Historical archive

Historical archive

Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government

In the Historical archive you will find information from previous governments such as press releases, news and speeches from previous government periods. You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.

Content that has been moved to the archive will not be updated and the information is therefore exclusively of an historical nature.

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  • Norway bans child marriages

    25/07/2018 News story Barne- og likestillingsdepartementet

    Amendments to the Marriage Act to prevent minors to enter marriage came into force July 1st 2018. The amendments sends a clear message, nationally as well as internationally, that Norway does not accept people under the age of 18 years getting

  • Amendments in the Child Welfare Act

    28/06/2018 News story Barne- og likestillingsdepartementet

    The Parliament has adopted amendments to the Child Welfare Act which came into force 1 July 2018. The amendments will strengthen the legal safeguards for children and their parents in child welfare cases.

  • Introductory Speech to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

    23/05/2018 News story Barne- og likestillingsdepartementet

    On behalf of the Government of Norway on the occasion of the interactive dialogue with the Committee on the Rights of the Child 23-24 May 2018.

  • Proposal to ban child marriages in Norway

    26/04/2018 News story Barne- og likestillingsdepartementet

    - We want to send a clear message, nationally as well as internationally, that we do not accept people under the age of 18 years getting married in Norway, says Minister of Children and Equality, Linda Hofstad Helleland. The Norwegian Government

  • 1996 Hague Convention enters into force

    30/06/2016 Press release Barne- og likestillingsdepartementet

    Norway’s ratification of the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention will strengthen our cooperation with other states when parental conflicts and child welfare cases arise that involve more than one country. The Convention will enter into force on 1

  • Norwegian Board of Health Supervision to review child welfare cases

    25/04/2016 Press release Barne- og likestillingsdepartementet

    In order to gain more knowledge of how child welfare cases are handled, the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision has now been given the task of reviewing a large number of urgent child welfare cases and cases involving children being taken into