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About the Ministry

The Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment has the main responsibility for ensuring integrated governmental climate and environmental policies.

Budget day

Norway's National Budget for 2023 will be published on these pages on 6 October 2022. This is an overview of the most important budget day publications:

State ownership of land in Svalbard

The Norwegian state owns 98.75 per cent of all land in Svalbard. Through its ownership in Kings Bay AS and Bjørnøen AS, the state indirectly owns a further 0.75 per cent of land in the archipelago.

Organisation

The Ministry is headed by the Ministers. The political leadership also includes state secretaries and political advisors. The Secretary General is the senior civil servant at the Ministry.

Areas of responsibilities

The Ministry of Education and Research’s task is to formulate future-oriented and coordinated policies for the education sector. The aim is to ensure that Norway has a good, efficient education system, as well as productive and creative research

Organisation

The Minister of Culture is the head of the Ministry and its political leader. The Minister has one State Secretary and one Political Adviser, all politically appointed. The Secretary General is the top government official and the ministry’s

Contact the Ministry of Culture and Equality

Addresses, telephone numbers and other contact information for the Ministry of Culture and Equality can be found here.

About the ministry

Information about the The Ministry of Children and Families.

Evaluations and reports

On this page you can find links to agreements, reports and evaluations related to the EEA and Norway Grants.

Official Norwegian Reports

The Government or a ministry may constitute a committee and working groups who report on different aspects of society. A report can either be published as an Official Norwegian Report, or as a regular report.On this page, you can find Official

Draft resolutions and bills

Draft resolutions and bills (Prop.) form the basis for the Storting’s consideration of proposed resolutions, new legislation or amendments to legislation, the budget, or other such matters that require a decision by the Storting.

Speeches and statements

On this page you can find speeches and statements from the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministries.

The High North

The world is turning its attention towards the North where Norway has key interests to pursue. By investing in knowledge, business development and international cooperation we are strengthening Norway’s position as a responsible actor and partner in

Svalbard and the Polar Areas

In the northern areas and in Antarctica, Norway administers some of the planet´s last great areas with virtually untouched nature. Such areas are of great intrinsic value, at the same time as they are important for the preservation of biological

Duration of Norwegian Governments 1814-

The list covers both the rather extensive government periods 1814-1884 and the parliamentary dependent governments since 1884 - the year when the introduction of parliamentarism began in Norway.

Duration of Norwegian Coaliton Governments 1895-

The list covers governments since October 1895, when Francis Hagerup's First Government took office as the first coalition after the introduction of parliamentarism had started in 1884.

The National Budget 2024

Information about Norway's National Budget for 2024, presented to the Storting as Report no. 1 (2023-2024) on 6 October 2023. The National Budget presents the Støre Government's programme for the implementation of economic policy and projections for

Adapting Norway's Armed Forces to the Requirements of International Operations

Audiovisual Coproduction Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway

Recommendation on Exclusion of Cluster Weapons from the Government Petroleum Fund