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Ministers
Ministry of Education and Research
Minister of Education, Bård Vegar Solhjell, is responsible for kindergarten and basic education (compulsory education from 1 - 10th degree and upper secondary education).
Solhjell has a Master Degree in political science. From 2005 to 2007,
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09/11/2007
News story
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance presents today a proposition to the Storting (Parliament) concerning authorisations for central government borrowing in 2008.
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Political staff
Ministry of Health and Care Services
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18/01/2008
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
”The future of Africa depends on the continent’s ability to adapt to climate change. Climate change has already hit the continent hard", Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said in Cape Town.
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17/06/2008
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Ministers Jens Stoltenberg and Gordon Brown in London today launched a major new initiative to preserve the rainforest in the Congo Basin. They each committed GBP 50 million to the Congo Basin Forest Fund.
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05/02/2008
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, will give introductory addresses at this year’s Conference on Europe.
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13/06/2008
News story
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Helga Pedersen today met with the Scottish minister Michael Russell. They have discussed possibilities for closer cooperation between Scotland and Norway on aquaculture and challenges related to climate change.
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11/02/2008
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- It is important that Norway continues to support negotiations on a solution to the political crisis in Kenya, says State Secretary Raymond Johansen. We will therefore provide up to USD 1 million for the process being led by Kofi Annan.
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17/01/2005
Plans/strategy
Utdannings- og forskningsdepartementet
This competence development strategy document is the result of a collaborative effort in which the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, the Union of Education Norway, the Norwegian Association of Graduate Teachers, the Norwegian
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17/06/2008
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London today launched a major new initiative to preserve the rainforest in the Congo Basin. The two Prime Ministers each committed GBP 50 million to the Congo Basin Forest Fund. The
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20/02/2008
News story
Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
A press release from the Norwegian Technical Calculation Committee for Wage Settlements (TBU) reveals that the average annual pay growth from 2006 to 2007 for all groups is estimated at 5.4 per cent.
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29/11/2007
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Norway invites the Contracting Parties to the 1973 Polar Bear Agreement, Denmark/Greenland, Russia, USA and Canada, to a meeting of the parties in Tromsø spring 2009. The purpose of the meeting will be to enhance circumpolar cooperation on
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18/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Climate change is one of the world's major political challenges. Norway, a country that has grown rich from oil and gas production, has a special responsibility to contribute to emission reductions for limiting climate change. The Norwegian
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11/12/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rajendra K. Pachauri will join Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on a visit to the Norwegian Antarctic research station Troll, in mid January 2008.
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07/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The fight against climate change is a top priority in the white paper on Norway’s policy for preventing humanitarian crises that was presented today.
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Political staff
Office of the Prime Minister
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13/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre has condemned the bomb attacks on a UN office and a public building in Algeria in the strongest possible terms.
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Political staff
Ministry of Finance
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08/04/2020
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
‘By working together, we have got the virus under control, and can start to lift restrictions little by little. We will do this together, cautiously, and taking our time,’ said Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
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21/12/2020
Press release
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Today the Norwegian Government approved an amendment to the COVID-19 regulations that requires all people entering into Norway to register themselves as a step in improving infection control. The amendment enters into force at 12 noon today, Monday