Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
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01.01.2014 Founding by merger
The Ministry of trade, industry and fisheries is responsible for designating industrial and seafood policy with an eye to the future. This includes involvement in any policy area that affects value creation.
The collective value creation nationwide is what determines prosperity and well-being in Norway. The objective of the Government’s industrial and seafood policy, therefore, is to maximise value creation in the Norwegian economy.
The Ministry designates, creates a framework for and administers policy regarding Norwegian business activities – as well as other industrial and seafood policy instruments and policy for the shipping industry. The Ministry promotes trade, research, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.
In addition, the Ministry of trade, industry and fisheries aids in coordinating the efforts of the various ministries in order to ensure a sound, unified, future-oriented industrial and seafood policy.
The Ministry serves as secretariat for the Minister of Trade and Industry and the Minister of Fisheries, a task which involves providing expert advice to the cabinet minister and Government in the sphere of industrial and seafood policy, as well as aiding in the drawing up of documents to the Storting.
03.05.2019 Maintenance by reorganization
- Case number Parliament sakid=(75540)
Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.
01.04.2020* Maintenance by reorganization
Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.
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* = 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.