Administration

The Storting’s administration is organized in five departments . The Secretary General is secretary to the Presidium of the Storting.

There are approximately 400 employees altogether in the Storting’s administration.

Secretary General of the Storting

Mr Hans Brattestå, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 36 (reception)

The Secretary General heads the overall Storting administration, also acting as secretary to the Storting's Presidium.

Constitutional Department

Deputy Secretary General: Mr Oddvar Overå, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 33
Special Adviser: Mr Jan-Ivar Pavestad, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 28
Special Adviser: Ms Brit Brenno, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 59
Reception: Tel. + 47 23 31 35 21/36

The Constitutional Department handles all functions associated with the activities of the Storting as a constitutional body, including parliamentary casework and working procedures, rules of procedure and appropriations, committee travels and formal inquiries in connection with the activities of the committees.

Budgeting and Standing Committees Secretariat

Head of Section: Mr Arve Skuland, Tel. + 47 23 31 34 95
 

The Budgeting and Standing Committees Secretariat comprises one head of section, a budgeting advisor, the Word Processing Centre and the Standing Committee Services, the latter two with one head of office each.

The Standing Committee Services carries out office duties to relieve the Committee Secretaries. It is also responsible for the Committees' archives.

The Word Processing Centre's main task is to write up and edit the Standing Committees' recommendations.

The head of section and the budgeting advisor are additionally responsible for providing the parliamentary groups and committees with specific budgeting assistance.

Tabling Office

Head of Section: Mr Jan Albertsen, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 63
 

Manages the Storting’s working schedule. Accepts proposals to the Storting as well as the Odelsting (the larger of the two divisions of the Storting). Accepts questions and interpellations to the Storting. Issues agendas and weekly schedules. Forwards and distributes working documents. Registrations in the Storting’s working database.

Committee Secretaries

Contact person: Ms Tiril Vogt, Tel. + 47 23 31 31 00

Plan and organize the processing of bills in the committees. Provide practical and expert assistance.

Chamber Secretariat

Head of Section: Mr Harald Grønn, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 24
 

Secretariat for the Storting’s constitutional and parliamentary activities. Managing day-to-day operations in the chamber. Preparation and printing of committee recommendations.

General Services Department

Head of Department: Mr Per Thorsteinsen, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 03
Senior Adviser: Ms Mona Fredriksen, tlf. + 47 23 31 35 09

Reception: Tel. + 47 22 31 35 04

This department is in charge of operating, maintaining and updating support, security and technical services, systems and installations in the Storting.

ICT Section

Head of Section: Mr Frode Rein, Tel. + 47 23 31 25 45

Operating, maintaining and updating the Storting’s computer-based information systems Training and user support, Tel. + 47 23 31 37 20.

Housekeeping Services Section

Head of Section: Ms Mette Mæland, Tel. + 47 23 31 36 61
 

Cleaning services. Flowers and decorations. Conference room services, Tel. + 47 23 31 36 60. Lodging in hotel department.

Security Section

Head of Section: Mr Gerrit Løberg, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 15
24-hour security office: Tel. + 47 23 31 32 86/91

Security services. Building security. Security in receptions. Liaison with police. Issue and return of admission and parking passes. Alarms and emergencies.

Technical Section

Head of Section: Mr Odd Sørensen,Tel. + 47 23 31 27 10 Reception: + 47 23 31 27 00

Operating, maintaining and updating buildings. Technical and communications installations. Building caretaker services. Purchase and maintenance of furniture and furnishing.

Administrative Affairs Department

Head of Department: Ms Randi Wisnes Haugen, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 02
Reception: Tel. + 47 23 31 35 02.

This department assists the Storting’s administrative management in all matters dealing with employer obligations, personnel administration, administrative finances and general administration, as well as providing various services directly to Storting representatives in respect of salaries, compensation, trips, housing, pensions, insurance, working conditions and benefits.

Occupational Health Services

Head of Section: Ms Liv Urdal, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 41
 

Health services according to guidelines for representatives and employees of the Storting and employees of the offices of the Storting’s Ombudsman for Public Administration, the Director General of Public Prosecutions and the office of the public prosecutor in the Eidsivating jurisdiction. Preventive environmental measures, health information and advisory services. Medical checkups. Rehabilitation. Vaccination services.

