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Jørn Skille
Jørn Skille (11 December 1942 – 29 June 2008) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was born in Oslo, and took a military education. He was an officer in the Royal Norwegian Air Force from 1962 to 1976 and worked in the Ministry of Defence from 1976. He then moved to the Ministry of Government Administration and Consumer Affairs in 1977, where he was promoted to assistant secretary in 1980. He was a deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Government Administration from 1989 to 1995. From 1986 to 1989 he worked in Televerket, from 1995 to 1998 he was vice president in Arbeidsgiverforeningen NAVO and from 1999 to 2004 he worked in Statskonsult. He finished his career with four years as the Government Director of Personnel, leading an office in the Ministry of Government Administration. As such he was also a member of the National Wages Board. He was succeeded by Siri Røine in early 2008. Skille was married and had children. He died in late June 2008 due to complic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality (''formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Norwegian Air Force
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) ( no, Luftforsvaret, , The Air Defence) is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian Armed Forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peacetime establishment is approximately 2,430 employees (officers, enlisted staff and civilians). 600 personnel also serve their draft period in the RNoAF. After mobilization, the RNoAF would consist of approximately 5,500 personnel. The infrastructure of the RNoAF includes seven airbases (at Ørland, Rygge, Andøya, Evenes, Bardufoss, Bodø and Gardermoen), one control and reporting centre (at Sørreisa) and three training centres at Værnes in Stjørdal, 32.7 km north of Trondheim, where Trondheim airport now lies, Kjevik in Kristiansand and at KNM Harald Haarfagre/ Madlaleiren in Stavanger. History Conception Military flights started on 1 June 1912. The first plane, , was bought with money donated by the public and piloted by Hans Dons, second in command of Norway's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Ministry Of Defence
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence ( no, Det kgl. Forsvarsdepartement) is a Norway, Norwegian government ministry in charge of the formation and implementation of national security and defence policy, and for the overall management and control of the activities of subordinate agencies. The ministry is located at Glacisgata 1, Oslo, inside Akershus festning. The ministry is headed by the politically appointed Minister of Defence (Norway), Minister of Defence, currently Bjørn Arild Gram. The ministry controls a large group of defence-related agencies, not to be related with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway), Ministry of Foreign Affairs that controls all intelligence-related agencies in the country. Core tasks * Strategic analysis, research and development (R&D) * The development of long-term policy including future strategic concepts and doctrines * Perspective and structural planning * Planning, budgeting and implementation in the medium and short term * Overall manageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Ministry Of Children And Equality
The Royal Ministry of Children and FamiliesDokument 8:295 S (2020–2021) Stortinget ( no, Det kongelige barne- og familiedepartement; short name ''Barne- og familiedepartementet''; BFD) is a Norway, Norwegian Ministry (government department), government ministry that is responsible for family affairs, Child protection, children welfare services, Church of Norway and other religious affairs, and consumer affairs. The ministry is led by the Minister of Children and Families Kjersti Toppe. History The ministry was established in 1956 as the Ministry of Family and Consumer Affairs. It is formally named ''Det kongelige barne- og familiedepartement'' (The Royal Ministry of Children and Families), although its short name ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Ministry Of Government Administration
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs (FAD) ( no, Fornyings-, administrasjons- og kirkedepartementet) was a Norway, Norwegian Ministry (government department), ministry. It was established as the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform in 2006 by Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet. Its last leader was Rigmor Aasrud (Norwegian Labour Party, Labour). When Solberg's Cabinet assumed office in October 2013, Jan Tore Sanner took over the ministry, pending its discontinuation from 2014. On 1 January 2014 it was absorbed by Sanner's Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation. The ministry was responsible for reform work, information technology, competition policy in addition to having the main responsibility for government employees and government organisation. The department must report to the legislature, the Parliament of Norway. Organization The ministry was divided into the following sections: * Political staff * Information Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telenor
