Ministry of Culture (Norway)

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Culture (Norwegian: Kulturdepartementet) is responsible for cultural policy, regulations and other matters related to the media and sports. The ministry was established in 1982, at which time it was called the Ministry of Cultural and Scientific Affairs. Until then, the Ministry of Church and Education had had the overriding responsibility for cultural affairs in Norway. It is led by Anniken Huitfeldt (Labour). The ministry must report to the Storting.

1 Organisation
- 1.1 Political staff
- 1.2 Departments
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Organisation

Political staff

Minister Anniken Huitfeldt (Labour) ^[1]
State Secretary Lotte Grepp Knutsen (Labour)
State Secretary Lubna Jaffery Fjell (Labour)
Political Advisor Roger Remme Solheim (Labour)

Departments

Department of Culture ^[2]
Department of Media Policy and Copyright
Department of Sport Policy
Department of Administrative Affairs
The Communication Unit

References

^ Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs. "Politisk ledelse" (in Norwegian). http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/kkd/dep/politisk_ledelse.html?id=567. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
^ Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs. "Press centre". http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/kkd/Press-Centre.html?id=548. Retrieved 2007-07-28.

External links

Official web site

Ministries of Norway

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