegian government is offering incentives to hi-tech foreign companies to set up operations there, with discounts on sites, tax relief and other subsidies.
Mr Bland said: "Norway's thriving industrial and innovation markets are an exciting prospect for us.
"We have a close relationship with Manchester Business School, and we hope to offer its students more research and business development projects like this."
Oldham-raised Mr Bland, a former chicken factory worker, bought Gödel in 2005.
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