Telenor ASA ( or ) is a Norway, Norwegian majority State-owned enterprise, state-owned multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the List of mobile network operators, world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations worldwide, but focused in Scandinavia and Asia. It has extensive broadband and TV distribution operations in four Nordic countries, and a 10-year-old research and business line for Machine to machine, machine-to-machine technology. Telenor owns networks in 8 countries.Global presence - Telenor website. Retrieved October 23, 2017. Telenor is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and had a market capitalization in November 2015 of Norwegian krone, kr 225 billion, making it the third largest company listed o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter
Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter is an employers' organisation in Norway. It was established in 1993 as the Norwegian Association of Publicly Owned Companies (''Norges arbeidsgiverforening for virksomheter med offentlig tilknytning''). The name was shortened to ''Arbeidsgiverforeningen NAVO'' in 1999, and ''Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter'' in 2007. It organizes about 180 companies that are partially or formerly public-owned. Employees in these companies are generally organized within LO Stat LO Stat (LO State) is one of two bargaining structures within the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). LO Stat is the counterpart in negotiations over state employees' wages and conditions with the government and the employer's organisati .... The CEO is Anne-Kari Bratten. References Employers' organisations in Norway Organizations established in 1993 Organisations based in Oslo {{Norway-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statskonsult
Statskonsult AS is a defunct Norwegian government-owned company that provided management consulting services related to government restructuring and reform. It was created in 1947 as the Rationalisation Office ( no, Rasjonaliseringskontoret), later the Directorate of Rationalisation. The name Statskonsult was taken into use in 1987. It was converted to a limited company on January 1, 2004, owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs (FAD) ( no, Fornyings-, administrasjons- og kirkedepartementet) was a Norwegian ministry. It was established as the Ministry of Government Administration and Re ... with the intention of competing with other consulting companies within three years, but the change of government after the 2005 elections changed the plans. It merged with Norge.no and the Norwegian eProcurement Secretariat on July 1, 2007, to form the Agency for Public M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Director Of Personnel (Norway)
The Government Director of Personnel ( no, Statens personaldirektør) is a Norwegian position in the civil service. The director leads the Department of Employer Policy within the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs. According to the Public Service Disputes Act, the sitting director is also a member of the National Wages Board. The Department of Employer Policy was formerly organized as a directorate, the State Directorate of Personnel ( no, Statens personaldirektorat). List of Government Directors of Personnel *As directors of the State Directorate of Personnel: **1945–1948 : Henrik Lundh **1948–1974 : Bjarne Døhlen **1974–1990 : Nils Mugaas *As leaders of the Department of Employer Policy: **1990–1995 : Aud Blankholm **1995–2003 : Per Engebretsen ***2002 : Finn Melbø, while Engebretsen was acting director of Aetat Aetat (short for no, Arbeidsmarkedsetaten) was a Norwegian government agency responsible for battling unemploymen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Wages Board
The National Wages Board ( no, Rikslønnsnemnda) is a Norwegian body for resolving labour disputes. Its task is to perform a compulsory arbitration ( no, tvungen lønnsnemnd) when negotiations of parties in Norwegian working life (employers and employees) stall, and if the conflict ( strike or lockout) has "consequences for life or health, or has other seriously damaging effects on society". The Parliament of Norway, or the Government of Norway when the Parliament is not in session, are responsible for convening the National Wages Board. It was established on 19 December 1952 when the National Wages Board Act came into effect. It is based in Oslo, and has seven members. The secretariat is provided by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour. The current members of the National Wages Board are: * Stein Husby * Anne Britt Evensen Norum * Steinar Strøm * Tor-Arne Solbakken, representing the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions * Rolf Negård, representing the Confederation of Norwegian E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian News Agency
The Norwegian News Agency ( no, Norsk Telegrambyrå; abbreviated NTB) is a Norwegian press agency and wire service that serves most of the largest Norwegian media outlets. The agency is located in Oslo and has bureaus in Brussels in Belgium and Tromsø in northern Norway. NTB operates 24 hours a day, with the night service handled from a bureau in Sydney, Australia since 2015. The photo agency Scanpix is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTB. History and profile NTB was founded in 1867. It is closely held by large media corporations, including Edda Media (26.1%), Schibsted (20.6%), A-Pressen (20.5%), the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the larges ... (10.5%), Adresseavisen (7.8%), a few smaller newspapers, TV 2 and P4. 0.5% is owned by the ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
