Ministry of Education and Research (Norway)

Royal Ministry of Education and Research
Det kongelige kunnskapsdepartement
Agency overview
Formed	1814; 210 years ago
Jurisdiction	Government of Norway
Headquarters	Oslo
Ministers responsible	Guri Melby, Minister of Education and Integration; Henrik Asheim, Minister of Research and Higher Education;
Website	regjeringen.no/kd

The Royal Ministry of Education and Research (Norwegian: Det kongelige kunnskapsdepartement; short name Kunnskapsdepartementet) is a Norwegian government ministry responsible for education, research, kindergartens and integration. The ministry was established in 1814 as the Royal Ministry of Church and Education Affairs.

The current Minister of Education and Integration is Guri Melby of the Liberal Party and the current Minister of Research and Higher Education is Henrik Asheim of the Conservative Party. The department reports to the legislature (Stortinget).

History

The ministry was established in 1814, following the dissolution of Denmark–Norway, in which the joint central government administration of the two formally separate but closely integrated kingdoms, had been based in Copenhagen. Originally named the Ministry of Church and Education Affairs, the ministry was the first of six government ministries established in 1814, and was also known as the First Ministry. The other ministries were the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Police, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of War.

Norway was in a union with Sweden with a common foreign and defense policy until 1905, however church and educational policy was entirely the domain of each respective national government.

The ministry was previously responsible for church affairs, but this function was transferred to the Ministry of Culture in 2002. Kindergartens were transferred to the ministry in 2006.^[1]

Organisation

Departments

The Ministry of Education and Research consists of seven departments:^[2]

Department of Integration
Department of Schools and Kindergartens
Department of Education, Training and Skills Policy
Department of Administration and Strategic Priorities
Department of Legal Affairs
Department of Governance of Higher Education and Research Institutions
Department of Higher Education, Research and International Affairs

Subsidiaries

Subordinate agencies

The following government agencies are subordinate to the ministry:^[3]

Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education, or Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanningen (Official site) conducts quality assurance of higher education institutions and tertiary vocational training, as well as recognition of degrees from foreign countries.
Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education, or Direktorat for internasjonalisering og kvalitetsutvikling i høyere utdanning (Official site) Promotes international cooperation in higher education and research.
Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund, or Statens lånekasse for utdanning (Official site) Awards loans and grants to students.
Norwegian Universities and Colleges Admission Service, or Samordna opptak (Official site) Coordinates admission to most undergraduate courses at state universities and colleges.
Skills Norway, or Kompetanse Norge (Official site) works in areas such as adult education in basic skills, Norwegian language and socio-cultural orientation, vocational training, career advice and matching skills with the needs of the labour market.
Unit - the Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education and Research (Official site) provides governance of and access to shared information and communications technology (ICT) services.
Research Council of Norway, or Norges forskningsråd (Official site) is responsible for research funding and research policy.
The Norwegian National Research Ethics Committees, or De nasjonale forskningsetiske komiteene (Official site) are professionally independent agencies for questions regarding research ethics, and for investigating misconduct in all fields of study.
Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training, or Utdanningsdirektoratetet (Official site) Responsible for the development of primary and secondary education. Approves the primary and secondary school curriculum.
Statped (Official site) is a national service for special needs education for county municipalities and municipalities.
National Parents' Committee for Kindergartens, or Foreldreutvalget for barnehager (FUB) (Official site) ensures that the voices of parents are heard in debates on kindergarten policy, and it also acts as the Ministry of Education and Research's advisory and consultative body representing parents interests.
National Parents’ Committee for Primary and Secondary Education, or Foreldreutvalget for grunnskolen (FUG) (Official site) ensures that the voices of parents are heard in debates on education policy, and it also acts as the Ministry of Education and Research’s advisory and consultative body representing parents’ interests.
Directorate of Integration and Diversity, or Integrerings- og mangfoldsdirektoratet (Official site) is responsible for implementing public policy concerning integration.
22 July Information Center, or 22. juli-senteret (Official site) is an information center dedicated to the 22 July 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway, in Oslo and at Utøya.
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, or Norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt (Official site) Foreign policy research.
VEA – State School for Gardeners and Florists, or Norges grønne fagskole - Vea (Official site) Educates gardeners and flower decorators at secondary school level.

