Ministry of Transport and Communications (Norway)

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Norwegian (Bokmål): Samferdselsdepartementet; New Norwegian: Samferdsledepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1946, and is responsible for transportation and communication infrastructure in Norway. It is led by Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (Centre Party).^[1] The department must report to the parliament (Stortinget).

Organisation

The ministry has 135 employees and is divided into the following sections:

• Political staff
• Information section
• Department of Planning, Administration and Economic affairs
• Department of Civil Aviation, Postal services and Telecommunications
• Department of Public roads and Rail transport
• Department of Transport

Political staff

• Minister Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (Centre Party)
• State Secretary Erik Lahnstein (Centre Party)
• State Secretary Lars Erik Bartnes (Centre Party)

Subsidiaries

Under the ministry there are seven administrative agencies and four state-owned limited companies:

• Avinor (Airport operator, company)
• Baneservice (Construction, company)
• Jernbaneverket (National Rail Administration)
• Norwegian Accident Investigation Board
• Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority
• Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority
• Norwegian Railway Inspectorate
• Technical Supervisory Authority for Cableways
• Norwegian State Railways (company)
• Posten (Postal service, company)
• Statens Vegvesen (Public Roads Administration)

The department also owns 1/3 of Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk that organises the public transport in Akershus.

Note: The railway company Airport Express Train,^[2] the Norwegian Maritime Directorate and the Norwegian Ship Registers are subsidiaries of the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry while Kystverket is a subsidiary of the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs.

See also

	Norway portal
	Transport portal

• List of Norwegian Ministers of Transport and Communications

References

1. ^ Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. "Minister of Transport and Communications". http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/sd.html?id=791. Retrieved 2010-03-06. 
2. ^ Flytoget. "Om Flytoget" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2006-10-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20061018071858/http://flytoget.no/Templates/Informasjon.aspx?id=116. Retrieved 2006-12-07. 

External links

• Official web site