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 The document archive also contains documents which are no longer valid, for instance replaced or expired documents.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.
The Norwegian Government has established a very narrow application scheme for exemption from the duty to stay at a quarantine hotel for people with particularly strong reasons.
The Norwegian Government is easing the COVID-19 measures in Svalbard by raising the occupancy rate for overnight accommodation to 90 per cent.
A COVID-19 certificate for domestic use will be ready on 11 June. The certificate will offer two display options: a simple one for use in Norway and a more detailed one for border crossing in the EU and the EEA.
This week, more than 30,000 additional seed bags from five continents were deposited for safe storage in the seed vault on Svalbard. It is the largest seed deposit since the pandemic was confirmed.
The funding Norway is contributing to Covax will provide an additional one million vaccine doses to the global Covax AMC (Covid-19 Vaccines Advance Market Commitment).
Today, the Ministry of Finance has notified relevant EU/EEA authorities of which institutions shall be identified as systemically important in Norway.
G-15/2021 – Revised circular relating to entry into force of
Based on the Norwegian Institute of Public Health’s weekly assessment of the Covid-19 situation, the Government has decided to change the status of the Etelä-Savo Hospital District and the Kainuu Hospital District in Finland and the Faroe Islands
Prime Minister Erna Solberg laid down the foundation stone for the Northern Lights CCS facility on the western coast of Norway. This is part of the Norwegian full-scale carbon capture and storage project (the “Longship” project). Below is the Prime
The Ministry of Transport invites tenderers to an open tender procedure for the operation of six routes as part of a scheme of temporary publicly subsidised scheduled air services related to the pandemic. The deadline for submitting tenders is 7
In today’s session of the Council of State, The King has made changes in the list of state secretaries.
The Ministry for trade, industry and fisheries has today established a mackerel quota at 298 299 tonnes for 2021. In the absence of a coastal State agreement, Norway must establish a unilateral quota for mackerel for 2021.
New projections from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health show that the planned redistribution of vaccine doses, resulting in a 60% increase for certain municipalities, would mean that municipalities with a low rate of infection would have to
‘Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega, who were arrested on Sunday after the passenger flight they were on was diverted and forced to land in Belarus, must be released immediately. The same applies to more than 400 other political dissidents who are
The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) has issued a recommendation to other EEA states to reciprocate Norwegian capital requirements for banks. The recommendation concerns the new systemic risk buffer requirement and temporary risk weight floors
From 27 May, Norwegian students returning from studies abroad will not have to pay the fee if they must stay at a quarantine hotel.
The Norwegian Government has decided to lift the regional measures for the municipalities in Viken county. The infection situation indicates that these municipalities can now return to ordinary national rules. The changes will enter into effect on
On Monday, 31 May, the Ministry of Finance and Norges Bank will be hosting a webinar to mark the 25th anniversary of the first transfer to the Government Pension Fund Global. The webinar will be livestreamed and is open to the general public.
The Norwegian Government is moving to Step 2 of the reopening plan on Thursday 27 May at 12 am. From that date, among other things, more people will be allowed to congregate than today, and kindergartens and schools will be able to move to the green
The distinction between necessary and unnecessary travel is removed for entry into Norway so that travellers from the UK and countries in the EEA/Schengen area with a low rate of infection do not have to stay at a quarantine hotel. People who have