Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food

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Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Landbruks- og matdepartementet
Agency overview
Formed	February 17, 1900
Jurisdiction	Government of Norway
Headquarters	Oslo
Employees	190
Minister Responsible	Terje Riis-Johansen (Centre Party)
Website
www.government.no

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Foods (Norwegian: Landbruks- og matdepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established on February 17, 1900, and is responsible for agriculture, forestry and food in Norway. It is lead by Minister of Agriculture and Food Terje Riis-Johansen (Centre Party). The department must report to the parliament (Stortinget).

Contents 1 Organisation 1.1 Political staff 1.2 Subsidiaries 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Organisation

The ministry is divided into the following sections:^[1]

• Political staff
• Communication unit
• Department of Administrative and Economic Affairs
• Department of Forest- and Natural Resource Policy
• Department of Food Policy
• Department of Agricultural Policy
• Department of Research, Innovation and Regional Policy

[edit] Political staff

• Minister Terje Riis-Johansen (Centre Party)^[2]
• State Secretary Ola T. Heggem (Centre Party)

[edit] Subsidiaries

Under the ministry there are four administrative agencies and two state-owned comanies:

• County Governor, or Fylkesmannen (official site) Regional authority of the Government, with a Governor in each of 18 counties.
• Norwegian Agriculture Authority, or Statens landbruksforvaltning (official site) Authority for the agriculture industry.
• Norwegian Food Safety Authority, or Mattilsynet (official site) Controls all aspects of food safety, including agriculture, import and trade.
• Reindeer Husbandry Administration, or Reindriftforvaltningen (official site) Authority for the reindeer husbandry industry.

State enterprises:

• Statskog (official site) Manages the state owned forests and natural property.

Limited companies:

• Staur Farm, or Staur Gård (official site) A farm.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official web site

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