The State Administration Database

MA1

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.01.1996* Founding by secession

Name: * 3rd Media Office
Short name: 3. Mktr.
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Office
Located: 301 Oslo

01.01.2000* Change of name

Name: * Section M 3
Short name: Seksjon M 3

01.01.2000* New form of affiliation/administrative level

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

01.01.2007* Change of name

Name: * Third media section (M3)
Short name: Tredje medieseksjon (M3)

01.01.2010* Change of name

Name: * M3 Section
Short name: Seksjon M3

24.08.2012* Maintenance by absorption

Incorporated bodies:

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

01.01.2016* Change of name

Name: ME3
Short name: ME3

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

01.01.2019* Change of name

Name: * The media and money games section
Short name: Medie- og pengespelseksjonen

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

03.05.2019* New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)
Procedure and documents for this change:

03.05.2019* Change of name

Name: MA1
Short name: MK1
Procedure and documents for this change:

The section is responsible for print and digital media, gaming and issues related to the supervision of foundations. It also bears responsibility for oversight of the Norwegian Media Authority and the Norwegian Gaming and Foundation Authority, as well as management of the Norwegian State’s shareholdings in the companies Norsk rikskringkasting AS and Norsk Tipping AS.
Source: regjeringen.no

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.