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Section for Polar Affairs and the High North

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01.01.1990* Regular founding

Name: * Polar section

Short name: Polarseksj.

Affiliations: Ministry

Hierarchical level: Section

Superior body: Department for International Cooperation

Located: 301 Oslo

01.01.1993* Change of name

Name: * Section for polar issues and cooperation with Russia

Short name: Seksj. for polarsaker/samarb m/Russl.

01.01.2014* Change of name

Name: Section for Polar Affairs and the High North

Short name: POLAR

Tasks (source: www.regjeringen.no):
International cooperation on environmental protection under the Arctic Council, Antarctic Treaty and the Barents Council. Bilateral environmental cooperation with Russia. Coordination of the Ministry’s work with the High North policy. Environmental protection and management of the natural environment at Svalbard. Polar research. Management of the Norwegian Polar Institute and the environmental protection work of the Governor of Svalbard. Matters concerning the Fram Centre (High North Research Centre fir Climate and Environment. Cooperation under the Committee on Environmental Policy in UN ECE and its Environment for Europe process.

01.01.2023* New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)

Superior body: Department for Cultural Environment and Polar Affairs

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

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.