Universities

Nord University, or Nord universitet (Official site)
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, or Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet (Official site)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, or Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (Official site)
University of Bergen, or Universitetet i Bergen (Official site)
University of Oslo, or Universitetet i Oslo (Official site)
University of Stavanger, or Universitetet i Stavanger (Official site)
University of Tromsø, or Universitetet i Tromsø (Official site)
University of Agder, or Universitetet i Agder (Official site)
Oslo Metropolitan University, or Oslomet – storbyuniversitet (Official site)
University of South-east Norway, or Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge (Official site)

Specialised University Colleges

Oslo School of Architecture and Design, or Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo (Official site)
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, or Norges handelshøgskole (Official site)
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, or Norges idrettshøgskole (Official site)
Norwegian Academy of Music, or Norges musikkhøgskole (Official site)
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, or Norges veterinærhøgskole (Official site)
Oslo National Academy of the Arts, or Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo (Official site)
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, or Det teologiske menighets fakultet (Official site)
BI Norwegian Business School, or Handelshøyskolen BI (Official site)

Molde University College, or Høgskolen i Molde - Vitenskapelig høgskole i logistikk (Official site)

University Colleges

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, or Høgskolen i Innlandet (Official site)
Sámi University College, or Samisk høgskole (Official site)
Volda University College, or Høgskolen i Volda (Official site)
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, or Høgskolen på Vestlandet (Official site)
Østfold University College, or Høgskolen i Østfold (Official site)

Limited companies

Norwegian Centre for Research Data, or Norsk senter for forskningsdata (Official site) Information and data services for higher education and research.
University Centre in Svalbard, or Universitetssenteret på Svalbard (Official site) conducts research and some university-level educational offerings in Arctic studies.
Uninett (Official site) Operates the national education and research internet communication network and the norid domain register.
Simula Research Laboratory (Official site) conducts research in the fields of networks and distributed systems, scientific computing, and software engineering.

Ministers of Education

Key

  Christian Democratic Party
  Conservative Party
  Agrarian / Centre Party
  Labour Party
  Socialist Left Party
  Liberal Party
  Free-minded Liberal Party
  Independent

Ministers for the 1st Ministry (1814–1819)

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet
Niels Treschow	Independent	30 November 1814	15 September 1816	1 year, 290 days	Wedel I
Christian Krogh	Independent	15 September 1816	15 September 1817	1 year, 0 days	Wedel I
Niels Treschow	Independent	15 September 1817	1 January 1819	1 year, 108 days	Wedel I

Ministers of Education and Church Affairs (1819–1884)

