Historical archive
Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government
In the historical archive, you can find information from previous governments. Among the documents found here are press releases, news articles and speeches from earlier government periods. The document archive also contains documents which are no longer valid, for instance replaced or expired documents.
Documents which are moved to the archive are not updated, so the information in the archive is mostly of historical value.
Chief Executive Officer Cathrine Marie Lofthus has today in Council been appointed as the new Secretary General of the Ministry of Health and Care Services. Upon commencing her position, she will be succeeding Bjørn-Inge Larsen who has served as
We are shocked by the killing of several persons in Kongsberg. Several persons are injured. The Norwegian Police has confirmed that the attacker is arrested. According to the police, the attacker was acting alone.
Following the resignation tendered by Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s government 12 October, the King in a Council of State session at 10:00 am today, accepted the resignation as of 12:00 noon today. At the same time, the King appointed Jonas Gahr
The Ministry of Finance has asked the Securities Law Commission (“Verdipapirlovutvalget”) to provide a report on how expected EEA rules on corporate sustainability reporting can be implemented in Norwegian law.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg submitted her Government’s resignation at the meeting of the Council of State on 12 October. The application will be accepted in the Council of State on Thursday, 14 October at 10:00, with effect from 12:00 that same day.
The Norwegian statement at the opening of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), Kunming China october 12. 2021. Held digitally by The Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment, Mr. Sveinung Rotevatn.
By Minister of Climate and Environment Sveinung Rotevatn UN Biodiversity Conference COP15
The Government continues its goal to strengthen the Armed Forces in the short and long term, and proposes to increase the budget by around 4.3 billion NOK. The proposal follows up the multi-year commitments in the previous and current Long-Term Plan.
After the presentation of the Budget Statement in the Storting this morning, Prime Minister Erna Solberg took the floor to notify the Storting that her Government will submit an application for permission to resign at the meeting of the Council of
The economic crisis is over. The 2022 budget proposes measures to safeguard sustainable growth. We normalise fiscal policy and the withdrawal from the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), support those affected by the crisis and facilitate job
To ensure simultaneous access to information that might be market sensitive, the Ministry of Finance publishes selected key figures at 8:00AM prior to the budget launch at 10:00 am. More detailed estimates will be published together with the
After the presentation of the Budget Statement in the Storting on 12 October, Prime Minister Erna Solberg will take the floor to notify the Storting that her Government will submit an application for permission to resign.
Andøya Space has been approved funding amounting to NOK 365.6 million. The Norwegian Government is therefore giving the go-ahead for the establishment of a launch base for small satellites on Andøya.
The Norwegian Government is introducing a duty to complete travel quarantine for the Faeroe Islands, Luxembourg, four regions in Finland, and two regions in Sweden. The duty to complete travel quarantine is being removed for Andorra, Corsica, Crete,
The Norwegian Nobel Committee today announced that it has awarded the Peace Prize for 2021 to journalists Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov from Russia.
Early elections are being held in Iraq on 10 October 2021. Norway has released the text of the following statement together with the Governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, the United
The Norwegian Government has decided that it will provide free testing for COVID-19 for as long as it is defined as an infectious disease that endangers public safety. Self-tests will be prioritised for people who have symptoms, unvaccinated close
The Norwegian Government has decided to offer a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to all people over 65. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has been tasked with assessing whether healthcare workers should be offered a booster dose.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ine Eriksen Søreide, opened the Oslo Freedom Forum 2021 with this statement.
By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide Oslo, 4 October
The Norwegian Government is introducing a duty to complete travel quarantine for Slovakia and three regions in Finland. The changes will enter into effect on Monday 4 October at 12 am.
Minister of petroleum and Energy Tina Bru held this speech at the 5th Energy Conference between Norway and the EU called 'Getting fit for 5 - Energy and the European Green Deal' on October 1st 2021 in Brussels.