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Norwegian Metrology Service

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01.01.1876* Regular founding

Name: Norwegian Metrology Service
Short name: JV
Affiliations: Other public administration body
Hierarchical level: Highest level
COFOG 04 Economic affairs
Superior body: The State
Main affiliation category: Integrated civil service organization
Located: -1

Background:
By law of 28 July 1824, a separate Norwegian system of measures and weights was adopted. As a result of this law, a separate metrology chamber was established in Christiania in 1832. The metrology service was reorganized into a directorate through the Act on Metric Measures and Weights of 22.05.1875.

Justervesenet (Norwegian Metrology Service)
Justervesenet (JV) is a governmental agency under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. JV is responsible for the Norwegian metrology infrastructure and for ensuring its national and international acceptance.

JVs tasks and responsibilities are based in the “Law on measurement units, measuring and standard time” (in Norwegian, lov om målenheter, måling og normaltid).

01.01.1903* New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)
Superior body: Ministry of Trade, Shipping and Industry
Main affiliation category: Integrated civil service organization

05.12.1947* New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)
Superior body: Ministry of Trade
Main affiliation category: Integrated civil service organization

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

01.01.1988* 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 Industry

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

01.01.1993* 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 Industry and Energy

01.01.1997* 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 Trade and Industry

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

01.09.2011* Maintenance by reorganization

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

01.01.2014 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 Trade, Industry and Fisheries

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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