The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway . It was created on June 7, 1905, on the same day the Norwegian parliament (the Storting ) decided to dissolve a personal union with Sweden.
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| Number of employees | 2400 |
| Site | mfa.no |
The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, now Børge Brende, and the Minister for International Development, now Vidar Helgesen.
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Organizational Structure
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs manages 110 foreign missions and three subordinate organizations: the Norwegian Development Cooperation Agency, FK Norway (Norwegian Peace Corps), and the Norfund Development Investment Fund of the country.
Unlike most Norwegian ministries, the Foreign Ministry two ministers act as head of the organization. The Foreign Minister heads most of the political areas and administrative districts, and the Minister for International Development heads the policy area related to international development. Some departments in the ministry report to both ministers.
Foreign Minister (Jonas Gahr Store)
- Two state secretaries (Raymond Johansen and Liv Monica)
- Political Adviser (Gry Larsen)
- Secretariat of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Head of Information Department
- Legal Advisor
Minister of International Development (Nikolai Astrup) [1]
- Secretary of State (Ann Margaret)
- Political Advisor (Thorbjørn Urfjell)
- Secretariat of the Minister for International Development
- Head of Information Department
- Analytic group
Departments
- Department of European Affairs and Trade Policy
- Department of Security Policy of the Far North
- Department of Regional Affairs and Development
- Department of UN, Peace and Humanitarian Affairs
- Department of Legal Affairs
- Protocol Department
- Department of Human and Financial Resources
- Department of internal and external services
Notes
- ↑ Ministries (English) . Government.no (November 17, 2006). The appeal date is August 30, 2018.