''Oslo Port Authority'' ( no, Oslo Havn KF) is a

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(municipal enterprise), and accountable to the Municipality of

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) 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 ...

. For many years, Oslo Havn KF was known as ''Oslo havnevesen (OHV)'' but was renamed on June 8, 2004, to its current name. As of 2021, the enterprise has around 100 employees and is managed by an elected board
Havnestyret
and a Port Director
havnedirektøren
The organisation as a whole is divided int
five branches
market, communication and environment, administration, finance and IT, real estate and urban development. Oslo Havn KF's principal objectives are to ensure an effective and sustainable enterprise at the Port of Oslo by facilitating green and efficient maritime transport. Apart from the daily management of the port, it is also Oslo Havn KF's task to monitor the traffic in and out of the port and manage the port's estates in a responsible and sustainable manner.

History

Oslo Havn KF was first established by a Royal Charter, on September 16, 1735. The current day enterprise was then created as an executive body, a Port Commission, which makes Oslo Havn KF one of Norway's oldest organisations still in existence. The Port Commission, Havnekommissionen, was responsible for overlooking all the ports within Oslo's jurisdiction. In the first few decades the work primary consisted of controlling the depth of the waters, dredging works and mooring equipment, but as the years passed its responsibilities multiplied.

The Board

The highest authority in Oslo Havn KF i
havnestyret
the executive board. The board consists of representatives from a range of positions; Oslo Municipality, the port's commercial users, employees and other nearby municipalities. On May 8, 2012, a new board was appointed with Bernt Stilluf Karlsen from the Norwegian

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as leader and Terje Kalheim from the Labour Party as deputy. Anne Sigrid Hamran is Oslo Havn KF's Port Director and she has had the position since 2003.

External links

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Oslo kommune about Oslo Havn (in Norwegian only)
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