The State Administration Database

Norwegian Polar Institute

This page shows the event history for this unit.

07.03.1928* Founding by complex reorganization

Name: Norwegian Polar Institute
Short name: Norges Svalbards- og ishavsundersøkelser
Affiliations: Other public administration body
Hierarchical level: Highest level
COFOG 04 Economic affairs
Main affiliation category: National single organization (without subordinated units)
Located: 301 Oslo
Related units:
  • * State funded Spitsbergen investigations

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

01.03.1948 Change of name

Name: Norwegian Polar Institute
Short name: Norsk Polarinstitutt

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

01.01.1968* Maintenance by reorganization

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

01.01.1979* New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)

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

01.01.1992* Maintenance by reorganization

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

01.01.1994* Change of location

Located: 1902 Tromsø
Procedure and documents for this change:

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

01.01.1995* New form of affiliation/administrative level

(The unit is reorganized and has changed its form of affiliation/administrative level.)
Affiliations: Central agency/directorate
Hierarchical level: Highest level

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.