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16/10/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Following the resignation tendered by Jens Stoltenberg’s second government 14 October, the King in a Council of State session at 10 am today accepted the resignation as of 12.00 noon today. At the same time, the King appointed Erna Solberg’s
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14/10/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Jens Stoltenberg’s second government today at 13.00 tendered its resignation in an extraordinary session of the Council of State at the Royal Palace. The King requested the government to continue as a caretaker government until a new government has
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14/10/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Following the presentation in the Storting (Parliament) of the state budget for 2014, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg this morning asked for the floor to state that his government will tender its resignation in an extraordinary session of the
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11/10/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
On Monday 14 October at approximately 10.40, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will ask for the floor in the Storting after the presentation of the budget proposal, to inform the Storting that his government will tender its resignation. This will take
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11/10/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
“I congratulate this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The OPCW has achieved almost universal adherence to the ban on these weapons, which cause terrible human suffering,” said Prime
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27/09/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has honourably discharged three from their offices as of 1 October 2013: Ms. Tone-Helen Toften in the Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs, Mr. Geir Pollestad in the
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13/09/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has honourably discharged Ms. Mette Nord from the office as state secretary to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
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06/09/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Ms. Line Gaare Paulsen as acting state secretary to Minister of the Environment during Mr. Ketil Raknes’ leave of absence.
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23/08/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Ms. Kathrine Raadim, political adviser, Oslo, as acting state secretary to Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide during Ms. Gry Larsen’s leave of absence 7 September 2013-9 May 2014.
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25/07/2013
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg today conveyed his condolences to Spain's Prime Minister on the terrible train accident in Galicia.
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09/07/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will participate at several commemorations two years after the 2011 terrorist attacks against the Government Quarter and Utøya.
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05/07/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 8 July 2013 appointed Mr. Sven Jørund Kolstø (25), Trondheim, as political adviser to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Liv Signe Navarsete. He succeeds Ms. Anja Hjelseth, who resigned
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21/06/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 21 June 2013 appointed Ms. Julie Lødrup (29), union secretary, as political adviser to Minister of Culture Hadia Tajik. Lødrup succeeds Mr. Håvard Fossbakken.
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07/06/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Mr. Erlend Grimstad (45), manager, Skedsmo, as state secretary to Minister of Agriculture and Food Trygve Slagsvold Vedum. Grimstad succeeds Mr. Harald O. Buttedahl, who today has
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04/06/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
“The twenty years of Barents cooperation have served to build trust across the borders in the region. This trust and the extensive contact between our countries have strengthened cooperation between Norway and Russia, not least in the north,” said
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31/05/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has as of 3 June 2013 appointed Mr. Jan Christian Vestre (26), manager, Oslo, as political adviser to Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske. He will succeed Mr. Torstein Tvedt Solberg, who will leave the post on
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29/05/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg challenges the OECD countries to step up international cooperation to plug tax holes. “To ensure the financing of the welfare society and to uphold the confidence in our tax systems, we should see to it that
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21/05/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 21 May 2013 appointed Ms. Tonje Brenna, political adviser at the Office of the Prime Minister, as political adviser to Minister Of Justice and Public Security Grete Faremo. Ms. Elisabeth Helmersen, political
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10/05/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Mr. André Nerheim (36), special adviser, Blaker, as political adviser to Minister of Labour Anniken Huitfeldt from 13 May 2013. He succeeds Mr. Martin Henriksen, who wil resign from the post on the same
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07/05/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, Mr. Per Rune Henriksen has been honourably discharged from his post as state secretary to Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe. At the same time, Mr. Trygve Svensson (34), Ph.D. Fellow, Oslo,