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Senior administrative staff

Subordinate agencies

The Ministry of Finance is responsible for a number of subordinate bodies: the Norwegian Tax Administration, Norwegian Customs, Statistics Norway, Finanstilsynet (the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway), the Norwegian Agency for Public and

Other political staff

Councils and committees

Administrative leadership

The Secretary General is the administrative head of the ministry. The information secretariat and the office-reception staff for the secretary and political leaders are part of the permanent secretary’s staff.

Senior administrative staff

Press inquiries with the Norwegian Ministry of Defence

Here you will find contact information for the Communications Unit at the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, together with our press contacts.

Press centre

Press enquiries directed at the political leadership and Ministry should be submitted via the Communication Unit.

Direct and indirect taxes

Direct and indirect taxes are the main sources of revenue for central, local and regional government.

Contact Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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

Norway’s financial contribution

Like the other EEA Efta states, Iceland and Liechtenstein, Norway makes financial contributions to the budgets of those EU programmes and agencies it participates in. Norway and the two other EEA Efta states also provide funding to reduce social and

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Change of Government in Norway

A government must have its basis in the Norwegian Parliament, the Storting. The Storting majority thus has a decisive influence on the formation and the dismissal of  governments.

Reduced voting age trials

During the 2011 and 2015 local elections, trials with reduced voting age were carried out in selected municipalities.

Political Parties

Registered political parties at national, county and municipal level, including the affiliated youth organisations at national and county level, may apply to the Ministry or to the County Governor for state grants. Grants are divided into vote

Internet voting trials

Internet voting pilots were carried out in a limited number of municipalities during the local election in 2011 and parliamentary election in 2013.

Democratic Resilience In A Time of Backsliding

Are the European democracies well equipped to meet today`s challenges?

The ocean nation of Norway

Every day hundreds of thousands of Norwegians go to work in the ocean industries, which together account for about 70 per cent of Norway’s export earnings.

Amendment to the 2022 Fiscal Budget Proposal

Information about the Støre Government's Amendment to the 2022 Fiscal Budget Proposal, was presented to the Storting on 8 November 2021.

The Revised National Budget 2022

Information in English about Norway's Revised National Budget for 2022, presented to the Storting as Report no. 2 (2021-2022) on 12 May 2022. The Revised National Budget presents the Government's programme for the implementation of economic policy