Welcome to the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs

The Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs is responsible for cultural policy, church affairs, regulations and other matters regarding the media and sports.

You can read more about The Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs cultural policy priorities in the coming decade in the report Cultural Policy up to 2014 (Summary and Introduction).

New committee to assess government film policy

A committee appointed by The Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs will look into the organisation of agencies, institutions and instruments in the film area (30.08.06)

Giske wants to ratify the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

In a proposition submitted last Friday, the Government requested the consent of Stortinget (The Norwegian Parliament) to ratify the recently adopted UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity.(22.06.2006)