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This page shows the event history for this unit.
01.01.2007* Founding by complex reorganization
Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.
01.01.2015* Change of name
Tasks:
The department is responsible for safeguarding Norway’s interests in European and global cooperation on trade and economic affairs. It is also responsible for administering and further developing the EEA Agreement, Nordic cooperation, Norway’s agreements with the EU and relations with the EU countries.
Source: regjeringen.no (february 2015)
01.01.2020* Change of name
Tasks:
The Department for European Affairs and International Trade is responsible for Norway’s relations with the European Union, including matters relating to the EEA Agreement, the Schengen cooperation, justice and home affairs, and cooperation with EU institutions. It is also responsible for: matters relating to global migration; coordination of Norway’s approach in relation to the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy; follow-up of the Government’s Strategy for Cooperation with the EU and of Norway’s European policy; analysis of European policy issues; Nordic cooperation; bilateral relations with all European countries, including the Balkan countries and Turkey; coordination of work relating to the EEA and Norway Grants; and leading the work on Brexit within the Foreign Ministry and in the government administration as a whole.
Source: regjeringen.no, 2020
01.01.2023* Change of name
Tasks:
The Department for European Affairs and International Trade is responsible for Norway’s relations with the European Union, including matters relating to the EEA Agreement, the Schengen cooperation, justice and home affairs, and cooperation with EU institutions. It is also responsible for: matters relating to global migration; coordination of Norway’s approach in relation to the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy; follow-up of the Government’s Strategy for Cooperation with the EU and of Norway’s European policy; analysis of European policy issues; Nordic cooperation; bilateral relations with all European countries, including the Balkan countries and Turkey; coordination of work relating to the EEA and Norway Grants; and leading the work on Brexit within the Foreign Ministry and in the government administration as a whole.
Source: regjeringen.no, january 2023
01.07.2024* Change of name
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.