Historical archive

Historical archive

Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government

In the Historical archive you will find information from previous governments such as press releases, news and speeches from previous government periods. You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.

Content that has been moved to the archive will not be updated and the information is therefore exclusively of an historical nature.

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  • A pro-active and forward-looking housing policy

    11/10/2012 Press release Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

    «Everyone in Norway should live safely and well. The Government will therefore set aside about NOK 24 billion to loans and subsidies for various housing measures and housing support in 2013,» says the Minister of Local Government and Regional

  • Simplification and expertise development in the construction sector

    11/10/2012 Press release Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

    «The Government will facilitate a simpler and more efficient building application process. We must ensure that the quality of new buildings improves and that we raise the expertise in the construction industry,» says Minister of Local Government and

  • Agreement between Sudan and South Sudan

    27/09/2012 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Sudan and South Sudan have signed agreements on important issues relating to oil, nationality, security and borders.

  • Increased funding for Norwegian research on European issues

    08/10/2012 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ budget, the Government has proposed an increase in funding for Norwegian research on European issues from NOK 4.5 to 5.7 million. This represents an increase of 20 percent.

  • Guidelines for grant funds Dialogue project “Capital for Development”

    01/03/2011 Article Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The purpose of the grant funds is to encourage activities designed to promote discussion, knowledge and a common understanding of capital flows into and out of developing countries, and of the impact of such flows on development and the fight

  • New political adviser in FKD

    13/05/2011 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    The Office of the Prime Minister has from 18 May 2011 appointed Mr. Martin Henriksen (32), student and adviser, Oslo, as political adviser to Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen.

  • Planning of full scale CCS at Mongstad continues

    01/03/2011 Press release Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

    The planning of a full scale CO2-capture and storage (CCS) plant at Mongstad is in progress. There is, however, a need for further knowledge concerning the use of amine technology and possible effects on health and the environment. Assessment of

  • Norway offers military contribution

    19/03/2011 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    “Norway is prepared to provide up to six F-16 fighter aircraft to participate in the enforcement of Security Council resolution 1973,” Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said.

  • Referendum successfully held in Sudan

    18/01/2011 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    “It has been a pleasure to witness the peaceful conduct of the referendum on the future status of Southern Sudan. This was a complicated process, which has been prepared and carried out in a very short space of time,” said Foreign Minister Jonas

  • Norwegian minister to visit Sellafield

    29/03/2011 Press release Ministry of the Environment

    Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim is to visit the Sellafield complex in England on Thursday 7 April.

  • Solheim and Tibaijuka open workshop on rights of use and property rights of the poor

    21/03/2006 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    On Thursday 23 March, Minister of International Development Erik Solheim and UN-HABITAT Executive Director Anna K. Tibaijuka, will open a workshop on the new High Level Commission for strengthening the poor’s rights of use and property rights. (

  • Libya suspended from the UN Human Rights Council

    02/03/2011 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The UN General Assembly has suspended Libya from the UN Human Rights Council in response to the Libyan authorities’ gross and systematic human rights violations against the country’s own population.

  • Compulsory Arbitration

    12/06/2006 Press release Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Compulsory Arbitration in the dispute between the Finance Sector Union of Norway and the Norwegian Employers' Association for the Financial Sector.

  • Change of state secretary in Ministry of Fisheries

    14/01/2011 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Mr. HansKristian Amundsen (51), editor-in-chief and managing director, Tromsø, as state secretary to Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen. Amundsen succeeds

  • NOK 311 billion income from the petroleum sector

    13/05/2011 Press release Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

    In the Revised National Budget, the net cash flow from the petroleum sector in 2011 is estimated to NOK 311 billion. This is an increase of NOK 23 billion from the National Budget 2011.

  • Norway launches Taxation for Development program

    11/03/2011 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Today State Secretary Ingrid Fiskaa launched the new Taxation for Development programme, which is aimed at helping poor countries to increase their own tax revenues.

  • Prime Minister to attend World Ski Championships

    23/02/2011 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    “I look forward to the Nordic World Ski Championships and the atmosphere in the Holmenkollen arenas here in Oslo, and to sharing the events with my colleagues from Finland, Poland and Sweden", says Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

  • Fisheries friendly protected areas in the Southern Ocean

    11/11/2011 News story Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    Under Norwegian chairmanship CCAMLR has agreed upon a framework for the establishment of marine protected areas in the Antarctic. The agreement also secures the interests of fisheries. Norway is a leading fisheries nation in the Antarctic.

  • Norway aligns itself with EU sanctions against Syria

    13/05/2011 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Norway has decided to align itself with the EU’s sanctions against Syria. “Norway supports international efforts to bring an end to the unacceptable use of violence against the Syrian people,” commented Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

  • International Development Minister Erik Solheim to Sri Lanka

    05/04/2006 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The Minister will have talks with President Rajapakse, and they are going to discuss the assurances given in Geneva by the parties, the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, on the implementation of the Ceasefire

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