Departments

Department for Schools and Kindergartens

Director General Kjersti Flåten

Department for Education, Training and Skills Policy

Director General Erik Blom-Dahl

Department for Administration and Strategic Priorities

Director General Eivind Heder

Department for Legal Affairs

Director General Hege Nygård

Department for Governance of Higher Education and Research Institutions

Director General Maria Tagmatarchi Storeng

Department for Higher Education, Research and International Affairs

Director General Anne Line Wold

The Communication Unit

The Communication Unit coordinates communication by the Ministry.This includes media relations and monitoring, strategic communication with the sector and advising the Ministry’s departments and political leadership. The Communication Unit is also responsible for the content of the Ministry’s website at regjeringen.no, and for managing its development.

Acting Head of Communications Cathrine Slaaen