Reindeer section
1996-03-01 00:00:00.0 Founding by complex reorganization
Name
* Section for reindeer husbandry
Short name
SR
Affiliations
Ministry
Hierarchical level
Section
Superior body
Department of Agricultural Policy
Located
301 Oslo
Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English
2025-06-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name
Name
Reindeer section
Short name
SR
Tasks:
The Reindeer section is responsible for the annual Reindeer Agreement and the annual reindeer negotiations between the government and the Union of Norwegian Sami Reindeer Herders, coordinated with the Directorate of Agriculture's Alta station and the Sami Parliament. The goal of the Ministry's policy in this area is an economically, ecologically and culturally viable utilization of pastoralist resources. The section is responsible for the Reindeer Act, regulations, individual cases and complaints. Responsibility for grant programs under the reindeer herding agreement, and land and resource issues related to reindeer are also handled by this section. It supervises issues related to predators and to fencing. The section handles the Nordic cooperation on reindeer herding, The Norwegian-Swedish reindeer grazing convention, the Norwegian-Finnish reindeer fence commission and economic issues related to Russia. The section is responsible for the Agriculture Directorate's Alta station.
Source: regjeringen.no, june 2025