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The Family Counselling Service

The family counselling service offers help to anyone who needs to talk about difficult issues in the family.

Parental benefit

Parental benefit is intended to ensure that the parents have an income during parental leave in connection with a birth or adoption. The right to parental benefit is accrued by the parents working.

Department for Security and Civil-Military Cooperation

Senior administrative staff

Cooperation with the Sami Parliament on international indigenous issues

The Government places great emphasis on discussing and negotiating about indigenous issues through close cooperation between the Government and representatives of indigenous people. Norwegian attitudes to international indigenous issues are

Agencies and Entities under the Ministry of Labour and Inclusion

The Speech from the Throne

When the Storting (the Parliament) assembles, it is constituted and then formally opened by the King. The King reads the King's Speech. The King's Speech expresses the main lines of the Government's policy for the coming year.

KOSTRA (Local governments-State-Reporting)

KOSTRA (Local governments-State-Reporting) is a national information system that provides information on the use of resources by the municipal and county authorities.

Departments

Administrative staff

The permanent staff of the Office consists of about 80 persons in three departments, the Department of Administrative Affairs, the Department of Domestic Affairs and the Department of International Affairs. The Office also has a communications

Press centre

Welcome to the press center of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. On this page, we aim to accommodate easy and quick access to relevant information for the press and media.

Political staff

The political staff of the Ministries consists of state secretaries and political advisors. State secretaries are appointed in a State Council Meeting, while political advisors are hired by the Office of the Prime Minister. The political staff is

Administrative staff

Secretary General

The highest ranking permanent official is the Secretary General, who leads the Ministry’s administration.

The departments of the Ministry of Children and Families

The Ministry consists of four departements and one Departement of Communications.

Departments

For a schematic overview, please see the organization chart (PDF)

Senior administrative staff

Departments

The Ministry of Culture and Equality is divided into five departments, The Communication Unit and The Minister’s secretariat.

Other political staff

Departments