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Norwegian Airspace Strategy
24/11/2021 Report Ministry of Transport, Ministry of DefenceThe airspace is an important and valuable part of the Norwegian territory, in the same manner as the mainland territory and territorial waters. There is a need for clear rules governing the use of the airspace, taking into consideration increasingly
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Meld. St. 9 (2024–2025) - Total preparedness
Meld. St. 9 (2024–2025) Report to the Storting (white paper)
10/01/2025 Report to the Storting Ministry of Justice and Public Securityacademia and local authorities. As a society, we need to make it clearer that important considerations such as openness and commercial interests must be weighed against national security considerations. The trade-offs can be demanding, and the Government
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Norway in the North
26/09/2025 Plans/strategy Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Ministry of Foreign AffairsThe aim of Norway’s High North strategy is to ensure that North Norway is home to vibrant local communities where people want to live, and that enhance our national security and preparedness. International interest in the Arctic is growing as a
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Meld. St. 22 (2020–2021) - Data as a resource
Meld. St. 22 (2020–2021) Report to the Storting (white paper)
26/03/2021 Report to the Storting Ministry of Digitalisation and Public GovernanceCommission considers industrial and commercial data to have the greatest value-creating potential for the private sector and for society.4 This is largely because the already large data volumes from industrial and commercial applications will continue to increase
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Meld. St. 35 (2023–2024) - Sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity
Meld. St. 35 (2023–2024) Report to the Storting (white paper)
27/09/2024 Report to the Storting Ministry of Climate and EnvironmentIn this white paper, the Government presents Norway’s new National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). Through the action plan, Norway is following up on the global targets for biodiversity set out in the global Kunming-Montreal
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Meld. St. 30 (2019–2020) - An innovative public sector
Culture, leadership and competence
23/06/2020 Report to the Storting Ministry of Local Government and Regional DevelopmentThe White paper on Innovation in public sector (2019-20) addresses important features of the development in this field, present situation, need for change and government policy to foster innovation in public sector.
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Meld. St. 24 (2011–2012) - Financial Markets Report
11/05/2012 Report to the Storting Ministry of FinanceNorwegian real estate markets will also have a major influence on risk, partly because loans to corporations within the commercial property sector represent a large portion of Norwegian banks’ corporate loans, and partly because of the link between housing
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Meld. St. 29 (2020–2021) - Norway’s integrated plan for the conservation of areas of special importance for marine biodiversity
09/04/2021 Report to the Storting Ministry of Climate and EnvironmentThis white paper presents the Government’s proposals for further development of the element of its ocean management regime concerning the conservation of areas of importance for marine biodiversity.
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Meld. St. 32 (2015–2016) - Svalbard
Meld. St. 32 (2015–2016) Report to the Storting (white paper)
11/05/2016 Report to the Storting Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityIn the past, comprehensive white papers on Svalbard have been presented approximately every 10 years. The white papers have each contributed to guiding the archipelago’s development for a number of years, and the comprehensive review process has
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Drones and Advanced Air Mobility
English Summary
18/12/2025 Plans/strategy Ministry of TransportThe white paper provides an overarching and comprehensive review that outlines the goals and instruments facilitating a safe, targeted, and sustainable development and integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (drones) and advanced air mobility in
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Meld. St. 17 (2020–2021) - Cooperation for Security
Meld. St. 17 (2020–2021) Report to the Storting (White Paper)
12/03/2021 Report to the Storting Ministry of Defencesustained, but it should also be further strengthened through more focus on innovation: Increase utilisation of available commercial technology and expertise. Exploit the potential of small and medium-sized industrial enterprises and entrepreneurial communities
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Meld. St. 8 (2019–2020) - The state’s direct ownership of companies
Meld. St. 8 (2019–2020) Report to the Storting (white paper)
22/11/2019 Report to the Storting Ministry of Trade, Industry and FisheriesIn the white paper on ownership policy, the Government describes why the state has direct ownership interests in companies, what the state owns and how the state exercises its ownership.
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Meld. St. 20 (2019–2020) - Norway’s integrated ocean management plans — Barents Sea–Lofoten area; the Norwegian Sea; and the North Sea and Skagerrak
Report to the Storting (white paper)
24/04/2020 Report to the Storting Ministry of Climate and EnvironmentThe Norwegian Government’s ocean policy The Government is giving high priority to an active ocean policy and ocean-based commercial activities, both nationally and internationally. In spring 2017, the Government published its ocean strategy New growth
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NOU 2023: 19 - Learning: Lost in the Shuffle?
Use of pupil and student data to enhance learning
06/06/2023 Norwegian Official Report (NOU) Ministry of Education and Researchtrial and error without all their mistakes being stored and made visible to others. Parents are concerned about what data commercial actors can receive about their children during the school day. Politicians and school administrators fear that the actual
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Meld. St. 30 (2012-2013) - Financial Markets Report 2012
26/04/2013 Report to the Storting Ministry of Financebanks, 30 were mortgage companies and 45 were finance companies. Mortgage companies primarily provide mortgages to fund commercial activities and house purchases, while finance companies primarily engage in leasing, car purchase financing, short-term
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The data centre industry - a sustainable industry of the future for the digital Norway
07/10/2025 Plans/strategy Ministry of Digitalisation and Public GovernanceNorway aims to be an attractive destination for data center establishments that contribute to overall value creation, enhanced national security, and the safeguarding of Norwegian interests. The new data center strategy outlines objectives and
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Meld. St. 32 (2012-2013) - Between heaven and earth: Norwegian space policy for business and public benefit
Meld. St. 32 (2012–2013) Report to the Storting (White Paper)
26/04/2013 Report to the Storting Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheriespositive ripple effects in the Norwegian economy, and the country’s various support instruments are synergistically linked. Commercial activities account for a larger portion of the space industry in Norway than they do in many other countries, and Norwegian
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Meld. St. 16 (2019–2020) - New goals for Norway’s cultural environment policy
Meld. St. 16 (2019–2020) Report to the Storting (white paper)
17/04/2020 Report to the Storting Ministry of Climate and EnvironmentThe cultural environment is a common good and a community resource contributing to both environmental, social and economic sustainability. In this white paper, the government is presenting its proposed new national goals for Norway’s cultural
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Meld. St. 22 (2019–2020) - Financial Markets Report 2020
Meld. St. 22 (2019–2020) Report to the Storting (white paper) Summary
24/04/2020 Report to the Storting Ministry of Financeto non-financial enterprises may represent a vulnerability. This applies, in particular, to lending to commercial real estate firms, as commercial real estate prices have increased steeply in recent years, especially in Oslo. Such lending accounts for
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NOU 2022: 2 - Academic freedom of expression
A good culture of free speech must be built from the bottom up, every single day
30/03/2022 Norwegian Official Report (NOU) Ministry of Education and Researchgaining new insights. Academic freedom of expression is also central to promoting several of the ideals underlying the rule of law and democracy: In order for the state to fulfil its duty to «create conditions that facilitate open and enlightened public discourse»