The Norwegian Ministry of Postal Affairs ( no, Postdepartementet) was a

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that existed from 1860 to 1861. It was responsible for

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al affairs. It was established on 18 August 1860 as a successor of the General Post Directorate, which had been separated from the

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as a government agency in 1857. It ceased to exist already on 1 October 1861, when it was merged with the Ministry of the Navy to form the

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. The heads of the Ministry of Postal Affairs were

Ketil Motzfeldt Ketil Melsted Johnsen Motzfeldt (10 August 1814 - 17 November 1889) was Norwegian Naval Officer and Government Official. Background Motzfeldt was born in Bergen, Norway. His parents were government minister Peter Motzfeldt (1777-1854) and Ernest ...

(1860),

Erik Røring Møinichen Erik Røring Møinichen (15 December 1797 – 7 February 1875) was a Norwegian politician. Personal life Møinichen was born in Trondhjem as a son of district stipendiary magistrate Thomas Henrich Møinichen (1758–1845) and Ingeborg Bir ...

(1860-1861), Christian Ludvig Diriks (temporary, 1861) and Erik Røring Møinichen again (1861). A short-lived Ministry of Postal Affairs existed for some months in 1885. It was headed by

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.Ministry of Postal Affairs, Councillor of State
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List of ministers

Key

Ministers

References

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