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet
Niels Treschow	Independent	1 January 1819	15 October 1819	287 days	Wedel I
Jonas Collett	Independent	15 October 1819	15 September 1820	336 days	Wedel I
Niels Treschow	Independent	15 September 1820	9 July 1822	1 year, 297 days	Wedel I
Poul Christian Holst	Independent	9 July 1822	15 April 1823	280 days	Wedel I
Niels Treschow	Independent	15 April 1823	28 June 1825	2 years, 74 days	Wedel I
Poul Christian Holst	Independent	28 June 1825	16 September 1825	80 days	Wedel I
Christian Adolph Diriks	Independent	16 September 1825	10 November 1836	11 years, 55 days	Wedel I
Oluf Borch de Schouboe	Independent	10 November 1836	15 December 1836	35 days	Wedel II
Andreas Arntzen	Independent	15 December 1836	15 June 1837	182 days	Wedel II
Poul Christian Holst	Independent	15 June 1837	15 September 1839	2 years, 92 days	Wedel II
Oluf Borch de Schouboe	Independent	15 September 1839	10 October 1840	1 year, 25 days	Wedel II
Poul Christian Holst	Independent	10 October 1840	15 September 1843	2 years, 340 days	Wedel II
Oluf Borch de Schouboe	Independent	15 September 1843	15 September 1844	1 year, 0 days	Wedel II
Poul Christian Holst	Independent	15 September 1844	19 April 1848	3 years, 217 days	Løvenskiold/Vogt
Hans Riddervold	Independent	19 April 1848	15 September 1849	1 year, 149 days	Løvenskiold/Vogt
Jørgen Herman Vogt	Independent	15 September 1849	15 September 1850	1 year, 0 days	Løvenskiold/Vogt
Hans Riddervold	Independent	15 September 1850	7 September 1854	3 years, 357 days	Løvenskiold/Vogt
Jørgen Herman Vogt	Independent	7 September 1854	7 October 1854	30 days	Løvenskiold/Vogt
Otto Vincent Lange	Independent	7 October 1854	15 September 1855	343 days	Løvenskiold/Vogt
Hans Riddervold	Independent	15 September 1855	1 July 1872	16 years, 290 days	Vogt
Carl Essendrop	Independent	1 July 1872	28 November 1874	2 years, 150 days	F. Stang
Rasmus Tønder Nissen	Independent	28 November 1874	15 October 1876	1 year, 322 days	F. Stang
Jens Holmboe	Independent	15 October 1876	15 October 1877	1 year, 0 days	F. Stang
Rasmus Tønder Nissen	Independent	15 October 1877	11 October 1880	2 years, 362 days	F. Stang
Jens Holmboe	Independent	11 November 1880	15 October 1881	338 days	Selmer
Rasmus Tønder Nissen	Independent	15 October 1881	19 January 1882	96 days	Selmer
Nils Hertzberg	Independent	30 January 1882	21 March 1884	2 years, 51 days	Selmer
Henrik L. Helliesen	Independent	21 March 1884	3 April 1884	13 days	Selmer
Nils Hertzberg	Independent	3 April 1884	26 June 1884	84 days	Schweigaard

Ministers of Education and Church Affairs (1884–1945)

