Office of the Auditor General of Norway
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Auditor General of Norway
)Company type | Parliament of Norway |
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Website | www.riksrevisjonen.no |
The Office of the Auditor General of Norway (
auditing, monitoring and advising all state economic activities, including financial audits, performance audits and corporate control. Located in Oslo, it is led by a board of five auditors general elected for four years and from 2014 it has been led by Per-Kristian Foss
. It is regulated by the Auditor General Act of June 1, 2005.
The office has about 460 employees, mostly recruited among
social scientists
.
History
The office dates back to 1814 when the
Postal Service
were included in the office.
Auditor Generals
The Auditor General is the head of the Office.
- 1816–1821 : Marcus S. Lyng
- 1821–1827 : Frederik Motzfeldt
- 1827–1834 : Lauritz Nicolai Kraft
- 1827–1845 : Peter L. Stabel
- 1834–1846 : Søren Anton Wilhelm Sørenssen
- 1848–1854 : Johan D. Rye
- 1854–1881 : Peter Daniel B. W. Kildal
- 1882–1883 : Peder Krabbe Gaarder
- 1883–1898 : Hagbard Berner
- 1898–1923 : Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt
- 1923–1925 : Tore Embretsen Aaen
- 1926–1949 : Hans T. H. Lütken
- 1949–1950 : Saamund Olsen Bergland
- 1950–1978 : Lars Breie
- 1978–1980 : Tor Oftedal
- 1981–1990 : Petter Furberg
- 1990–2005 : Bjarne Mørk Eidem
- 2005–2013 : Jørgen Kosmo [1]
- 2014–2021: Per-Kristian Foss
- 2022–Present: Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen
External links
- "Tajik: - Riksrevisjonens utspill er oppsiktsvekkende" [Tajik: -The Auditor General's Office move is attentiongrabbing]. Aftenposten. 2013-09-13.
References
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 October 2009.