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Jørn Skille
Jørn Skille (11 December 1942 – 29 June 2008) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was born in Oslo, and took a military education. He was an officer in the Royal Norwegian Air Force from 1962 to 1976 and worked in the Ministry of Defence from 1976. He then moved to the Ministry of Government Administration and Consumer Affairs in 1977, where he was promoted to assistant secretary in 1980. He was a deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Government Administration from 1989 to 1995. From 1986 to 1989 he worked in Televerket, from 1995 to 1998 he was vice president in Arbeidsgiverforeningen NAVO and from 1999 to 2004 he worked in Statskonsult Statskonsult AS is a defunct Norwegian government-owned company that provided management consulting services related to government restructuring and reform. It was created in 1947 as the Rationalisation Office (), later the Directorate of Ration .... He finished his career with four years as the Government Director of Pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age, the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around the year 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Norwegian Air Force
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) () is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian Armed Forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peacetime establishment is approximately 2,430 employees (officers, enlisted staff and civilians). 600 personnel also serve their draft period in the RNoAF. After mobilization, the RNoAF would consist of approximately 5,500 personnel. The infrastructure of the RNoAF includes seven airbases (at Ørland Main Air Station, Ørland, Rygge Air Station, Rygge, Andøya Air Station, Andøya, Evenes Air Station, Evenes, Bardufoss Air Station, Bardufoss, Bodø Main Air Station, Bodø, and Gardermoen Air Station, Gardermoen). It also has one control and reporting centre (in Sørreisa Municipality) and three training centres: Værnes in Stjørdal Municipality (about northeast of Trondheim (city), Trondheim), Kjevik in Kristiansand Municipality, and at KNM Harald Haarfagre/Hafrsfjord, Madlaleiren in Stavanger Municipality. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 agencies. The ministry is located at Glacisgata 1, Oslo, inside Akershus festning. The ministry is headed by the politically appointed Minister of Defence, currently Tore O. Sandvik. The ministry controls a large group of defence-related agencies, not to be related with Ministry of Foreign Affairs that controls all intelligence-related agencies in the country. Core tasks * Strategic analysis, research and development (R&D) * The development of long-term policy including future strategic concepts and doctrines * Perspective and structural planning * Planning, budgeting and implementation in the medium and short term * Overall management of agencies' activities during the budget year * Operational policy, planning and management at a strate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Ministry Of Children And Equality
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Children and FamiliesDokument 8:295 S (2020–2021) (; short name ''Barne- og familiedepartementet''; BFD) is a Norwegian that is responsible for affairs, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Ministry Of Government Administration
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs (, FAD) was a Norwegian ministry. It was established as the Ministry of Modernisation on 1 January 2005, succeeding the portfolio of the Ministry of Labour and Government Administration. The ministry's nomenclature changed into Ministry of Government Administration and Reform in January 2006 by Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet.Heidi Grande Røys was assigned as the minister of this ministry. It took its final nomenclature on 1 January 2010. At the same time, the ministry was given responsibility for church matters that were transferred from the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs, and Sami and minority policy matters that previously fell under the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion. When Solberg's cabinet assumed office in October 2013, Jan Tore Sanner took over the ministry, pending its discontinuation from 2014. On 1 January 2014, it was absorbed into the Ministry of Local Government a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' (, abbreviated ''SNL'') is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. It has several subdivisions, including the Norsk biografisk leksikon. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with up to 3.5 million unique visitors per month. Paper editions (1978–2007) The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1906–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales of paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telenor
Telenor ASA ( or ) is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations worldwide, but focused in Scandinavia and Asia. It has extensive broadband and TV distribution operations in four Nordic countries, and a 10-year-old research and business line for machine-to-machine technology. Telenor owns networks in 8 countries.Global presence - Telenor website. Retrieved October 23, 2017. Telenor is listed on the and had a market capitalization in November 2015 of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter
Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter is an employers' organisation in Norway. It was established in 1993 as the Norwegian Association of Publicly Owned Companies (''Norges arbeidsgiverforening for virksomheter med offentlig tilknytning''). The name was shortened to ''Arbeidsgiverforeningen NAVO'' in 1999, and ''Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter'' in 2007. It organizes about 180 companies that are partially or formerly public-owned. Employees in these companies are generally organized within LO Stat LO Stat (LO State) is one of two bargaining structures within the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). LO Stat is the counterpart in negotiations over state employees' wages and conditions with the government and the employer's organisati .... The CEO is Anne-Kari Bratten. References Employers' organisations in Norway Organizations established in 1993 Organisations based in Oslo {{Norway-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statskonsult
Statskonsult AS is a defunct Norwegian government-owned company that provided management consulting services related to government restructuring and reform. It was created in 1947 as the Rationalisation Office (), later the Directorate of Rationalisation. The name Statskonsult was taken into use in 1987. It was converted to a limited company on January 1, 2004, owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform with the intention of competing with other consulting companies within three years, but the change of government after the 2005 elections changed the plans. It merged with Norge.no and the Norwegian eProcurement Secretariat on July 1, 2007, to form the Agency for Public Management and eGovernment The Agency for Public Management and eGovernment () or Difi was a government agency subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform. The agency was made defunct December 31 2019, and its functions merged into The Norw .... St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Director Of Personnel (Norway)
The Government Director of Personnel () is a Norwegian position in the civil service. The director leads the Department of Employer Policy within the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs. According to the Public Service Disputes Act, the sitting director is also a member of the National Wages Board. The Department of Employer Policy was formerly organized as a directorate, the State Directorate of Personnel (). List of Government Directors of Personnel *As directors of the State Directorate of Personnel: **1945–1948 : Henrik Lundh **1948–1974 : Bjarne Døhlen **1974–1990 : Nils Mugaas *As leaders of the Department of Employer Policy: **1990–1995 : Aud Blankholm **1995–2003 : Per Engebretsen ***2002 : Finn Melbø, while Engebretsen was acting director of Aetat **2003–2004 : Per Kristian Knutsen (''acting'') **2004–2008 : Jørn Skille Jørn Skille (11 December 1942 – 29 June 2008) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Wages Board
The National Wages Board () is a Norwegian body for resolving labour disputes. Its task is to perform a compulsory arbitration () when negotiations of parties in Norwegian working life (employers and employees) stall, and if the conflict (strike or lockout) has "consequences for life or health, or has other seriously damaging effects on society". The Parliament of Norway, or the Government of Norway when the Parliament is not in session, are responsible for convening the National Wages Board. It was established on 19 December 1952 when the National Wages Board Act came into effect. It is based in Oslo, and has seven members. The secretariat is provided by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour. The current members of the National Wages Board are: * Stein Husby * Anne Britt Evensen Norum * Steinar Strøm * Tor-Arne Solbakken, representing the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions * Rolf Negård, representing the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise *Tone Rønholdtangen, representing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian News Agency
The Norwegian News Agency (; abbreviated NTB) is a Norwegian press agency and wire service that serves most of the largest Norwegian media outlets. The agency is located in Oslo and has bureaus in Brussels in Belgium and Tromsø in northern Norway. NTB operates 24 hours a day, with the night service handled from a bureau in Sydney, Australia since 2015. The photo agency Scanpix is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTB. History and profile NTB was established in 1867. In the early years it was privately owned. After World War I, the agency was acquired by AS Norsk Telegrambyrå, a limited company owned by a group of newspapers. Images have been part of their news services since 1932. It is closely held by large media corporations, including Edda Media (26.1%), Schibsted (20.6%), A-Pressen (20.5%), the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (10.5%), Adresseavisen (; commonly known as ''Adressa'') is a regional newspaper published daily, except Sundays, in Trondheim, Norway. The paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