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet
Elias Blix	Liberal	26 June 1884	15 August 1885	1 year, 50 days	Sverdrup
Jakob Sverdrup	Liberal	15 August 1885	1 November 1886	1 year, 78 days	Sverdrup
Elias Blix	Liberal	1 November 1886	24 February 1888	1 year, 115 days	Sverdrup
Jakob Sverdrup	Liberal	24 February 1888	13 July 1889	1 year, 139 days	Sverdrup
Jacob Aall Bonnevie	Conservative	13 July 1889	6 March 1891	1 year, 236 days	Stang I
Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen	Liberal	6 March 1891	15 July 1892	1 year, 131 days	Steen I
Carl Berner	Liberal	15 July 1892	2 May 1893	291 days	Steen I
Anton Christian Bang	Conservative	2 May 1893	27 April 1895	1 year, 360 days	Stang II
Emil Stang	Conservative	27 April 1895	14 October 1895	170 days	Stang II
Jakob Sverdrup	Liberal	14 October 1895	17 February 1898	2 years, 126 days	Hagerup I
Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen	Liberal	17 February 1898	22 October 1903	5 years, 247 days	Steen II Blehr I
Hans Nilsen Hauge	Conservative	22 October 1903	11 March 1905	1 year, 140 days	Hagerup II
Christopher Knudsen	Conservative	11 March 1905	27 January 1906	322 days	Michelsen
Otto Jensen	Independent	27 January 1906	23 October 1907	1 year, 269 days	Michelsen
Abraham Berge	Liberal	23 October 1907	19 March 1908	148 days	Løvland
Karl Seip	Liberal	19 March 1908	8 July 1909	1 year, 111 days	Knudsen I
Johannes Hougen	Liberal	8 July 1909	2 February 1910	209 days	Knudsen I
Just Qvigstad	Conservative	2 February 1910	20 February 1912	2 years, 18 days	Konow
Edvard Liljedahl	Free-minded Liberal	20 February 1912	31 January 1913	346 days	Bratlie
Aasulv Bryggesaa	Liberal	31 January 1913	26 October 1915	2 years, 296 days	Knudsen II
Jørgen Løvland	Liberal	26 October 1915	21 June 1920	4 years, 239 days	Knudsen II
Nils Riddervold Jensen	Conservative	21 June 1920	22 June 1921	1 year, 1 day	B. Halvorsen I
Martin Olsen Nalum	Liberal	22 June 1921	6 March 1923	1 year, 257 days	Blehr II
Ivar B. Sælen	Conservative	6 March 1923	24 November 1923	263 days	B. Halvorsen II Berge
Karl Sanne	Conservative	12 December 1923	25 July 1924	226 days	Berge
Ivar P. Tveiten	Liberal	25 July 1924	5 March 1926	1 year, 223 days	Mowinckel I
Wilhelm Christian Magelssen	Conservative	5 March 1926	25 December 1927	1 year, 295 days	Lykke
Ole Bærøe	Conservative	25 December 1927	28 January 1928	34 days	Lykke
Olav Steinnes	Labour	28 January 1928	15 February 1928	18 days	Hornsrud
Sigvald M. Hasund	Liberal	15 February 1928	12 May 1931	3 years, 86 days	Mowinckel II
Nils Trædal	Agrarian	12 May 1931	3 March 1933	1 year, 295 days	Kolstad Hundseid
Knut Liestøl	Liberal	3 March 1933	20 March 1935	2 years, 17 days	Mowinckel III
Nils Hjelmtveit	Labour	20 March 1935	25 June 1945	10 years, 97 days	Nygaardsvold

Ministers of Education and Church Affairs (1945–1990)

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet
Kaare Fostervoll	Labour	25 June 1945	28 June 1948	3 years, 3 days	Gerhardsen I-II
Lars Moen	Labour	28 June 1948	9 December 1953	5 years, 164 days	Gerhardsen II Torp
Birger Bergersen	Labour	9 December 1953	23 April 1960	6 years, 136 days	Torp Gerhardsen III
Helge Sivertsen	Labour	23 April 1960	28 August 1963	3 years, 127 days	Gerhardsen III
Olaf Kortner	Liberal	28 August 1963	25 September 1963	28 days	Lyng
Helge Sivertsen	Labour	25 September 1963	12 October 1965	2 years, 17 days	Gerhardsen IV
Kjell Bondevik	Christian Democratic	12 October 1965	17 March 1971	5 years, 156 days	Borten
Bjartmar Gjerde	Labour	17 March 1971	18 October 1972	1 year, 215 days	Bratteli I
Anton Skulberg	Centre	18 October 1972	16 October 1973	363 days	Korvald
Bjartmar Gjerde	Labour	16 October 1973	15 January 1976	2 years, 91 days	Bratteli II
Kjølv Egeland	Labour	15 January 1976	8 October 1979	3 years, 266 days	Nordli
Einar Førde	Labour	8 October 1979	14 October 1981	2 years, 6 days	Nordli Brundtland I
Tore Austad	Conservative	14 October 1981	8 June 1983	1 year, 237 days	Willoch I
Kjell Magne Bondevik	Christian Democratic	8 June 1983	9 May 1986	2 years, 335 days	Willoch II
Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl	Labour	9 May 1986	13 June 1988	2 years, 35 days	Brundtland II
Mary Kvidal	Labour	13 June 1988	16 October 1989	1 year, 125 days	Brundtland II
Einar Steensnæs	Christian Democratic	16 October 1989	1 January 1990	77 days	Syse

Ministers of Education and Research (1990–present)

