Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norway)

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norwegian: Nærings- og handelsdepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry responsible for business, trade and industry. It is led by Trond Giske (Labour). The department must report to the legislature, Storting.

Organisation

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has six departments. The Press and Communications Division is part of the Secretary General’s staff.

The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Trade and Industry. The other political staff consists of three State Secretaries and one Political Advisor.

The ministry is divided into the following sections:

• Political staff
• Information section
• Department of Planning, Administration and Economic affairs
• Department of Ownership
• Department of Trade and Industrial Economics
• Department of Research and Innovation Politics
• Department of Regulations and Shipping
• Department of Entrepreneurship and Internationalization

Political staff

• Minister Trond Giske (Labour)
• State Secretary Rikke Lind (Labour)
• State Secretary Frode Berge (Labour)
• Political Advisor Annelene Svingen (Labour)

Subsidiaries

Subordinate government agencies:

• Brønnøysund Register Centre
• Guarantee Institute for Export Credits
• Norwegian Accreditation
• Norwegian Directorate of Mining with the Commissioner of Mines at Svalbard
• Norwegian Maritime Directorate
• Norwegian Metrology Service
• Norwegian Geological Survey
• Norwegian Patent...... ...
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