Ministry of Transport (Norway)


The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Transportation is a Norwegian ministry established in 1946, and is responsible for transportation in Norway. The ministry was responsible for communication infrastructure until may 2019, when the responsibility for the Norwegian Communications Authority was transferred to Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Since January 2020, the ministry is led by Knut Arild Hareide. The department must report to the parliament.

Organisation

The ministry has 135 employees and is divided into the following sections:
Under the ministry there are seven administrative agencies and four state-owned limited companies:
The department owned 1/3 of Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk that organised the public transport in Akershus.
Note: The railway company Airport Express Train, 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.