Ministry of Finance (Norway)

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Finance (Norwegian: Finansdepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1814. The ministry is responsible for state finance, including the state budget, taxation and economic policy in Norway. It is led by Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party).^[1] The department must report to the Parliament of Norway.

Main entrance to the ministry

Organization

The ministry is divided into the following sections:

• Political staff
• Information Unit
• Asset Management Department
• Budget Department
• Financial Markets Department
• Tax Law Department
• Tax Policy Department
• Economic Policy Department
• Department of Administrative Affairs

Subsidiaries

The following government agencies are subordinate to the ministry:^[2]

• Pension Fund Global
• National Insurance Scheme Fund
• Bank of Norway
• Norwegian Customs and Excise Authorities
• Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority
• Norwegian Government Agency for Financial Management
• Norwegian National Collection Agency
• Norwegian Tax Administration
• Statistics Norway

The ministry also owns 19.1% of the Nordic Investment Bank

See also

• List of Norwegian Ministers of Finance