The State Administration Database

* Section for Nordic and Baltic Affairs

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01.01.2006* Founding by splitting

Name: * Section for regional and financial European affaires
Short name: Seksjon for regionale og økonomiske Europa-spørsmå
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Section
Superior body: * Europe department
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.

01.01.2007* 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: European Department

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

01.01.2015* Change of name

Name: Nordic–Baltic Section
Short name: Nordisk-baltisk seksjon

Tasks:
Nordic cooperation including Nordic foreign policy cooperation and Nordic cooperation on European affairs. Responsibility for the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Minister for Nordic Cooperation. Nordic-Baltic cooperation. Responsibility for the Baltic Sea Cooperation. Responsibility for climate and energy policy in relation to the EU. Country responsibility for Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Source: regjeringen.no (february 2015)

01.01.2022* Change of name

Name: Section for Nordic and Baltic Affairs and the European Green Deal
Short name: EUR NORD/BAL

Tasks: 2022:
Nordic cooperation including Nordic foreign policy cooperation and Nordic cooperation on European affairs. Responsibility for the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Minister for Nordic Cooperation. Nordic-Baltic cooperation. Responsibility for the Baltic Sea Cooperation. Responsibility for climate and energy policy in relation to the EU. Country responsibility for Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Source: regjerigen.no, january 2022

01.01.2023* Maintenance by reorganization

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

01.01.2023* Change of name

Name: * Section for Nordic and Baltic Affairs
Short name: EUR NORD/BAL

Tasks:
Nordic cooperation including Nordic foreign policy cooperation and Nordic cooperation on European affairs. Responsibility for the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Minister for Nordic Cooperation. Nordic-Baltic cooperation. Responsibility for the Baltic Sea Cooperation. Responsibility for climate and energy policy in relation to the EU. Country responsibility for Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Sorce: regjeringen.no, jan 2023

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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