The State Administration Database

Department for Cultural Environment and Polar Affairs

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.01.1983* Regular founding

Name: * Office for Cultural Heritage Management
Short name: Kulturminnektr.
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Office
Superior body: * Plan department
Located: 301 Oslo

01.01.1989* Change of name

Name: * Section for Cultural Heritage Management
Short name: Seksj. for kulturminner.

01.01.1989* New form of affiliation/administrative level

(The unit is reorganized and has changed its form of affiliation/administrative level.)
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Section

01.01.1990* New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)

01.01.1990* Change of name

Name: * Section for Cultural Heritage Management
Short name: Kulturminneseksj.

01.01.1993* Change of name

Name: * Section for Cultural Heritage Management
Short name: Seskj. for kult,minn.

01.01.1998* Change of name

Name: * Section for Cultural Heritage Management
Short name: KULT

01.01.2000 New superior organization and level

(The unit reports to a new superior organization and at the same time changes its form of affiliation/administrative level.)
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Division

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

01.01.2000 Change of name

Name: Department for Cultural Heritage Management
Short name: Avdeling for kulturminner og kulturmiljø

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

01.01.2002* Change of name

Name: Department for Cultural Heritage Management
Short name: Avdeling for kulturminneforvaltning

01.01.2014* Change of name

Name: Department for Cultural Heritage Management
Short name: K

01.01.2021* Change of name

Name: Department for Cultural Environment
Short name: Kulturmiljøavdelingen

Tasks:
The Department for Cultural Environment is responsible for developing strategies and policies within the entire field of cultural heritage. Important topics are archaeology, building protection, cultural heritage as a resource in developing urban areas and villages, vessel protection, cultural environments and cultural landscapes.
Source: regjeringen.no, 2021

01.01.2023* Change of name

Name: Department for Cultural Environment and Polar Affairs
Short name: KP

Tasks, 2023:
The department’s main responsibility is strategy and policy development for protection and sustainable use of cultural monuments, sites and environments, and for the climate and environment in the Polar regions and the High North. Central areas of work are archaeology, built heritage, historic vessels, cultural monuments, sites and environments, cultural landscapes and historic urban environments, cultural environmental preservation, management of the environment on Svalbard and environmental cooperation in the Polar regions and the High North. It is also responsible for international work areas such as World Heritage Sites (UNESCO), the EU/EEA, and the Arctic and Antarctic. The department is assigned management responsibility for the subordinate agencies: the Directorate for Cultural Heritage, the Norwegian Cultural Heritage Fund, the Norwegian Polar Institute and Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund, and attends to the Ministry's contact with the regional cultural environment authorities.
Source: regjeringen.no, january 2023

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.