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The Department of Budgetary Affairs and Agency Governance

The Departement of Budgetary Affairs and Agency Governance coordinates the Ministry of Health and Care Services' work relating to the National Budget and budget proposals throughout the year.

Director General Thomas Neby Baardseng

The Press and Communications Division

The Press and Communications Division deals with press enquiries to the Ministry’s political leadership and the Ministry. The Division also helps to locate the correct department or case officer for background material and information. The Press and

Head of Communication Åsmund Eide

The Department of Welfare Policy

The Department of Welfare Policy is responsible for policies aimed at assuring income through sickness benefit, work assessment allowance, and disability pensions in the national insurance scheme, and through social security assistance.

Director General Ulf Pedersen

The Pension Department

The Pension Department has overriding responsibility for pension policies, including work on the pension reform.

The Department of Finance and Governance

The department is responsible for the Ministry’s work related to its budget and finances and the Ministry’s governance of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare administration.

Director General Tom Gulliksen

The Departement of Administration

The Department of Administration is responsible for joint tasks and coordination within the Ministry of Health and Care Services and contributes to the Ministry working in accordance with key objectives and guidelines for the public administration.

Director General Ole T. Andersen

The Working Environment and Safety Department

The Working Environment and Safety Department’s areas of responsibility include labour law and safety and the working environment in Norwegian workplaces, both onshore and on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Director General Ragnhild Nordaas

The Department of Labour Market Affairs

The Department is responsible for tasks relating to the promotion of a well-functioning labour market, and it is responsible for policies and measures taken to help the unemployed and for some of the measures aimed at the occupationally disabled.

Administrative leadership

The Secretary General is the administrative head of the Ministry. The Ministry's leader group consists of the Secretary General, the Deputy Secretary General, the Head of Information and the Director Generals of the Ministry's Departments.

Other political staff

The Sami people

The state shall take steps to ensure that the Sami people can further develop and strengthen their own culture, their own language and their own business and industry and community life.

National minorities

Groups with a long-standing attachment to the country are defined as national minorities. In Norway these minorities are: Kvens/Norwegian Finns (people of Finnish descent in Northern Norway), Jews, Forest Finns, Roma and Romani people/Taters.

Legal Affairs Department

The Legal Affairs Department provides legal expertise for the Government and the central government administration, and has particular responsibility for coordinating Norway’s positions on matters of international law in international forums.

Director General Kristian Jervell

Related Institutions

Subordinate agencies

History – The first Ministry

The Ministry of Education and Research was the first ministry to be established when Norway became an independent state in 1814. The Ministry of Education and Research celebrated 200 years on 28 November 2014.

Department for Higher Education, Research and International Affairs

Director General Anne Line Wold