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Police Department

The Police Department is responsible for drawing up the main lines for the development and management of the police force in both the short and long term.

Director General Inge Dokken

Polar Affairs Department

The Polar Affairs Department is responsible for coordinating matters relating to the polar regions in the central government administration - the Arctic, including Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and the Antarctic.

Director General Øystein Mortensen

Department of Administration

The Department of Administration shall contribute to ensuring that the Ministry of Justice and Public Security operates in line with key objectives and guidelines for the central government administration.

Deputy Secretary General Anne Herse

Legislation Department

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security's Legislation Department is a legal expertise body serving the Government and the central government administration.

Director General Ketil Bøe Moen

Department of Crime Prevention

The Department of Crime Prevention (AKF) plays a key role in the development of criminal policy, with responsibility for developing knowledge about crime trends and the challenges they pose for the criminal justice chain and the sector in general.

Director General Håvard Bekkelund

Communication Unit (KOMM)

The Communication Unit relays press enquiries to the political leadership. We help the press and the public to find background materials and information on ministerial matters. We are also responsible for the Ministry’s website.

Head of Communications Arvid Samland

Departments

The Ministry of Energy has 5 departments. The Communication Unit is part of the Secretary General's staff.

Climate, Industry and Technology Department

Through work on framework conditions the department shall contribute to value creation and competitiveness by strengthening innovation, promoting development of competence and internationalisation of the energy industry. The department aims to

Director General Kristin Myskja

Oil and Gas Department (OG)

Exploration policies. Monitoring of development, production and decommissioning of oil and gas fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Monitoring of the gas chain. Economical analysis of petroleum activity, including estimations and

Director General Lars Erik Aamot

Carbon capture and storage - CCS

Various governments have worked to realize a full-scale project for capture, transport and storage of CO2 (CCS) in Norway. The Norwegian Parliament approved the full-scale CO2 management project in Meld. St. 33 (2019-2020) Longship - capture,

Department for Multilateral Affairs

The Department for Multilateral Affairs has the systemic responsibility for the UN, the IBRD and the Regional Development Banks as well as a number of UN and international organisations. This includes the implementation of Norway’s policies in the

Director General Tine Mørch Smith

Government Delegation in Oslo 1945

At the German capitulation in Norway on 8 May 1945, Vidkun Quisling's illegal government was dissolved. In agreement with the resistance movement Home Front, Johan Nygaardsvold's Government in London had appointed eight chief officers to lead the

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)

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.

Kjell Magne Bondevik's First Government

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

Thorbjørn Jagland's Government

Labour Party (A)

Trygve Bratteli's First 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)