About Norway.no

Background

The web portal www.norge.no was launched 24 January 2000 as part of a Government initiative in cooperation with the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS). The portal was designed to give citizens and public sector employees a comprehensive view of public administration in Norway.

On 1 January 2002, the Central Information Service (Opplysningstjenesten i staten) was integrated with the portal service www.norge.no to form Norge.no (English name = Norway.no) - the official gateway to public services and information.
On 3 June 2004, the Internet portal www.norway.no was launched. This portal caters for people requiring information about the Norwegian public sector in English.

Initially, Norway.no was a project administered by the Office of the County Governor in Sogn og Fjordane. On 1 January 2005, Norway.no was reorganised as a public agency within the Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs. On 1 January 2008, Norway.no was merged with two other public agencies, Statskonsult and the Secretariat for Public Procurement, to form the Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Difi).