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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.

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

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.

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

Recommendation of 18 April 2006

The Council on Ethics for the Government Pension Fund - Global To the Ministry of Finance Recommendation of 18 April 2006 (Unofficial English translation) Introduction The exclusion of EADS from the investment universe of the Government Pension Fund

Defence procurement 1997

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Statement by Foreign Minister Eide on the Suffering of Civilians in the Middle East

‘The Middle East is in flames. Two weeks after Israel and the United States launched attacks on Iran, the situation is becoming increasingly dramatic. At least 16 countries are now directly affected by the war. The consequences are already global‘.

Research Barometer 2013

International Cooperation in Norwegian Research

The Research Barometer is a publication of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, and has been published yearly since 2011. The report, which also has an accompanying website, presents the latest figures on a broad set of indicators

Education Mirror

In this issue of the Education Mirror we seek to to find the answers to key questions relating to the state of our educational system.

Report to the Storting on Policy Coherence for Development 2011

Chapter 12 from the 2012 budget proposal from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

This is the Norwegian Government's first report to the Storting on the potential positive and negative impacts in developing countries of policies designed primarily to serve domestic Norwegian interests. The report is based on contributions from

Import from developing countries

Review of Norway’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for import of goods from developing countries

The Norwegian Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for import of goods from developing countries allows lower tariffs to be imposed on goods from developing countries.

Living with World Heritage

Røros, Norway 13-16 May 2012

In 1972 the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted, and today, 40 years later, we’re celebrating the Convention as the most widely recognized international treaty for heritage protection.

NOU 2012: 2 Chapter One

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Norway’s agreements with the European Union

Markets for applied research

A comparative analysis of R&D-systems in five countries

Markets for applied research compares the national systems for applied research in Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands and Sweden. The report find that Norway has a relatively large domestic market for applied research, and that the research