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Ministry of Children and Families

The Ministry has the overall responsibility for children welfare services, family affairs, childhood development, religious and life stance affairs and consumer affairs.

Communication Unit / Press Contacts

The Communication Unit handles press inquiries to the Ministry and it's political leadership. The Unit also helps the press with background material. The editorial responsibility for the Ministry's websites and social media is placed here. The Unit

Head of Communications Tor Borgersen

Department for Higher Education, Research and International Affairs

Director General Anne Line Wold

Development cooperation

The Government takes an integrated approach to Norway’s foreign and development policy. Our development policy is designed to promote economic development, democratisation, implementation of human rights, good governance and measures that can lift

Peace and conflict resolution

Norway has been engaged in various peace processes for decades. Promoting conflict resolution and reconciliation is a key component of Norwegian foreign policy. It is in Norway’s interests to work to achieve a peaceful world. Norway also considers

Grants

A large proportion of the grants are awarded to development projects, but support is also provided to projects in key foreign policy areas such as security, Arctic issues, EU/EEA affairs, cultural cooperation, and public diplomacy. You can find

Communication Unit (KOMM)

Press inquiries to the political leadership and the ministry can be directed to the communication unit. We also assist the press in finding background material and information, and we are responsible for the Ministry of Energy’s pages.

Head of Communications Arvid Samland

Security policy

The primary objective of Norwegian security policy is to safeguard Norway’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and political freedom of action. A broad set of political, military, diplomatic, economic and international legal instruments is used to

The UN

'Working together for a better world’. This is the ideology behind the UN. The organisation was founded after two devastating World Wars, and its primary aim is to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.

International law

International law regulates relations between independent states and relations between states and international organisations. To an increasing extent, it also regulates the rights and obligations of individuals. International law is regulated

Government Council/Council of State 1814

When the Danish-Norwegian realm was dissolved in the Treaty of Kiel on 14 January 1814, where Norway was transferred from Danish to Swedish rule, separate Norwegian governing bodies again became necessary.

Johan Nygaardsvold's Government

Labour Party (A), from 1940 also Farmers’ Party (B), Conservative Party (H) and Liberal Party (V), from 1941 also Home Front (Hf)

Einar Gerhardsen's First Government

Labour Party (A), Farmers’ Party (B), Home Front (Hf), Conservative Party (H), Norwegian Communist Party (NKP) and Liberal Party (V)

Oscar Torp's Government

Labour Party (A)

Einar Gerhardsen's Third Government

Labour Party (A)

Einar Gerhardsen's Fourth Government

Labour Party (A)

Per Borten's Government

Centre Party (Sp), Conservative Party (H), Liberal Party (V) and Christian Democratic Party (KrF)

Trygve Bratteli's Second Government

Labour Party (A)