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Petroleum Price Board

List page Ministry of Energy

Petroleum Price Board Secretariat The Section for analysis and markets in the Ministry of Energy is nominated as secretariat for the Petroleum Price Board. Inquiries to the Petroleum Price Board will be directed to the secretariat. Contacts in the

Training in the Norwegian language and social studies

14/12/2014 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

The goal of training in the Norwegian language and social studies is that participants are to reach a level of skill in Norwegian that enables them to use or develop their competence in education, work and social life in general.

Women’s participation in peace processes

03/12/2025 Article Ministry of Foreign Affairs

A key objective for Norway is to ensure that women are able to take part in peace processes and that the rights of both women and men are addressed in peace processes and peace agreements.

Funding of Kindergartens

16/12/2014 Article Ministry of Education and Research

The goal is to make kindergarten available to all children regardless of their parents’ financial situation.

Admission to places

16/12/2014 Article Ministry of Education and Research

The entitlement to a place in a kindergarten applies to children who turn one year old no later than the end of November in the year that they apply for a place. Children born after the end of November will be entitled to a place in the following

Parental responsibility, custody and access in cross-border cases

19/12/2019 Article Ministry of Children and Families

New rules on parental responsibility, international relocation, custody (the child's place of residence) and access (contact) in cross-border cases apply from 1 Juy 2016, due to the implementation of the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention. This

Protection against harmful content

27/10/2025 Article Ministry of Culture and Equality

The technological developments within the audiovisual sector has led to a strong increase with reference to the availability of audiovisual content. As audiovisual content takes up more and more time of children and young people’s life the risk of

OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

23/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

The OECD is an intergovernmental organization focused on economic, social, and environmental development in democratic states. The OECD has 34 member countries. The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion participates in the Employment, Labour and

The press briefing 22.08.2007

26/03/2008 Article Government.no

The pictures may be used freely, but the photographer (company or name) must be credited. Click on the picture for a larger format. All photo: Ole G. Hertzenberg The Entrance Seed at The Nordic Genetic Resource Centre Minister of International

State ownership in numbers: companies in category 2

17/06/2025 Article Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

For companies in Category 2 the State’s goal as an owner is sustainable and the most efficient possible attainment of public policy goals.

State ownership in numbers: companies in Category 1

17/06/2025 Article Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

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

Deputy to the Norwegian Prime Minister

18/04/2024 Article Government.no

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

30/01/2014 Article Government.no

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

26/02/2008 Article Government.no

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

13/02/2008 Article Government.no

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

26/02/2009 Article Government.no

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

Marketing authorisation of medicinal products

11/12/2025 Article Ministry of Health and Care Services

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

22/08/2025 Article Ministry of Health and Care Services

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.

First Minister in Christiania (Oslo)

22/06/2011 Article Government.no

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

01/06/2011 Article Government.no

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