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet	Ref
Einar Steensnæs	Christian Democratic	1 January 1990	3 November 1990	306 days	Syse	^[4]
Gudmund Hernes	Labour	3 November 1990	22 December 1995	5 years, 52 days	Brundtland III	^[5]
Reidar Sandal	Labour	22 December 1995	17 October 1997	1 year, 299 days	Brundtland III Jagland	^[5]
Jon Lilletun	Christian Democratic	17 October 1997	17 March 2000	2 years, 152 days	Bondevik I	^[6]
Trond Giske	Labour	17 March 2000	19 October 2001	1 year, 216 days	Stoltenberg I	^[7]
Kristin Clemet	Conservative	19 October 2001	17 October 2005	3 years, 363 days	Bondevik II	^[8]
Øystein Djupedal	Socialist Left	17 October 2005	18 October 2007	2 years, 1 day	Stoltenberg II	^[9]
Bård Vegar Solhjell	Socialist Left	18 October 2007	20 October 2009	2 years, 2 days	Stoltenberg II	^[9]
Kristin Halvorsen	Socialist Left	20 October 2009	16 October 2013	3 years, 361 days	Stoltenberg II	^[9]
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen	Conservative	16 October 2013	17 January 2018	4 years, 93 days	Solberg	^[10]
Jan Tore Sanner	Conservative	17 January 2018	24 January 2020	2 years, 7 days	Solberg	^[11]
Trine Skei Grande	Liberal	24 January 2020	13 March 2020	49 days	Solberg	^[12]
Guri Melby	Liberal	13 March 2020	present	4 years, 97 days	Solberg	^[13]

Minister of Higher Education

The Minister of Higher Education is responsible for policies regarding higher education. The post was originally established in 2007, before its responsibilities were transferred to the Ministry of Culture. The post was re-established when the Liberal Party joined the Solberg Cabinet in 2018.

Key

  Socialist Left Party
  Liberal Party
  Conservative Party

Ministers

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet	Ref
Tora Aasland	Socialist Left	18 October 2007	23 March 2012	4 years, 157 days	Stoltenberg II	^[9]
Iselin Nybø	Liberal	17 January 2018	24 January 2020	2 years, 7 days	Solberg	^[14]
Henrik Asheim	Conservative	24 January 2020	present	4 years, 146 days	Solberg	^[12]

References

^ Research, Ministry of Education and (7 January 2007). "History – The first Ministry". Government.no. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ "Departments". Government.no. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ "Underliggende etater". Ministry of Education and Research (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ "Gro Harlem Brundtland's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Gro Harlem Brundtland's Third Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ "Kjell Magne Bondevik's First Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ "Jens Stoltenberg's First Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ "Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ "Erna Solbergs's Government". Government.no. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
^ "This Is Solberg's New Cabinet". Dagens Næringsliv. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "This Is Solberg's Cabinet 4.0". NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ "Guri Melby (L) New Education Minister and Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen New Fisheries Minister" (in Norwegian). NRK. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ "The Liberals In Government". venstre.no. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] Research, Ministry of Education and (7 January 2007). "History – The first Ministry". Government.no. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[2] "Departments". Government.no. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[3] "Underliggende etater". Ministry of Education and Research (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[brundtland2-4] "Gro Harlem Brundtland's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[brundtland3-5] "Gro Harlem Brundtland's Third Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[bondevik1-6] "Kjell Magne Bondevik's First Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[7] "Jens Stoltenberg's First Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[bondevik2-8] "Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[stoltenberg2-9] "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[10] "Erna Solbergs's Government". Government.no. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

[11] "This Is Solberg's New Cabinet". Dagens Næringsliv. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

[NRK-12] "This Is Solberg's Cabinet 4.0". NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[[[NRK]]-13] "Guri Melby (L) New Education Minister and Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen New Fisheries Minister" (in Norwegian). NRK. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[14] "The Liberals In Government". venstre.no. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

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