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Prop. 1 LS (2025–2026)

Taxes 2026 For the 2026 Budget Year

Chapter 1

State Secretary Kallset participated in the G20 ministerial meeting in South Africa

State Secretary Kristine Kallset has this week represented Norway at the G20 ministerial meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. The ministers have discussed how to respond to the growing challenges posed by natural disasters.

Changes among the state secretaries

In today’s Council of State, the King has honourably discharged Ms. Bhanuja Rasiah as state secretary to Minister of Health and Care services, Mr. Jan Christian Vestre. Ms. Rasiah is appointed state secretary to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

Changes among the political advisers

Mr. Ola Helmich Borchgrevink Pedersen is appointed political adviser to Minister of Finance, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg.

Norway supports private investment in Palestine through guarantee fund

At the World Bank Annual Meetings on 15-16 October, Minister of International Development Åsmund Aukrust announced support of approximately NOK 50 million (approximately USD 5 million) to the World Bank’s guarantee fund for the West Bank and Gaza (

Medical devices – a key part of health care

Medical devices include all equipment intended to diagnose, prevent, monitor, treat or alleviate disease, injury or disability in humans.

Act relating to universities and university colleges

The Universities and University Colleges Act regulates higher education in Norway. The Act regulates the activities and responsibilities of universities and university colleges and contains, among other things, rules about the learning environment

Read act at lovdata.no

Agreement on Nordic-Baltic initiative for support to Ukraine signed at the NATO Defence Ministerial

Ukrainian soldiers are being trained and equipped through ‘Operation Legio’. The joint initiative was formalized today with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Brussels.

Norway to contribute funding for new package of US-sourced military equipment for Ukraine

‘Ukraine is dependent on continued military and civilian support in its fight to defend itself against Russia. It is of great value that several countries are coming together to provide financing to help meet Ukraine’s military needs. Norway is now

Norway to increase civilian support to Ukraine

The Norwegian Government is proposing an increase of NOK 15 billion in civilian support to Ukraine in 2026. The proposed allocations for support to Ukraine in 2026 will total a minimum of NOK 85 billion, thus maintaining the overall extraordinary

The National Budget 2026: High production and large revenues from the petroleum industry

The state's net cash flow from petroleum activities is estimated to be 664 billion NOK in 2025. The estimate for 2026 is approximately 521 billion NOK.

The National Budget 2026: Securing the economy, society and country

The Government will continue to implement a responsible economic policy in the proposed National Budget for 2026.