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Grants

cooperation, and public diplomacy. You can find information about all the active grant agreements in the Ministry's Grants Portal.

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.

Consumer information

Information is one of the key measures in consumer policy. Consumers must have good and sufficient information about goods and services offered on the market, as well as knowledge about their rights and obligations as consumers. Information promotes

Labour Immigration

Labour immigrants bring essential skills to the Norwegian labour market and help meet the demand for labour in many sectors in Norway. They are a diverse group working within various professions. Many labour immigrants settle in Norway, while others

Combating Negative Social Control and Honor Based Violence in Norway

Negative social control and honor based violence are serious societal issues that threaten fundamental human rights and individual freedom.

Calls for proposals

The Ministry's announcements of grants and calls for proposals.

Meld. St. 9 (2022–2023) - National control and cyber resilience to safeguard national security

Meld. St. 9 (2022–2023) Report to the Storting (white paper)

campaign is to strengthen the cyber security competence of companies and individuals. Another example is the national training portal, ovelse.no, which offers all Norwegian companies free training in cyber security. Figure 3.4 The ovelse.no platform is the

Grants from the Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative

Information about grants from the Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) and how you can apply.

Legal assistance

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provide guidance in child abduction cases. There is often also a need for legal assistance from a lawyer/legal practitioner.

NOU 2014: 5 - MOOCs for Norway

New digital learning methods in higher education

financial framework: Brand building The Commission recommends uniting and promoting Norwegian MOOCs through a dedicated national portal (Chapter 11). The Commission recommends that Norway initiate a Nordic cooperation with the objective of a joint initiative

Meld. St. 19 (2016–2017) - Experiencing Norway – a unique adventure

Meld. St. 19 (2016–2017) Report to the Storting (white paper)

individual companies pay their own sales-generating parts of the campaigns. Visitnorway.com is Norway’s official tourism portal. The portal presents content that generates consumer interest in experiencing Norway; it is also a response channel for campaigns

Utsira Nord

The area Utsira Nord is located outside the coast of Rogaland, and was opened for offshore renewable energy production 12 June 2020. On 19 May 2025, the Ministry announced a competition for project areas for offshore wind in Utsira Nord.

Speech at the opening of the Ultima Festival 2025

across boundaries, and radical open-mindedness.” These words about Ultima are not mine, but they are the leading global music portal Bachtrack's description of this festival. And they couldn’t be more right: “A model for musical meetings across boundaries

By Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery The opening concert of the Ultima Festival 2025, Oslo Domkirke

Statement from Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt

Statement held at press briefing on the situation in Russia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises against all travel to Russia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has now revised its travel advice for Russia and is advising against all travel to the country.

Meld. St. 23 (2022–2023) - Escalation Plan for Mental Health (2023–2033)

Meld. St. 23 (2022–2023) Report to the Storting (white paper)

1.5 ‘Kompetansebroen’ Online Portal ‘Kompetansebroen’ is an online portal for competence sharing and coordination in the health service. Healthcare personnel can find information and useful learning resources in the portal. The purpose of ‘Kompetansebroen’

Meld. St. 18 (2024–2025) - When trouble strikes abroad

Meld. St. 18 (2024–2025) Report to the Storting (white paper)

send notifications of incidents in relevant countries. In addition, the app provides easy access to the travel registration portal reiseregistrering.no, where Norwegians travelling or planning to travel abroad can register their trips and receive timely

Information about international travel and the coronavirus

The global advice against all non-essential travel was rescinded on 1 October 2021. The infection situation and local restrictions can change very quickly. Therefore, travel advice may be issued for specific countries if major challenges related to

Knowledge cooperation

Through international cooperation, the Ministry of Education and Research will contribute to increased quality, renewal, and relevance within the areas of kindergarten, education and research.

Meld. St. 16 (2019–2020) - New goals for Norway’s cultural environment policy

Meld. St. 16 (2019–2020) Report to the Storting (white paper)

The cultural environment is a common good and a community resource contributing to both environmental, social and economic sustainability. In this white paper, the government is presenting its proposed new national goals for Norway’s cultural