Plans and strategies

Senior Communications Adviser Andreas Skjøld-Lorange

E-mail andreas.lorange@jd.dep.no

Phone +47 22 24 54 14

Mobile phone: +47 48 16 12 27

Senior Communications Adviser Heidi Egede-Nissen

E-mail Heidi.Egede-Nissen@kdd.dep.no

Phone +47 22 24 48 92

Mobile phone: + 47 404 37 384

Adviser Hege Benedicte Runge Johansen

E-mail hbrj@hod.dep.no

Mobile phone: +47 410 20 374

The Norwegian Equality and Anti-Discrimination Tribunal

The Norwegian Equality and Anti-Discrimination Tribunal is purely a complaints body which makes decisions on specific complaints of discrimination and harassment submitted to the body.

Web page: https://www.diskrimineringsnemnda.no/

The Directorate of Mining

The Directorate of Mining with the Commissioner of Mines at Svalbard is the government’s technical department for administrating the extraction of mineral resources. The Directorate is a department within the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Web page: http://www.dirmin.no/

The Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (Garantiinstituttet for eksportkreditt (GIEK))

On July 1st 2021, there was a merger between Export Credit Norway and The Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (Garantiinstituttet for eksportkreditt (GIEK)) into Export Finance Norway (Eksportfinansiering Norge - Eksfin). The Norwegian Export

Web page: https://www.eksfin.no/en/

The Department of Labour Market Affairs

The Department is responsible for tasks relating to the promotion of a well-functioning labour market, and it is responsible for policies and measures taken to help the unemployed and for some of the measures aimed at the occupationally disabled.

The Department of Defence Policy and Long Term Planning

The Department of Defence Policy and Long Term Planning is responsible for strategic analysis, the development of long-term defence policy and overall planning for the defence sector.

Department of Administrative and Constitutional Affairs

The Department of Administrative and Constitutional Affairs assists the Secretary General in the preparation and follow-up of Council of State business. Constitutional issues are also addressed by this department.

Department director: Director General Therese Steen

Department of Administrative Affairs

The Department of Administrative Affairs (Administrasjonsavdelingen) is a staff unit for the leadership of the Ministry. The overall aim of the Department is to contribute to ensuring that the Ministry's resources are utilised effectively and in

Department director: Director General Tina Engelsrud

The Central Bank of Norway (Norges Bank)

Norges Bank is the central bank of Norway and has the exclusive right to issue banknotes and coins. The bank is responsible for the execution of monetary and exchange rate policy. It is also responisble for analysing trends in the Norwegian economy,

Web page: https://www.norges-bank.no/en/

Senior Adviser Kjell Brataas

E-mail kjell.brataas@sd.dep.no

Phone +47 22 24 82 86

Mobile phone: +47 452 99 712

International cultural engagement

The Government attaches great importance to helping Norwegian artists, writers, architects, designers, musicians and other practitioners of the creative arts to gain a foothold on the international stage. The Government also seeks to strengthen the

State Secretary Wenche Westberg (Centre Party) (Centre Party)

Appointed: 14/10/2021

E-mail postmottak@lmd.dep.no

Phone +47 22 24 91 04

Mobile phone: +47 917 52 037

The Language Council of Norway

The Language Council of Norway works to strengthen the Norwegian language and enhance linguistic diversity in Norway. The Council is the government's expert body on language questions and follows up Norwegian language policy on behalf of the

Web page: https://www.sprakradet.no/Vi-og-vart/Om-oss/English-and-other-languages/English/

Communications Adviser Ragnhild Håland Simenstad

Press contact

E-mail Ragnhild.Haland.Simenstad@mfa.no

Phone +47 23 95 45 17

Mobile phone: +47 91 71 74 59

Department for Aquaculture

The Department for Aquaculture is responsible for all matters related to the aquaculture industry. There is a wide range of topics in the department's portfolio, aquaculture policy and management, environmental sustainability of the aquaculture

Department director: Director General Yngve Torgersen

State Secretary Astrid Bergmål (Labour Party) (Labour Party)

Astrid Bergmål is State Secretary for the Minister of Justice and Public Security Emilie Enger Mehl.

Appointed: 14/10/2021

E-mail postmottak@jd.dep.no

Renewable Energy

Communications adviser Martin Lerberg Fossum

Press contact

E-mail martin-lerberg.fossum@kld.dep.no

Phone +47 22 24 59 10

Mobile phone: +47 468 19 812