The Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property ( no, Statsbygg) is a Norwegian

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that manages central parts of the

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portfolio of the

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Operation

The Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property provides construction and property management services on behalf of the Norwegian Government. This includes 2.7 million square meters in 2,350 buildings, of which 115 are located abroad. The portfolio includes

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s, campuses, operational facilities, and other buildings. The directorate also manages the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard. The agency has at any time about 200

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projects under way, completing about 10 to 20 new structures each year. The directorate has 860 employees. The head office is situated on Bishop Gunnerus Street (''Biskop Gunnerus' gate'') in

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. There are regional offices in

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, and

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. Some parts of the public real estate are managed by other agencies, including

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s, the

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, and healthcare facilities. Part of the government portfolio, which is subject to competition, is managed by the limited company Entra Eiendom, which was demerged from the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property in 2000. The directorate is subordinate to the

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(Kommunal- og distriktsdepartementet).

History

The agency dates back to 1816, when

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Charles II appointed

Christian Ancher Collett Christian Ancher Collett (30 April 1771 – 10 January 1833) was a Norwegian engineer, architect, and building inspector. He was born as the oldest child of Peter Collett and Johanne Henriche Ancher. He had two older half-siblings, Peter Collett a ...

as a consultant to manage the royal buildings around Christiania. In 1886 the agency was created by law as Statens bygnignsinspektorat (''The state building inspectorate''), later changing its name to Riksarkitekten. In 1959 the agency was reorganized as Statens bygge- og eiendomsdirektorat and from 1993 as Statsbygg. Since 1991 the directorate has had to compete with private companies to secure rental agreements with public institutions.Statsbygg (''Store norske leksikon'')
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References

External links

Statsbygg official website
{{authority control Government agencies of Norway Real estate companies of Norway Organisations based in Oslo Government agencies established in 1816 1816 establishments in Norway