Finansdepartementet (Norway)
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| State level | State level | ||
| Position of the authority | Ministry | ||
| Consist | since 1814 | ||
| Headquarters | Oslo | ||
| Finance minister | Jan Tore Sanner | ||
| Website | regjeringen.no | ||
The Norwegian Finansdepartementet (FIN), the Ministry of Finance of Norway , which was founded 1814th The Swedish Ministry of Finance also bears this name. Since January 2020, Jan Tore Sanner of Finance Norway .
history
The ministry was established in 1814 and Hermann von Wedel-Jarlsberg became the first finance minister. It was the largest ministry and acted as both finance and economics ministry . In 1816 the central bank, Norges Bank, was established and over time the ministry lost some of its initial responsibilities. In the period between the First and Second World War , a number of new ministries were established which took over the tasks of the finance department. The Ministry of Finance could, however, continue to exert influence over the new ministries, as it assumed a control function.
After the Second World War, Erik Brofoss became the new finance minister. Among other things, he was responsible for developing a new national economy after the war. In 1947 the ministry published its first budget. Then the responsibility was it to the Department of Commerce Handelsdepartementet passed, under Finance Minister Trygve Bratteli she returned in 1951 back to the Treasury. During this time, the dominance of lawyers also declined, instead more economists began to work for the ministry.
In 1999 it was decided that the ministry should be renamed Finansdepartementet on January 1st, 2000. Previously it was called Finans- og Tolldepartementet (German: Ministry of Finance and Customs ). In 2001 the handling rules were introduced under the Jens Stoltenberg I government . It allows the Norwegian state to take up to 3 percent annually from the Oljefondet for the state budget. In October 2019, Siv Jensen became the longest-serving finance minister since the end of World War II. She was appointed on October 16, 2013 and was the head of the finance department until January 2020.
Area of responsibility
The ministry is responsible for Norway’s economic policy. Every year it prepares the two budgets Nasjonalbudsjett and Statsbudsjett . In addition, the financial system , i.e. banking , monetary and coinage , taxation , debt policy, and pension and credit policy are his area of responsibility. In the banking sector, the Finansdepartetmentet is responsible for the Norwegian central bank Norges Bank .
organization
The finance department is divided into nine departments with different responsibilities. It is headed by the Minister of Finance and the highest official in the ministry is Finansråd . Are placed after the Ministry including the Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB), the Direktoratet for økonomistyring , the tax authority Skatteetaten , the customs authority Great deeds , the supervisory authority Finanstilsynet and Folketrygdfondet .
Web links
- Finansdepartementet in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
- Finansdepartementet on the government website (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statsministerens kontor: Finansdepartementet får enklere navn. December 3, 1999, accessed March 27, 2020 (Norwegian).
- ^ "Her om dagen ble Siv Jensen historisk". Retrieved March 27, 2020 (Norwegian).
