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Office of the Auditor General of Norway

Company nameOffice of the Auditor General of Norway
Company typeGovernment agency
IndustryAuditing
Founded1816
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
Area servedNorway
Key peopleJørgen Kosmo (Chairman)
Employees460 (2007)
ParentParliament of Norway

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The Office of the Auditor General of Norway ( ) is the state auditor of the Government of Norway and directly subordinate of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for 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 auditor generals elected for four years and between 2006 and 2009 led by Jørgen Kosmo. It is regulated by the Auditor General Act of June 1, 2005.

The auditor generals are all former politicians currently consisting of Chairman Jørgen Kosmo (Labour), Deputy Chairman Jan L. Stub (Progress), Annelise Høegh (Conservative), Geir-Ketil Hansen (Socialist Left) and Ranveig Frøiland (Labour). The offices has about 460 employees, mostly recruited among economists, lawyers and social scientists.


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