The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry ( Norwegian: Nærings- og handelsdepartementet) was a Norwegian

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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

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(

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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

( Conservative) * State Secretary

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( Conservative) * State Secretary Dilek Ayhan ( Conservative)

Subsidiaries

Subordinate government agencies: *

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* Norwegian Maritime Directorate *

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* Norwegian Geological Survey *

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Other agencies associated with the department: * BEDIN * Euro Info Centre * Industrial Development Corporation of Norway *

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* Master Craftsman Committee *

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* Norwegian Export Credit Agency * The Research Council of Norway * Standards Norway Wholly owned

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: * Argentum Fondsinvesteringer *

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* Bjørnøen *

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* Flytoget *

* Kings Bay *

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* Industrial Development Corporation of Norway *

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* Venturefondet *

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Partially owned

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(54,0%) * Kongsberg Gruppen (50,0%) * Nammo (50,0%) * Norsk Hydro (43,8%) * Cermaq (43,5%) * Yara International (36,2%) *

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(34,0%) *

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(30.0%, and thus indirectly 12% of

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) * Eksportfinans (15,0%) *

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(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

* {{authority control Trade and Industry

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