The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development ( no, Kommunal- og regionaldepartementet) is a
Norwegian
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
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ministry
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Government
* Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
Religion
* Christian ...
established in 1948. It is responsible for the
housing
Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether it ...
and building, regional and rural policy,
municipal
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
and
county
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administration and finances, and the conduct of
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
s.
It is headed by the
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
The Minister of Local Government and Modernisation ( no, Kommunal- og moderniseringsministeren) is a Council of State (Norway), Councillor of State and Chief of the Norway, Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (Norway), ...
.
Organization
The ministry has 190 employees and is divided into five departments:
* The Department of Local Government
* The Department of Regional Development
* The Housing and Building Department
Political staff
* Minister
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (born 12 November 1948 in Fister, Norway) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Kleppa is educated as a teacher at Kristiansand Teacher Training College in 1970. She worked as a teacher from 1967 to 1992. Sh ...
(
Centre Party)
* State Secretary
Janne Sjelmo Nordås (Centre Party)
* State Secretary
Dag-Henrik Sandbakken (Centre Party)
* Political Adviser
Lars Erik Bartnes (Centre Party)
Subsidiaries
*
Norwegian State Housing Bank
The Norwegian State Housing Bank ( no, Husbanken) is a Norwegian Government agency responsible for the housing politics in Norway. The main tool for the bank is mortgages in newly constructed houses. About half of all houses after World War II in ...
, or ''Husbanken'', issues loans for housing.
*
National Office of Building Technology and Administration
The Norwegian Building Authority ( no, Direktoratet for byggkvalitet) is a Norway, Norwegian etat, government agency responsible for managing laws and rules related to building and construction, authorises rules related to documentation of constr ...
, or ''Statens bygningstekniske etat'', expertise within building technology.
Ministers
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Ulrik Olsen
Johan Ulrik Olsen (2 August 1885 – 4 October 1963) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
He was born in Hitteren as a son of farmer Peder Olsen (1847–1933) og Dorothea Hesnes (1848–1931). He became a journeyman carpenter in 189 ...
, 1948–1958
*
Andreas Zeier Cappelen
Andreas Zeier Cappelen (31 January 1915 – 2 September 2008) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Vang, Hedmark.
He held a variety of positions in different Norwegian cabinets. He was Minister of Local Gov ...
, 1958–1963
*
Oskar Skogly, 1963
*
Bjarne Lyngstad
Bjarne Lyngstad (9 January 1901 – 4 September 1971) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
He was born in Inderøy.
From August to September 1963 he served as the Minister of Local Government and Work Affairs during the short-li ...
, 1963
*
Jens Haugland
Jens Haugland (16 April 1910 – 2 May 1991) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party.
Haugland was born at Bjelland in Vest-Agder, Norway. He studied law at the University of Oslo and graduated as cand.jur. in 1936. He wor ...
, 1963–1965
*
Helge Seip
Helge Lunde Seip (5 March 1919 – 29 January 2004) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.
He was born in Surnadal. At a young age he became involved in the Young Liberals, the youth wing of the L ...
, 1965–1970
*
Helge Rognlien
Helge Rognlien (14 January 1920 – 15 July 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
He was born in Oslo. At the outbreak of World War II, Rognlien was a student at the University of Oslo. After the German occupation of Norway i ...
, 1970-1971
*
Odvar Nordli
Odvar Nordli (3 November 1927 – 9 January 2018) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was the 28th prime minister of Norway from 1976 to 1981 during the Cold War.
Before serving as Prime Minister, Nordli served as the minister ...
, 1971–1972
*
Johan Skipnes
Johan Kristoffer Winther Skipnes (18 December 1909 – 12 March 2005) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
He was born in Aure.
He served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from ...
, 1972–1973
*
Leif Jørgen Aune
Leif Jørgen Aune (7 June 1925 – 20 July 2019) was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.
Biography
From 1971 to 1972, in the first cabinet Bratteli, Aune was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Local Governmen ...
, 1973–1978
*
Arne Nilsen, 1978–1979
*
Inger Louise Valle
Inger Louise Valle (28 November 1921 – 21 May 2006) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, particularly noted for her efforts to reform the Norwegian penal system. She is the mother of professor Jan Grund.
Biography
She represented ...
