Ministry of Finance (Norway)
Government ministry of Norway
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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.
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