The State Administration Database

The Communication Unit

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.01.2002 Regular founding

Name: Information Unit
Short name: Informasjonsenheten
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Quasi Department
Located: 301 Oslo

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

01.01.2014* Change of name

Name: The Communication Unit
Short name: Kommunikasjonsenheten

Tasks (source: www.regjeringen.no):
The Communication Unit is responsible for information regarding the ministry’s political affairs and key decisions. The unit handles the day to day contact with the press and the public, and assists the Minister and political leadership in media matters. This includes press releases, press conferences, speeches, and editing the Ministry’s website

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.