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
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)
- Baneservice (Construction, company)
- Jernbaneverket (National Rail Administration)
- Norwegian Accident Investigation Board
- Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority
- Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority
- Norwegian Railway Inspectorate
- Technical Supervisory Authority for Cableways
- Norwegian State Railways (company)
- Posten (Postal service, company)
- Statens Vegvesen (Public Roads Administration)
The department also owns 1/3 of Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk that organises 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.
