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Departments

The Ministry of Energy has 4 departments and a Communication Unit.

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

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,

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 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

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.

Thorbjørn Jagland's Government

Labour Party (A)

Kjell Magne Bondevik's First Government

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

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)

Trygve Bratteli's First Government

Labour Party (A)

Lars Korvald's Government

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

Odvar Nordli's Government

Labour Party (A)

Gro Harlem Brundtland's First Government

Labour Party (A)

Gro Harlem Brundtland's Third Government

Labour Party (A)

Kjell Magne Bondevik' Second Government

Labour Party (A), Centre Party (Sp) and Socialist Left Party (SV)

Jens Stoltenberg's First Government

Labour Party (A)

Einar Gerhardsen's Third Government

Labour Party (A)