, 1979–1980
*
Harriet Andreassen
Harriet Andreassen (6 May 1925 – 10 February 1997) was a Norwegian labour activist and politician for the Labour Party. Born in Vikna, she was secretary of the union ''Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbund'' (Union of Norwegian Working Men) from 1967 to 197 ...
, 1980–1981
*
Arne Rettedal
Arne Rettedal (25 July 1926 – 28 December 2001) was Norwegian engineer, businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He is best known as the Minister of Local Government and Labour from 1981 to 1986, mayor of Stavanger from 1965 t ...
, 1981–1986
*
Leif Haraldseth
Leif Haraldseth (30 November 1929 – 8 April 2019) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.
Early life
He was born in Drammen as a son of worker Hans Haraldseth (1905–1977) and housewife Ingrid (1907–1999). He fi ...
, 1986–1987
*
William Engseth
William Engseth (born 1 August 1933 in Målselv) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was appointed Minister of Local Government Affairs in 1987, and in 1988 he became Minister of Transport and Communications 1988–1989. In 198 ...
, 1987–1988
*
Kjell Borgen
Kjell Borgen (21 October 1939 – 22 August 1996) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 1986 to 1988, Minister of Local Government from 1988 to 1989 and again from 1990 to 19 ...
, 1988–1989
*
Johan J. Jakobsen, 1989–1990
* Kjell Borgen, 1990–1992
*
Gunnar Berge
Gunnar Berge (born 29 August 1940) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, born in Etne, Hordaland. Berge represented Rogaland in the Norwegian Parliament from 1969 to 1993. He was Minister of Finance 1986–1989, Minister of Local Govern ...
, 1992–1996
*
Kjell Opseth, 1996–1997
*
Ragnhild Haarstad, 1997–1999
*
Odd Roger Enoksen
Odd Roger Enoksen (born 25 September 1954 in Å, Andøy) is a Norwegian politician representing the Norwegian Centre Party. He served as minister of defence from 2021 to 2022. He was also leader of the Centre Party from 1999 to 2003. Further, he ...
, 1999–2000
*
Sylvia Brustad
Sylvia Brustad (born 19 December 1966, in Elverum) is a former Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Education
Brustad graduated from high school in 1983, and attended the media courses at the folk high school in Ringsaker until 1985. She t ...
, 2000–2001
*
Erna Solberg
Erna Solberg (; born 24 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician and the current Leader of the Opposition. She served as the 35th prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021, and has been Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004.
Solberg w ...
, 2001–2005
*
Åslaug Haga
Åslaug Marie Haga (born 21 October 1959) is Norwegian diplomat, politician and international civil servant. She has been board chair for various organizations, including the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) and the Peace Research ...
, 2005–2007
*
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (born 12 November 1948 in Fister, Norway) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Kleppa is educated as a teacher at Kristiansand Teacher Training College in 1970. She worked as a teacher from 1967 to 1992. Sh ...
, 2007–2009
*
Liv Signe Navarsete
Liv Signe Navarsete (born 23 October 1958 in Sogndal) is a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party. She has served as county governor of Vestland county since 2022. She previously served as Minister of Local Government from 2009 to 2013, Min ...
, 2009–2013
*
Jan Tore Sanner
Jan Tore Sanner (born 6 May 1965) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Finance from 2020 to 2021. He previously served as Minister of Education from 2018 to 2020 and Minister of Local Government from 2013 ...
, 2013-2018
*
Monica Mæland
Monica Mæland (born 6 February 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Justice from 2020 to 2021. Previously she served as Minister Local Government from 2018 to 2020, and Minister of Trade and Indus ...
, 2018-2020
*
Nikolai Astrup
Nikolai Astrup () (30 August 1880 – 21 January 1928) was a Norwegian modernist painter. Astrup was a distinctive, innovative artist noted principally for his intense use of color depicting the lush landscapes of Vestlandet featuring the trad ...
, 2020-2021
*
Bjørn Arild Gram
Bjørn Arild Gram (born 7 May 1972 in Steinkjer) is a Norwegian politician currently serving as minister of defence since 2022. A member of the Centre Party, he previously served as minister of local government from 2021 to 2022.
Gram started ...
, 2021–
References
External links
Official web site
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Local Government and Regional Development
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
1948 establishments in Norway
Norway, Local Government and Regional Development
Local government ministries