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The Press and Communications Division

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01.01.2002 Founding by splitting

Name: * Press and information unit
Short name: Presse- og informasjonsenheten
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Quasi Department
Superior body: Ministry of Social Affairs
Located: 301 Oslo
Ended body as a consequence of dividing:

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

01.10.2004 New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)
Superior body: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

01.01.2006* Change of name

Name: * Press and communication section
Short name: Presse- og kommunikasjonsseksjonen

01.01.2010 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 Labour

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

01.01.2018* Maintenance by reorganization

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

01.01.2024* Change of name

Name: The Press and Communications Division
Short name: Kommunikasjonsenheten

Tasks:
The Press and Communications Division deals with press enquiries to the Ministry’s political leadership and the Ministry. The Division also helps to locate the correct department or case officer for background material and information. The Press and Communications Division is part of the Secretary General’s staff.
Source: regjeringen.no, january 2024

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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