The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry (
Norwegian: Nærings- og handelsdepartementet) was a
Norwegian ministry responsible for business, trade and industry. On 1 January 2014 it was merged into
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. From 2013 it was led by
Monica Mæland (
Conservative Party
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), who continued as minister of trade, industry and fisheries from 2014 to 2018.
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.
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:
* 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
Monica Mæland (
Conservative)
* State Secretary
Eirik Lae Solberg
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Education
Solberg holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and ...
(
Conservative)
* State Secretary
Dilek Ayhan (
Conservative)
Subsidiaries
Subordinate government agencies:
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Brønnøysund Register Centre
*
Guarantee Institute for Export Credits
*
Norwegian Accreditation
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
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*
Norwegian Directorate of Mining with the Commissioner of Mines at Svalbard
*
Norwegian Maritime Directorate
*
Norwegian Metrology Service
*
Norwegian Geological Survey
*
Norwegian Patent Office
The Norwegian Industrial Property Office ( no, PatentstyretNorwegian Ship Registers
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*
Norwegian Space Centre
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Other agencies associated with the department:
*
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
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:
*
Argentum Fondsinvesteringer
*
BaneTele
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Bjørnøen
*
Electronic Chart Centre
*
Entra Eiendom
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Operations
The company was founded in 2000 when all commercial real estate owned by the state through Statsbygg was transfer ...
*
Flytoget
*
Innovation Norway
*
Kings Bay
*
Mesta
*
Industrial Development Corporation of Norway
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Statkraft
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Venturefondet
*
Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani
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The company ...
Partially owned
public limited companies
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:
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Telenor (54,0%)
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Kongsberg Gruppen (50,0%)
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Nammo (50,0%)
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Norsk Hydro (43,8%)
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Cermaq (43,5%)
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Yara International (36,2%)
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DnB NOR (34,0%)
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Aker Holding
Aker Holding is a holding company that owns 40.27% of Aker Solutions. It manages the ownership of four major owners in the company, through a common agreement to insure negative control over the company.
Ownership:
*Aker ASA (60.0%)
*Norwegian M ...
(30.0%, and thus indirectly 12% of
Aker Kværner
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Places
* Aker, Norway, a geographic area in Oslo and a former municipality in Norway
* Vestre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality
* Nordre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality
* Aker Br ...
)
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Eksportfinans (15,0%)
*
SAS Group (14,3%)
List of ministers
Key
Ministers of Trade (1903–1945)
Ministers of Industry (1945–1987)
Ministers of Industry (1988–1993)
Ministers of Industry and Energy (1993–1996)
Ministers of Trade and Industry (1997–present)
References
Notes
External links
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Norway
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