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Department of Consumer, Religious and Life Stance Affairs

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03.05.2019* Founding by complex reorganization

Name: Department of Consumer, Religious and Life Stance Affairs
Short name: FTL
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Division
Located: 301 Oslo
Procedure and documents for this change:

The Department has the overall responsibility for policy relating to consumer affairs and religious and life stance affairs, and develops and coordinates activities within these areas.
The department’s activities cover a wide array of policy instruments, primarily involving development of legislation and policy, the design of support schemes and the preparation of action plans.

Consumer policy
Consumer rights
Consumer information
Consumer research
Religion and life stance
International activities
Research and analysis

Associated institutions:
Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir)
Consumer Council of Norway
Consumer Ombudsman
Ecolabelling Norway
National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO)
Secretariat for the Market Council and the Consumer Dispute Commission
The Norwegian Church's Endowment

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.