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 The document archive also contains documents which are no longer valid, for instance replaced or expired documents.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 minister of Defence is responsible for the political management and control of the Norwegian Armed Forces and for the formation and implementation of Norwegian security and defence policy.
Political Adviser (Labour Party)
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Photo Gallery - State Secretary Erik Lahnstein.
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The Minister of Local Government and Regional Development is responsible for Norwegian housing policy, district and regional development, local government and the administration of elections. The minister is born on 12 November 1948. As a teacher,