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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norwegian: Nærings- og handelsdepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry responsible for business, trade and industry. It is led by Trond Giske (Labour). The department must report to the legislature, Storting.
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History
The Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Shipping, Industry, Craft and Fisheries was created on 1 October 1916. After this, the ministry underwent several name changes: to Ministry of Trade, Shipping and Industry on 1 July 1946, to Ministry of Industry, Craft and Shipping on 6 December 1947, to Ministry of Industry and Craft on 1 January 1955, to Ministry of Industry 1 January 1988, to Ministry of Industry and Energy on 1 January 1993 and to Ministry of Trade and Industry on 1 January 1997.[1]
Organisation
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has six departments. The Press and Communications Division is part of the Secretary General’s staff.
The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Trade and Industry. The other political staff consists of three State Secretaries and one Political Advisor.
The ministry is divided into the following sections:[2]
- Political staff
- Information section
- Department of Planning, Administration and Economic affairs
- Department of Ownership
- Department of Trade and Industrial Economics
- Department of Research and Innovation Politics
- Department of Regulations and Shipping
- Department of Entrepreneurship and Internationalization
Political staff
- Minister Trond Giske (Labour)[3]
- State Secretary Rikke Lind (Labour)
- State Secretary Frode Berge (Labour)
- Political Advisor Annelene Svingen (Labour)
Subsidiaries
Subordinate government agencies:[4]
- Brønnøysund Register Centre
- Guarantee Institute for Export Credits
- Norwegian Accreditation
- Norwegian Directorate of Mining with the Commissioner of Mines at Svalbard
- Norwegian Maritime Directorate
- Norwegian Metrology Service
- Norwegian Geological Survey
- Norwegian Patent Office
- Norwegian Ship Registers
- Norwegian Space Centre
Other agencies associated with the department:[5]
- BEDIN
- Euro Info Centre
- Industrial Development Corporation of Norway
- Innovation Norway
- Master Craftsman Committee
- Norwegian Design Council
- Norwegian Export Credit Agency
- The Research Council of Norway
- Standards Norway
Wholly owned limited companies:[6]
- Argentum Fondsinvesteringer
- BaneTele
- Bjørnøen
- Electronic Chart Centre
- Entra Eiendom
- Flytoget
- Innovation Norway
- Kings Bay
- Mesta
- Industrial Development Corporation of Norway
- Statkraft
- Venturefondet
- Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani
Partially owned public limited companies:[6]
- Telenor (54,0%)
- Kongsberg Gruppen (50,0%)
- Nammo (50,0%)
- Norsk Hydro (43,8%)
- Cermaq (43,5%)
- Yara International (36,2%)
- DnB NOR (34,0%)
- Aker Holding (30.0%, and thus indirectly 12% of Aker Kværner)
- Eksportfinans (15,0%)
- SAS Group (14,3%)
Officeholders
Norwegian Ministers of Industry after 1945 Name Party From To Lars Evensen[7] Labour 5 November 1945 19 November 1951 Gustav Adolf Sjaastad Labour 22 January 1955 9 April 1959 Kjell Holler Labour 9 April 1959 4 July 1963 Trygve Lie Labour 4 July 1963 28 August 1963 Kaare Meland Conservative 28 August 1963 25 September 1963 Trygve Lie Labour 25 September 1963 20 January 1964 Karl Trasti Labour 20 January 1964 12 October 1965 Sverre Walter Rostoft Conservative 12 October 1965 17 March 1971 Finn Lied Labour 17 March 1971 18 October 1972 Ola Skjåk Bræk Liberal 18 October 1972 16 October 1973 Ingvald Johan Ulveseth Labour 16 October 1973 15 January 1976 Bjartmar Alv Gjerde Labour 15 January 1976 11 January 1978 Olav Haukvik Labour 11 January 1978 8 October 1979 Olav Haukvik Labour 8 October 1979 4 February 1981 Finn Kristensen Labour 4 February 1981 14 October 1981 Jens-Halvard Bratz Conservative 14 October 1981 16 September 1983 Jan Peder Syse Conservative 16 September 1983 4 October 1985 Petter Thomassen Conservative 4 October 1985 9 May 1986 Finn Kristensen Labour 9 May 1986 31 December 1987 External links
References
- ^ "Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry". Government.no. http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/ministries-and-offices/government-secretariats-and-ministries-s/ministries-since-1814/ministry-of-trade-and-industry.html?id=426252. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
- ^ Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Organisasjon" (in Norwegian). http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/nhd/dep/org.html?id=733. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ^ Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Øvrig politisk ledelse" (in Norwegian). http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/nhd/dep/politisk_ledelse.html?id=731. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ^ Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Underliggende etater" (in Norwegian). http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/nhd/dep/Underliggende-etater.html?id=115215. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ^ Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Tilknyttede virksomheter" (in Norwegian). http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/nhd/dep/Tilknyttede-virksomheter.html?id=115214. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ^ a b Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Statens eierskap" (in Norwegian). http://www.eierberetningen.nhd.no/index.gan?id=166&subid=0. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ^ Arne Drogseth was acting minister for Evensen from 29 June to 11 November 1951; "Einar Gerhardsen's Second Government". Government.no. http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/einar-gerhardsens-second-government-1945.html?id=438717. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
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