Ministry of Finance
- Pension Fund Global, or Statens pensjonsfond - utland (official site) (Invests axcess capital abroad)
- National Insurance Scheme Fund, or Folketrygdfondet (official site) (Invests pensions domestic)
- Norges Bank (official site) (Central bank)
- Norwegian Customs and Excise Authorities, or Tollvesenet (official site) Collects customs.
- Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority, or Kredittilsynet (official site) Controls banks and other financial institutions.
- Norwegian Government Agency for Financial Management, or Senter for statlig økonomistyring (official site) Coordinates financial management within the Government.
- Norwegian National Collection Agency, or Statens innkrevingssentral (official site) Collects dues payable to the state.
- Norwegian Tax Administration, or Skatteetaten (official site) Manages and collects taxes.
- Statistics Norway, or Statistisk sentralbyrå (official site) Statistics collection, computing and publishing agency.
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