Ministry of Transport (Norway)
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Transport, also referred as Ministry of Transport and Communications 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 October 2021, the ministry has been headed by Jon-Ivar Nygård of the Labour Party. The department must report to the parliament.
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Organization
Political staff
As of September 2025, the political staff of the ministry is as follows- Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård
- State Secretary Tom Kalsås
- State Secretary Abel Cecilie Knibe Kroglund
- Political Adviser Jakob Vorren
Department
The ministry has 135 employees and is divided into the following sections:- Political staff
- Communication Unit
- Department of Management, Administration and Public Safety and Security
- Department of Civil Aviation, Postal services and Procurement of Non-Commercial Transport
- Department of Planning and Rail transport
- Department of Public Roads, Urban Mobility and Traffic Safety
Subsidiaries
Under the ministry there are seven administrative agencies and four state-owned limited companies:- Avinor
- Bane NOR
- Baneservice
- Norwegian Accident Investigation Board
- Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority
- Norwegian Railway Directorate
- Norwegian Railway Inspectorate
- Technical Supervisory Authority for Cableways
- Vygruppen AS (Vy)
- Entur AS
- Posten
- Statens Vegvesen
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.