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Oil and Gas
Topic Ministry of EnergyThe petroleum industry is Norway's largest industry.
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EU and energy
Topic Ministry of EnergyThe EEA Agreement makes Norway an integral part of the EU's internal energy market. In addition, we cooperate with the EU on a wide range of topics.
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Welfare schemes to prevent poverty in Norway
14/01/2026 Article Ministry of Labour and Social InclusionThe Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion has the overall responsibility for coordinating the government’s efforts against poverty and for improving the living conditions of those who are struggling financially or with other social problems.
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Settlement of refugees
29/01/2026 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion, Ministry of Children and FamiliesSettlement with public assistance is a voluntary service offered by the Norwegian government. The Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) and municipalitices decides where refugees are setteled.
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Norway to Align with EU Sanctions against Those Responsible for the Mass Killings in Iran
30/01/2026 Press release Ministry of Foreign AffairsThe EU’s decision to introduce sanctions against concrete individuals that have contributed to the mass killings in Iran is important. Norway will also align itself with the sanctions adopted by the EU against specific individuals and entities. In
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Tripartite Cooperation in the Labour Sector
30/01/2026 Article Ministry of Labour and Social InclusionThe Government collaborates with the social partners to address various societal challenges. The four largest employee organisations (LO, Unio YS and Akademikerne) and the four largest employer organisations (NHO, KS, Virke, and Spekter) participate
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Changes among the state secretaries
06/02/2026 Press release Office of the Prime MinisterIn today’s Council of State, the King has appointed Ms. Siri Martinsen as acting state secretary to Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms. Cecilie Myrseth, in the period that state secretary, Ms. Sigrid Hagerup Melhuus, settles parental leave.
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National guidelines and planning functions
17/11/2021 Article Ministry of Local Government and Regional DevelopmentThe Government shall develop and communicate national goals and guidelines for planning in counties and municipalities. National expectations regarding planning, central government planning guidelines and central government planning provisions
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Minister of Development condemns attack on hospital in South Sudan
06/02/2026 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsOn 3 February, one of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières' hospitals in Lankien, north-east South Sudan, was hit by an air strike carried out by government forces. The attack destroyed the hospital's main warehouse containing large
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The ILO Convention on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
20/02/2020 Article Ministry of Local Government and Regional DevelopmentThe main principle in ILO Convention no. 169 on indigenous peoples and tribal peoples in independent countries is the right of indigenous peoples to further develop their culture and the authorities’ obligation to initiate measures to support this
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Gender and sexual diversity
02/02/2026 Article Ministry of Foreign AffairsIn countries across the world LGBT+ persons are exposed to discrimination and abuse. Everyone is entitled to universal human rights and freedoms, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. In many countries, there has been a positive
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Press invite: Norway's Minister of Trade and Industry to Arctic Frontiers
02/02/2026 Press release Ministry of Trade, Industry and FisheriesNorway’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Cecilie Myrseth, will attend Arctic Frontiers in Tromsø, Norway on Monday 2., Tuesday 3. and Wednesday 4. February. The annual Arctic Summit joins people from academia, business, industry and politics from
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Hiring of Labor
30/01/2026 Article Ministry of Labour and Social InclusionThe main rule in Norway is that employees should be permanently and direct employed. Other employment strategies can be used om certain terms, such as hiring.
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Interim ethical guidelines for the Government Pension Fund Global
21/01/2026 Guidelines Ministry of FinanceEstablished by the Ministry of Finance on 7 November 2025 pursuant to Order in Council of 19 November 2004 No. 4997 section 2 and the Government Pension Fund Act section 3 second paragraph, and Section 10 first paragraph.
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The Government's international work to promote democracy and the rule of law
02/02/2026 Article Ministry of Foreign AffairsThe Norwegian government promotes democracy and the rule of law because we believe that respecting individual fundamental rights and upholding democratic principles are essential for lasting peace and stability. When there is a lack of participation
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Cooperation on Schengen and Justice and Home affairs
28/01/2025 Article Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityNorway participates in key aspects of EU cooperation in the area of justice and home affairs, of which the Schengen cooperation is the most important. As a Schengen associated country, we are part of an internal free-travel area with a common
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Norway’s financial contribution
02/02/2022 Article Ministry of Foreign AffairsLike the other EEA Efta states, Iceland and Liechtenstein, Norway makes financial contributions to the budgets of those EU programmes and agencies it participates in. Norway and the two other EEA Efta states also provide funding to reduce social and
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Ethical guidelines
03/02/2026 Article Ministry of FinanceThe Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) has been subject to guidelines for observation and exclusion since 2004. The guidelines have since been further developed, most recently in 2021 on the basis of recommendations in NOU 2020: 7 Values and
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Statement by Minister of International Development Åsmund Aukrust on the spread of famine in Sudan
07/02/2026 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘It is shocking that famine is spreading to new areas in Darfur, affecting children and their families. Many of those affected are internally displaced persons, who have fled fighting and massacres multiple times in recent years. They are exhausted,
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Presentation of this year’s public threat and risk assessments
06/02/2026 News story Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityThe Norwegian Intelligence Service, the Police Security Service and the Norwegian National Security Authority today presented their public threat and risk assessments for 2026.