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The Communication Unit

The Communication Unit manages all Ministry information and communication tasks. The main responsibilities of the unit include research and analysis, strategy planning and counsel to the ministry's political and administrative management.

Subject director Marthe Bay Haugen

Thorbjørn Jagland's Government

Labour Party (A)

Løvenskiold/Vogt Government

The change between the Second Wedel Government and the Løvenskiold/Vogt Government took place at the accession to the throne of King Oscar I on 8 March 1844, following the death of King Carl XIV Johan.

Johan Mowinckel's First Government

Liberal Party (V)

Christopher Hornsrud's Government

Labour Party (A)

Secretaries General in Oslo 1945

At the German capitulation in Norway on 8 May 1945, Vidkun Quisling's illegal government was dissolved. In agreement with the resistance movement Home Front, Johan Nygaardsvold's Government in London had appointed eight chief officers to lead the

Einar Gerhardsen's Third Government

Labour Party (A)

Einar Gerhardsen's Fourth Government

Labour Party (A)

Jan P. Syse's Government

Conservative Party (H), Christian Democratic Party (KrF) and Centre Party (Sp)

Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government

Arbeiderpartiet (A), Senterpartiet (Sp) og Sosialistisk Venstreparti (SV)

Johannes Steen's First Government

Liberal Party (V)

Illegal Vidkun Quisling government in Oslo 1942-1945

After it was agreed between Nazi-German occupation authorities and the Norwegian Nazi party Nasjonal Samling (NS) that parts of the responsibility for the civil administration of Norway should be transferred to a government headed by NS leader

Government Council/Council of State 1814

When the Danish-Norwegian realm was dissolved in the Treaty of Kiel on 14 January 1814, where Norway was transferred from Danish to Swedish rule, separate Norwegian governing bodies again became necessary.

Johan Nygaardsvold's Government

Labour Party (A), from 1940 also Farmers’ Party (B), Conservative Party (H) and Liberal Party (V), from 1941 also Home Front (Hf)

Vogt Government

The change between the Løvenskiold/Vogt Government and the Vogt Government took place at Severin Løvenskiold’s resignation as Governor-General on 17 June 1856. The Vogt Government was named after First Minister Jørgen Herman Vogt. The change between

Interim Government in Stockholm May-June 1875

Between 1852 and 1881, a Swedish-Norwegian interim government seven times held the executive power while the King was ill or travelling abroad. The interim government normally consisted of ten members from each country, that is of the entire Swedish

Welfare schemes to prevent poverty in Norway

The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion has the overall responsibility for coordinating the government’s efforts against poverty and for improving the living conditions of those who are struggling financially or with other social conditions.

Direct and indirect taxes

Direct and indirect taxes are the main sources of revenue for central, local and regional government.

Budget Department

The Budget Department is responsible for coordinating the work on the budget. The Government's role in preparing the budget is based on the principle of lump-sum allocations and the individual ministers have considerable autonomy in how they spend

Director General Silje Gamstøbakk

France and Norway step up defence cooperation

French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu visited Norway on 16 January. During the visit, Norway and France signed a letter of intent on closer defence cooperation. ‘France is an important ally. We want to expand and strengthen the defence and