The State Administration Database

Department for Protocol, Cultural Relations and Consular Affairs

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01.01.2007* Founding by merger

Name: Protocol Department
Short name: Avdeling for kultur, norgesfremme og protokoll
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Division
Located: 301 Oslo

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

01.01.2016* Change of name

Name: Department for Culture and Protocol
Short name: Avdeling for kultur og protokoll

Tasks:
he Department for Culture and Protocol is responsible for promoting Norwegian arts and culture abroad and for development cooperation projects in this field. The Department also provides guidance on matters of protocol for the whole government, and is responsible for state and official visits, and for relations with the diplomatic and consular missions of other countries in Norway.
Source: www.regjeringen.no

01.01.2020* Change of name

Name: Department for Culture, Business Relations and Protocol
Short name: KP

Tasks:
The Department for Culture and Protocol is responsible for promoting Norwegian arts and culture abroad and for development cooperation projects in this field. The Department also provides guidance on matters of protocol for the whole government, and is responsible for state and official visits, and for relations with the diplomatic and consular missions of other countries in Norway.
Source: regjeringen.no, 2020

01.01.2023* Change of name

Name: Department for Cultural Relations and Protocol
Short name: KNP

Tasks:
The Department for Cultural relations and Protocol is responsible for promoting Norwegian arts and culture abroad and for the development of cooperation projects in this field. The Department also provides guidance on matters of protocol for the whole government, and is responsible for state and official visits, as well as relations with foreign diplomatic and consular missions in Norway.
Source: regjeringen.no, january 2023

01.06.2023* Change of name

Name: Department for Protocol, Cultural Relations and Consular Affairs
Short name: PKP

Tasks:
Department for Protocol, Cultural Relations and Consular Affairs is responsible for promoting Norwegian arts and culture abroad and for the development of cooperation projects in this field. The Department also provides guidance on matters of protocol for the whole government, and is responsible for state and official visits, as well as relations with foreign diplomatic and consular missions in Norway.
Source: regjeringen.no, juni 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.