Ministry Of Transport And Communications (Norway)
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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Transport, also referred as Ministry of Transport and Communications (, SD) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1946, and is responsible for
transport Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land tr ...
ation in Norway. The ministry was responsible for
communication Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...
infrastructure until may 2019, when the responsibility for the
Norwegian Communications Authority The Norwegian Communications Authority (), prior to 2015 the Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority () is a Norwegian government agency responsible for controlling and regulating the telecommunication and postal sector of Norway. The ag ...
was transferred to
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (, KDD) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and county administration and financ ...
. Since October 2021, the ministry has been headed by Jon-Ivar Nygård of the Labour Party. The department must report to the parliament (
Stortinget The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...
).


Organization


Political staff

As of June 2023, the political staff of the ministry is as follows * State Secretary Jon-Ivar Nygård ( Labour Party) * State Secretary Tom Kalsås (Labour Party) * State Secretary Bent-Joacim Bentzen ( Centre Party) * State Secretary Abel Cecilie Knibe Kroglund (Labour Party) * Political Adviser Jakob Vorren (Labour Party)


Department

The ministry has 135 employees and is divided into the following sections: * Political staff * Communication Unit * Department of Management, Administration and Public Safety and Security * Department of Civil Aviation, Postal services and Procurement of Non-Commercial Transport * Department of Planning and Rail transport * Department of Coastal Affairs and Environment * Department of Public Roads, Urban Mobility and Traffic Safety


Subsidiaries

Under the ministry there are seven administrative agencies and four state-owned limited companies: *
Avinor Avinor AS is a state-owned aksjeselskap, limited company that operates most of the civil airports in Norway. The Norwegian state, via the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications, controls 100 percent of the share capital. Avinor wa ...
(Airport operator, company) *
Bane NOR Bane NOR SF is the Norwegian government agency responsible for owning, maintaining, operating and developing the Norwegian railway network, including the track, stations, and the majority of other infrastructure assets. It took over the operati ...
(Railway infrastructure, company) *
Baneservice BaneService is a Norwegian government owned railway construction and maintenance company. It is by far the largest subcontractor for Bane NOR Bane NOR SF is the Norwegian government agency responsible for owning, maintaining, operating and d ...
(Construction, company) * Norwegian Accident Investigation Board * Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority * Norwegian Railway Directorate *
Norwegian Railway Inspectorate The Norwegian Railway Authority () is a Norwegian government agency responsible for practical control and supervision of rail transport in Norway, including railways, tramways, rapid transits, heritage railways and side tracks. The agency was cr ...
* Technical Supervisory Authority for Cableways * Vygruppen AS (Vy) (company) * Entur AS (company) * Posten (Postal service, company) *
Statens Vegvesen The Norwegian Public Roads Administration () is a Norwegian government agency responsible for national and county public roads in Norway. This includes planning, construction and operation of the national and county road networks, driver trainin ...
(Public Roads Administration) The department owned 1/3 of
Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk AS or SL was the public transport administration for bus and ferry transport in Akershus, Norway from 1973 to 2007. SL was organised as a aksjeselskap, limited company owned by the Akershus county municipality, the Oslo, Ci ...
that organised the public transport in
Akershus Akershus () is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre, though Oslo is not located within Akershus. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akers ...
. Note: The railway company
Airport Express Train An airport rail link is a service providing passenger rail transport between an airport and a nearby city. Direct links operate straight from the airport terminal to the city, while other links require an intermediate use of a people mover or ...
, the Norwegian Maritime Directorate and the Norwegian Ship Registers are subsidiaries of the
Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry () was a Norwegian ministry responsible for business, trade and industry. It was first created in 1916, as the Ministry of Trade (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Shipping and Industry). It ...
while Kystverket is a subsidiary of the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs.


See also

* List of Norwegian Ministers of Transport


References


External links


Official web site
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Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...