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Department of Administrative and Constitutional Affairs

The Department of Administrative and Constitutional Affairs assists the Secretary General in the preparation and follow-up of Council of State business. Constitutional issues are also addressed by this department.

Department of Domestic Affairs

The Department of Domestic Affairs assists the Prime Minister and the Government Secretary in the ongoing coordination of the Government's work.

Director General Stig Økland

Communication Section at the Office of the Prime Minister

Communication activities at the Office of the Prime Minister are primarily the responsibility of the Prime Minister's State Secretary for Press Affairs.

Head of Communication Anne Kristin Hjukse

The Department of Public Health

The main tasks of the Public Health Department are protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This includes health promotion, health protection, and disease prevention through population-based health analyses and societal

Director General Line Vold

The Department of Regional Development

The Department of Regional Development is responsible for monitoring the Norwegian government’s rural and regional policy.

Director General Kristin Marie Felde

Department for Security Policy

Norwegian security policy interests, both bilateral and in international organisations such as Nato and the OSCE. Norwegian interests in the High North and the Arctic/Antarctic, and Norwegian resource policy interests.

Director General Jon Elvedal Fredriksen

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 for Organisational Support and Development

Department for Organisational Support and Development (Avdeling for virksomhetsstøtte og -utvikling) is a staff unit for the leadership of the Ministry. The overall aim of the Department is to contribute to ensuring that the Ministry's resources are

Economic Policy Department

The Economic Policy Department monitors and analyses economic trends in Norway and abroad, and gives advice in a number of areas of economic policy. The Economic Policy Department is responsible for raising and servicing government loans at home and

Director General Amund Holmsen

Department for Education, Training and Skills Policy

Director General Erik Blom-Dahl

Energy and Water Resources Department

The Energy and Water Resources Department’s main objective is to ensure sound management, in both economic and environmental terms, of water and hydropower resources, other domestic energy sources and energy use

Director General Torhild H. Martinsen

Oil and Gas Department

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

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

Department of Public Employer Policy

The Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance is responsible for government employer policy. The Department of Public Employer Policy manages and develops laws and regulations, agreements, administrative provisions, general conditions etc for

Domestic and leisure equipment

The Foreign Service Control Unit is point of contact for following up reports of sexual abuse in grant management control

The Foreign Service Control Unit (FSCU) is the point of contact for reports of sexual harassment, violence and abuse in projects granted funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Treaty withholding tax rates on dividends from Norway

Country Ordinary rates Parent/ subsidiary Parent/subsidiary rate requirements Without tax treaty 25 25 Albania 15 5 25% capital participation Argentina 15 10 25% capital participation Azerbaijan 15 10 30% capital participation and investment of at

Regulation No 817 of 5 July 2012 on approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (bilforskriften)

The technical requirements according to Directive 2007/46/EC are implemented through this regulation

Regulations of 30 August 2016 No. 1042 on marine equipment

Requirements for economic operators on the manufacturing and the placing on the market of marine equipment