Catering Services Section

Head of Section: Ms Sissel Kværnes, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 84

Cafeteria operation. Catering and waiting services for meetings and other events.

Human Resources Section

Head of Section: Mr Bård Knutzen , Tel. + 47 23 31 35 05

Personnel and payroll administration, working environment, training.

Accounting Section

Head of Section: Ms Ann-Christine Alderin Låtun, Tel. + 47 23 31 36 42

Accounting. Payroll office. Cashier services: disbursements, reimbursement of travel expenses. Notes to government accounts and budgetary controls.

Travel Office

Head of Section: Ms Christine Hannestad, Tel. + 47 23 31 36 51
 

The Storting’s “travel agent”. Ticket and hotel reservations, insurance and foreign exchange.

Finance & Administration Section

Head of Section: Mr Ingar Kristoffersen, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 07

Financial management, co-ordination and follow-up of the Storting’s administrative budget and purchases administration. Administrative support for representatives, general administrative duties. Secretariat for Storting representative pension plan and for the housing committee.

Information and Documentation Department

Head of Department: Ms Inger Lorange Figved, Tel. + 47 23 31 36 96
Reception: Tel. + 47 23 31 36 97

This department is in charge of preparing and keeping suitable and efficient records of the Storting’s activities. Obtaining information to assist the work of the Storting. Internal and external information on the activities of the national assembly and its administration.

Messenger and Reception Services Section

Head of Section: Mr Arne Arnesen, Tel. + 47 23 31 31 79
 

Reception services. Mailing and messenger services. Telephone services.
Guided tours, Tel. + 47 23 31 31 80,

Printing Services

Head of Section: Mr Fredrik Falch, Tel. + 47 23 31 25 80
Reception: Tel. +47 23 31 25 75

Graphic design, printing and copying services. Preliminary minutes. Office machines and supplies: purchases, assistance, service.

Official Reporters’ Section

Head of Section: Mr Trond Borgersen, Tel. + 47 23 31 26 10

The minutes (editing, textual processing, verification) of the meetings of the Storting, Lagting and Odelsting, the Enlarged Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Nordic Council and public hearings. Editorial responsibility for “Stortingstidende” (the official report of the proceedings of the Storting).

Information Section

Head of Section: Mr Ivar Buch Østbø, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 44
 

Information to schools. General information services. Visitors’ and guide services. Information and educational materials. The Storting’s website and intranet.
Guided tours, Tel. + 47 23 31 31 80.
The Storting’s Information Corner, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 96

Archives of the Storting

Acting Head of the Storting Archives: Ms Gro Vilberg, tlf. 23 31 36 71
Reception: Tel. + 47 23 31 36 70

The main archives of the Storting. Document administration and archive services for the parliamentary process. In charge of the Storting’s art and portrait gallery.

Library of the Storting

Parliamentary Librarian: Ms Gro Sandgrind, Tel. + 47 23 31 26 93
Checkouts, enquiries, assistance: Tel. + 47 23 31 36 90

Library services. Books, reports, periodicals, newspapers. Search in external databases. Newsclippings services. Viewing/transcripts of radio and television recordings.

Research Section

Head of Section: Mr Jarle Skjørestad, Tel. + 47 23 31 26 93
Inquiries: Tel. + 47 23 31 26 90

Expert assistance to members, standing committees, party secretariats. Collecting and mediating factual background material.

International Department

Head of Department: Mr Victor C. Rønneberg, Tel. + 47 23 31 35 13

This department handles the Storting’s international contacts.

The International Secretariat

Head of Section: Ms Ingrid Mollestad, Tel. + 47 23 31 36 56.

Expert advisory assistance on international issues. Secretariat functions in connection with parliamentary delegations to and from other countries and permanent delegations to international organizations.

Nordic Council Secretariat

Head of Section: Mr Kjell Myhre-Jensen, Tel. + 47 23 31 36 01

Secretariat for the Storting’s delegation to the Nordic Council. Practical and expert assistance. Information activities.