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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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The Petroleum Fund Advisory Commission on International Law Memorandum to the Ministry of Finance Question of exclusion of Chartered Semiconductors Manufacturing Ltd Approaches and conclusion Reference is made to a letter from the Ministry of
Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen Kristin Halvorsen (age 45) was today appointed Minister of Finance. Halvorsen is the leader of the Socialist Left Party of Norway, and has been Member of Parliament since 1989. During this time she has been
The Government has today submitted a separate legislative proposition on the establishment of the Government Pension Fund. The Pension Fund will help to make clear that the Government accumulate assets to finance future pension payments under
The performance of the Norwegian mainland economy continues to be strong, and growth in the mainland economy is now well above trend. Employment is picking up and the unemployment rate is falling. A broadly neutral fiscal policy stance is
New recommendation from the Advisory Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund whether the two weapons systems Spider and Intelligent Munition Sysem (IMS) would be considered illegal under the convention on antipersonnel
Today, the Ministry of Finance proposes a new law concerning mandatory occupational pension. - The proposal is an important element towards safe pensions for all, and will ensure old age pension rights in addition to pension rights from the
Norwegian Economy - A Star Performer with Challenges Minister of Finance Per-Kristian Foss, Eurochambres, Stavanger, 30 September 2005 Presentation is available here
The Petroleum Fund’s Advisory Council on Investment Strategy was established by the Ministry of Finance today. The mandate of the Council is to act as a professional advisory body for the Ministry of Finance regarding the long term investment
on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic countries i.e. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden, to the IMFC Meeting in Washington D.C. (24.09.05)
Finansdepartementet har i samråd med Utenriksdepartementet og Nærings- og handelsdepartementet avgitt en høringsuttalelse til EU-kommisjonen i forbindelse med endringer i EUs tollovgivning. Det legges opp til nye prosedyrer som omfatter
The Ministry of Finance has excluded a further eight companies from the Petroleum Fund pursuant to the Fund’s ethical guidelines. (02.09.05)
Norwegian Economy - A Star Performer with Challenges Minister of Finance Per-Kristian Foss, Nordic Energy Conference, Oslo, August 30th 2005 PowerPoint presentation is available here
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) presented its economic survey of Norway today. The survey gives a comprehensive analysis of the Norwegian economy. (08.08.05)
In its report on Norway, IMF commends Norway’s strong fiscal and monetary framework and the success in avoiding any adverse effects of the oil wealth. IMF welcomes the economic recovery that has taken hold since 2004. (13.06.05)
The Ministry of Finance has excluded Kerr-McGee Corporation from the Petroleum Fund’s investment universe under the new ethical guidelines. - The decision to exclude the company is based on a recommendation from the Advisory Council on Ethics
The Ministry of Finance will start using interest rate swaps in the Kingdom’s domestic debt management. This will increase the flexibility to adjust the interest rate exposure of the debt portfolio without changing the borrowing strategy. Norges
Growth of the Norwegian mainland economy is well above trend. The labour market is improving. Against this background, a broadly neutral fiscal stance will be maintained limiting the growth impetus to the mainland economy from the use of
EFTA Surveillance Authority Rue de Trèves 74 B-1040 Brussels Belgium Your ref Our ref Date 01/2400 SL RHN/rla 18.04.2005 Subject: Reasoned opinion regarding the Norwegian legislation concerning taxation on the import of second-hand vehicles