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A global backstop

The vault hold the seeds of many tens of thousands of varieties of essential food crops such as beans, wheat and rice. These seed samples are duplicates of seed sample stores in national, regional and international gene banks.

More about the physical plant

What does it look like? How big is it? How cold is it? What does it look like inside? Who built it? Who is the architect? What is the theme of the artwork? Who is the artist?

Links and sources

Relevant websites The Norwegian police The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Children and Families Ministry of Justice and Public Security www.norway.info Information about Norway Domstol.no The official website of the Norwegian courts The

Department for Fisheries

The Department for Fisheries is responsible for matters related to fisheries. There is a wide range of topics in the department's portfolio, including quota negotiations and international fisheries agreements, IUU fishing, regulation of and the

Director General Elisabeth Norgård Gabrielsen

Strategic Benchmark Index

The strategy is defined in the Fund mandate and reflected in, inter alia, the composition of the benchmark index and risk limits established by the Ministry of Finance.

Previous national budgets

2025 The Revised National Budget 2025 The National Budget 2025 2024 The Revised National Budget 2024 The National Budget 2024 2023 The Revised National Budget 2023 The National Budget 2023 2022 The Revised National Budget 2022 Amendment to the 2022

Legal framework

Translated versions of the Election Act and the Election Regulations.

Statement by the Norwegian Delegation to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Thank you, Madam Chair Land rights, access to land, and resources, are central for the cultural as well as material development of indigenous peoples throughout the world. In order to survive as distinct peoples, indigenous peoples and their

The Law of the Sea and the High North

The Arctic Ocean is regulated by the international law of the sea, as are the other sea areas of the world. The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea contains detailed provisions on the rights, duties and responsibilities of States to promote the

Governance model

The Ministry of Finance holds the overall responsibility for the management of the Government Pension Fund. The Government Pension Fund comprises the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) and the Government Pension Fund Norway (GPFN). The

Market Value

Government Pension Fund market value from 1996 to 2024. NOK billion The accumulation of capital in the GPFG originates by and large from the conversion of oil and gas resources in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea to financial assets abroad. Petroleum

Norway’s efforts to promote disarmament and non-proliferation

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is the cornerstone of the global disarmament and non-proliferation regime.

Agreement Norway - Uruguay

Agreement Norway - Costa Rica

Contact the Ministry of Climate and Environment

Addresses, telephone numbers and other contact information for the Ministry og climate- and environment can be found here.

Organization and Management

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has four sector departments and a Communication Unit.

Responsibilities and tasks

The Ministry for Agriculture and Food is responsible for food policy and agricultural policy. Agricultural policy covers land utilisation, agriculture and forestry, reindeer and other animal husbandry, and development of new agriculture based

Contact the Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Addresses, telephone numbers and other contact information for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food can be found here.

Budget day

Norway's National Budget for 2022 will be published on these pages on 12 October 2021. This is an overview of the most important budget day publications: