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The Norwegian Church Endowment

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15.12.2000 Founding by complex reorganization

Name: The Norwegian Church Endowment
Short name: OVF
Affiliations: Other public administration body
Hierarchical level: Highest level
COFOG 01 General public services
Superior body: Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs
Main affiliation category: National single organization (without subordinated units)
Located: 301 Oslo
Related units:

OVF in short

Opplysningsvesenets fond (Ovf) is an independent legal endowment holding its own real estate and financial capital. The real estate portfolio consists of rectories, clergy houses (vicarages etc.), forestry, watercourses, leased properties and office premises for ecclesiastical operations.

In accordance with paragraph no.106 of Norway's Constitution and with the Ovf Act itself, the Ovf has been set up to benefit the Church.

Ovf is similar to a foundation in that both work to maintain and develop certain values. The profit is for a specified purpose.

In addition to the real estate portfolio, Ovf has a financial assets of NOK 1 520 million (December 2009).

01.01.2002 New form of affiliation/administrative level

(The unit is reorganized and has changed its form of affiliation/administrative level.)
Affiliations: Agency with special extended authority
Hierarchical level: Highest level

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

01.01.2002 No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)
Superior body: Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs

01.01.2009* Maintenance by reorganization

Related units:
  • * Clemens Real Estate KS
  • * Clemens Power KS

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

01.01.2010 New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)
Superior body: Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs

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

01.01.2014 No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)
Superior body: Ministry of Culture

03.05.2019 New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)
Superior body: Ministry of Children and Families
Procedure and documents for this change:

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

14.04.2020* Maintenance by reorganization

Procedure and documents for this change:

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

01.01.2022* Maintenance by reorganization

Procedure and documents for this change:

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.

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