Ministry of Transport and Communications (Norway)
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Norwegian (Bokmål): Samferdselsdepartementet; New Norwegian: Samferdsledepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1946, and is responsible for transportation and communication infrastructure in Norway. It is since October 2013 led by Ketil Solvik-Olsen (Progress Party).[1] The department must report to the parliament (Stortinget).
Contents
1 Organisation
1.1 Political staff
1.2 Subsidiaries
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Organisation
The ministry has 135 employees and is divided into the following sections:
- Political staff
- Information section
- Department of Planning, Administration and Economic affairs
- Department of Civil Aviation, Postal services and Telecommunications
- Department of Public roads and Rail transport
- Department of Transport
Political staff
- Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen (Progress Party)
- State Secretary Bård Hoksrud (Progress Party)
- State Secretary Jon Georg Dale (Progress Party)
- State Secretary John-Ragnar Aarset (Conservative Party)
Subsidiaries
Under the ministry there are seven administrative agencies and four state-owned limited companies:
Avinor (Airport operator, company)
Bane NOR (Railway infrastructure, company)
Baneservice (Construction, company)- Norwegian Accident Investigation Board
- Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority
- Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority
- Norwegian Railway Directorate
- Norwegian Railway Inspectorate
- Technical Supervisory Authority for Cableways
Norwegian State Railways (company)
Entur AS (company)
Posten (Postal service, company)
Statens Vegvesen (Public Roads Administration)
The department owned 1/3 of Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk that organised the public transport in Akershus.
Note: The railway company Airport Express Train,[2] the Norwegian Maritime Directorate and the Norwegian Ship Registers are subsidiaries of the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry while Kystverket is a subsidiary of the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs.
See also
- List of Norwegian Ministers of Transport and Communications
References
^ Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. "Minister of Transport and Communications". Retrieved 2010-03-06..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Flytoget. "Om Flytoget" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
External links
- Official web site
