The State Administration Database

Communication Section

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.01.1975* Entered; new relevant entity

Name: * Press service / information
Short name: Pressetjeneste/informasjon
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Quasi Department
Located: 301 Oslo

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2008* Change of name

Name: Communication Section
Short name: Kommunikasjonsseksjonen

01.01.2009* Change of name

Name: Press and Information Section
Short name: Presse- og informasjonsseksjonen

01.01.2011* Change of name

Name: Communication Section
Short name: Kommunikasjonsseksjonen

Information activities in the Office of the Prime Minister are primarily the responsibility of the State Secretary for Press and Information Affairs.
The State Secretary is the prime minister's press spokesperson, and keeps in close contact with the information service of the governing party or parties.
The Communication Section is managed by the head of Information who is directly responsible to the Secretary General. This section works in close collaboration with the political staff, primarily the State Secretary for Press Affairs.
The Head of Information will normally step in as the press contact in the absence of the State Secretary, or when asked to do so.
Source: Regjeringen.no 2011

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.