Norwegian Ministry of the Environment
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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of the Environment (Norwegian: Miljøverndepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1972. The ministry is responsible for environmental issues in Norway. It is led by the Minister of the Environment, currently Erik Solheim (Socialist Left Party). The department must report to the legislature (Stortinget).

Organisation

The ministry is divided into the following section:¹

• Political staff
• Information section
• Department for Cultural Heritage Management
• Department for International Cooperation
• Department for Nature Management
• Department for Organizational and Economic Affairs
• Department for Pollution Control
• Department for Regional Planning

Political staff

• Minister Erik Solheim (Socialist Left Party)²
• State Secretary Henriette Westhrin (Socialist Left Party)
• Political Adviser Morten Wasstøl (Socialist Left Party)³

Subsidiaries

Under the ministry there are six administative agencies⁴

• Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management
• Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage
• Norwegian Polar Institute
• Norwegian Mapping Authority
• Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
• Norwegian Product Register

References

See also

List of Norwegian Ministers of the Environment

External links

• Official web site

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