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State ownership in numbers: companies in Category 1

For companies in Category 1 the State’s goal as an owner is the highest possible return over time in a sustainable manner.

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

Deputy to the Norwegian Prime Minister

The system of an appointed deputy to the prime minister has been in use in two governments where the prime minister has wanted to give the leader of the second largest government party a clear rank as number two. It was the case during the last

The Opening Seremony 26.02.2008

Click on the picture for a larger format. All photo: Mari Tefre/Svalbard Global Seed Vault The Entrance of Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Carry Fowler, executive director of Global Crop Diversity Trust,

The Seeds have landed 12.02.2008

Click on the picture for a larger format. All photo: Mari Tefre/Svalbard Global Seed Vault 26.02.2008 26.02.2008

Seeds shipped from Nigeria february 2008

From Ibadan, Nigeria, twenty-one boxes filled with 7,000 unique seed samples from more than 36 African nations are shipped to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. All photo: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture i Nigeria (IITA). Cowpea

Gardermoen 08.02.2008

All photo: Ole G. Hertzenberg Minister of Agriculture and Food Terje Riis-Johansen. Terje Riis-Johansen. Seeds.

Department for Global Affairs

The Department for Global Affairs has responsibility for Norway’s cooperation with the major multilateral forums, such as the UN and the multilateral development banks, as well as long-term thematic initiatives in foreign and development policy,

Director General Tine Mørch Smith

Marketing authorisation of medicinal products

A medicinal product may only be placed on the market in the European Economic Area (EEA) when a marketing authorisation has been issued. There are four procedures for marketing authorisation.

Norwegian involvement in the World Health Organisation

The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations specialised agency for health. Norway has been actively involved in the WHO since the organisation was established April 7, 1948.

National Police Directorate

Web page: http://www.politi.no/

Civil Affairs Authority

Web page: http://www.sivilrett.no/

First Minister in Christiania (Oslo)

Between 1814 and 1873 Norway’s Prime Minister was permanently based at the Norwegian Council of State Division in Stockholm, as this was where the King of the two states resided.In the Prime Minister’s absence from Christiania (Oslo) - and second to

Swedish-Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs

After Count Carl J. W. von Schmettow, general and commandander-in-chief in Trøndelag, in the spring of 1814 had declined Prince Christian Frederik's invitation to become Norway's foreign minister, the responsibility for the country's foreign policy

The Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet)

The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet) supervises banks, insurers, finance companies, investment firms, markets for financial instruments, securities depositories, estate agents, e-money institutions, auditors and accountants

Web page: https://www.finanstilsynet.no/en/