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The Department of Specialist Health Care Services

The Ministry of Health and Care Services manages and oversees the ownership of the regional health authorities. The department is responsible for the further development of specialist health services and pharmaceutical policy, with particular

Director General Kashif Waqar Faiz

The Department of Pension

The Pension Department has the overall responsibility for the pension policy, including the work on the pension reform

Director General Dag Holen

Ministry of Culture and Equality Communication Unit

Please use the press telephone +47 90231093 or e-mail to kudinfo@kud.dep.no when you want to get in touch with us.

Head of Communication Simon Solholm Stjern

Banking competitiveness

Ministry of Finance

The Ministry of Finance is responsible for planning and implementing the Norwegian economic policy and for coordinating the work with the Fiscal Budget.

The Communication Unit

The Communication Unit coordinates and initiates contact with the media and the rest of society, and deals with matters relating to communication within the Ministry.

Senior Communications Adviser Jenny Kanestrøm Trøite

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

Departments

The Ministry of Health and Care Services has eight departments: The Department of Budgetary and Agency Governance The Department of Digitalisation The Department of Health Legislation The Department of Municipal Healthcare Services The Department of

Where and how can Norway make a difference? Concentration for greater impact

In a world marked by geopolitical tension, democratic backsliding, and growing global challenges such as food insecurity, conflict, and climate change, Norway faces difficult choices in its development policy.

Department for Nature Management

The department's main responsibility is to develop policies to safeguard biodiversity on land and in the sea, and to ensure holistic and sustainable management of nature through use, conservation and recreation. The department is also responsible

Director General Lene Lyngby

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

Timeline of actions taken by the Government in response to the war in Ukraine

Overview of measures implemented by the Government to address the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.

Joint Statement – Nordic Defence Cooperation

On May 5-6 the Nordic Ministers of Defence gathered in Trøndelag under Norway's chairship of NORDEFCO in 2026.

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.