Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norway)

Royal Ministry of Trade and Industry
Nærings- og handelsdepartementet
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Agency overview
Formed1 October 1916
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Social Affairs
Dissolved31 December 2013[1]
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Norway
HeadquartersKongens gate 8, Oslo, Norway
Employees207 (2011)[2]
Footnotes
List of Norwegian ministries

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norwegian: Nærings- og handelsdepartementet) was a Norwegian ministry responsible for business, trade and industry.

It was first created in 1916, as the Ministry of Trade (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Shipping and Industry). It took its final name in 1997. The department must report to the legislature, Storting.

On 1 January 2014, the ministry was dissolved and the minister portfolio was incorporated into the new Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Endringer i departementsstrukturen" [Changes in the ministry structure] (in Norwegian). Office of the Prime Minister. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ^ Forvaltningsdatabasen
  3. ^ Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
  4. ^ "Slutt på Fiskeridepartementet". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). 3 January 2014. p. 9.