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  • New action plan against antisemitism

    11/11/2024 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

    Today, the Norwegian Government presented a new action plan to combat antisemitism. ‘Norway is to be a safe place for Jews. We stand united with our Jewish community,’ said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

  • The General Purpose Grant Scheme

    List page Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

    The General Purpose Grant Scheme disburses funds to local governments, who are then free to allocate these funds as they see fit, without any additional constraints from the state government, aside from existing laws and regulations.

  • Expert group – AI and elections

    Councils and committees Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

    The Government has appointed a fast-working expert group tasked with gathering experience of the 2024 elections and making recommendations on how Norway can prepare for the general election in 2025.

  • Expert group tasked with looking at how artificial intelligence can influence democratic elections

    10/06/2024 Press release Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

    2024 is a historic election year. Never before have so many voters gone to the polls all over the world. At the same time, artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly, which may increase the spread of disinformation and have an undesirable

  • On Nordic Sami cooperation

    06/06/2024 Article Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

    The authorities in Sweden, Finland and Norway have cooperated on Sami issues since the Nordic cooperative body for Sámi and reindeer husbandry matters was established by Royal Decree in 1964.

  • Election Manual

    16/04/2024 Article Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

    This manual provides an overview of the regulations that apply for conducting elections. The account of the provisions of the Act and Regulations has been based on the preparatory works for the Election Act and on interpretations the Ministry has

  • Communications Adviser Magnus Skaara Drabløs

    Administrative staff Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
    Magnus Skaara Drabløs

    E-mail Magnus-Skaara.Drablos@kdd.dep.no

    Phone 22 24 72 79

    Mobile phone: 920 1 1 424

  • Senior Communications Adviser Hilde Greve Mo

    Administrative staff Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
    Hilde Greve Moe

    E-mail Hilde-Greve.Mo@kdd.dep.no

    Mobile phone: 91 33 87 78

  • Director General Beate Erikstad

    Administrative staff Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
    Portrett Beate Erikstad

    Department of Adminstrative Affairs

    E-mail beate.erikstad@kdd.dep.no

    Phone 22 24 72 16

    Mobile phone: 930 24 965

  • New white paper highlights Sámi perspectives in public health work

    19/03/2024 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services, Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

    The Government believes that public health policy has paid too little attention to factors that affect public health and living conditions in the Sámi population. This will change with the white paper that was passed in the Council of State on

  • Register for Governmental Approval of Financial Obligations (ROBEK)

    16/02/2024 Article Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

    The Local Government Act, Article 28, gives rules about government control of municipalities and county authorities with financial imbalance. According to Article 28-1, the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is required to