The Norwegian Defence Estates Agency () is a
Norwegian government agency
A government agency or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government (bureaucracy) that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, s ...
responsible for the
real estate belonging to the
Military of Norway. It is not part of the military operations, but is instead directly subordinate to the
Norwegian Ministry of Defence
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence () is a 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 age ...
, and established on 1 January 2002. The agency has
Havnelageret in
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) 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 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
as its headquarters.
The agency both builds, operates and sells military real estate. In total it had six million square meters of real estate, fifteen million square meters of roads and open areas, in addition to 1,250 square kilometers of land. It employed 1,300 people in 2006. The division Skifte Eiendom is responsible to sell former military estates to prive, while
National Fortifications Heritage owns and manages former military installations that are part of the
cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the heritage of tangible and intangible heritage assets of a group or society that is inherited from past generations. Not all heritages of past generations are "heritage"; rather, heritage is a product of selection by socie ...
.
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Real estate companies of Norway
Defence agencies of Norway
Government agencies established in 2002
Organisations based in Oslo
2002 establishments in Norway
Defence estate management agencies