Freedom of Information Act

Reference

LOV-2006-05-19-16

Adopted

2006-05-19

In force

2009-01-01

Ministry

Ministry of Justice and Public Security

Supervision

Sivilombudet

Area

Municipal and administrative law

Read date

2026-09-09

• Read the act on LovdataLOV-2006-05-19-16
• Swedish counterpart: Offentlighets- och sekretesslagen (2009:400)
• Supervision: Sivilombudet

Standards are not statute. They are purchased documents from Standard Norge that parties agree to, or that regulations refer to. We carry the designation, edition and scope, never the text.

• Information management using BIM, concepts and principles

  NS-EN ISO 19650-1:2018Standard Norge

  The framework for ordering, delivering and managing digital building information across a building's whole life cycle. Public clients refer to the series in tender documents, and it governs who owns and updates the model.

• Local Government Act

  LOV-2018-06-22-83In force: 2019-11-01Sivilombudet

  The Act governs how municipalities and county authorities are organised, their elected bodies, meeting procedure, financial management, internal control and state supervision. It determines who may take a decision in a municipality and how that decision is made.

• Public Administration Act

  LOV-1967-02-10In force: 1970-01-01Sivilombudet

  The Act applies to the activities of administrative bodies and sets the rules on impartiality, the duty to provide guidance, advance notice, party access, reasons, appeal and reversal. It is the general procedural act of Norwegian public administration.

• Archives Act (Act on documentation and archives)

  LOV-2025-06-20-96In force: 2026-01-01Arkivverket

  The Act requires public bodies to document their activities and to keep archives ordered and properly stored, and regulates disposal, transfer to the National Archives and the preservation of private archives of particular value. It replaced the Archives Act of 4 December 1992 no. 126, repealed on 1 January 2026.

• Planning and Building Act

  LOV-2008-06-27-71In force: 2009-07-01Direktoratet for byggkvalitet

  The Act governs land-use planning at national, regional and municipal level, and its building part sets the requirements for applications, responsibility, control, completion certificates and supervision. It determines both what may be built where and who answers for the works.