Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (Norwegian: Finanskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to economic policy, monetary and credit policy, the financial and credit system, financial administration, block grants to municipalities and counties, taxes and duties to the State Treasury, state guarantees for exports, National Insurance revenues, incomes policy (except for the Agricultural Agreement) and legislation relating to accounting and auditing. It corresponds to the Ministry of Finance.^[1] The committee has 18 members and is chaired by Hans Olav Syversen of the Christian Democratic Party.^[2]

Since the economic policy affects the resources available in all other policy areas, the Finance Committee is considered to be a powerful one, and in most cases, all parliamentary parties have at least one member on it. An exception was made in the 2013-2017 Parliament when Rasmus Hansson, the sole representative of the Green Party, asked to be seated on the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment instead.^[3]

Members 2013–2017

The committee is chaired by Hans Olav Syversen

Representative	Party	Position
Syversen, Hans OlavHans Olav Syversen	Christian Democrats	Chair
Støre, Jonas GahrJonas Gahr Støre	Labour	First deputy chair
Flåtten, SveinSvein Flåtten	Conservative	Second deputy chair
Abrahamsen, Solveig SundbøSolveig Sundbø Abrahamsen	Conservative
Berg-Hansen, LisbethLisbeth Berg-Hansen	Labour
Breivik, TerjeTerje Breivik	Liberal
Hagebakken, ToreTore Hagebakken	Labour
Hagesæter, GjermundGjermund Hagesæter	Progress
Hille, SigurdSigurd Hille	Conservative
Holthe, TomTom Holthe	Progress
Johansen, IreneIrene Johansen	Labour
Limi, Hans AndreasHans Andreas Limi	Progress
Lunde, Heidi NordbyHeidi Nordby Lunde	Conservative
Marthinsen, MarianneMarianne Marthinsen	Labour
Meling, Siri A.Siri A. Meling	Conservative
Solberg, Torstein TvedtTorstein Tvedt Solberg	Labour
Valen, Snorre SerigstadSnorre Serigstad Valen	Socialist Left
Vedum, Trygve SlagsvoldTrygve Slagsvold Vedum	Centre

References

↑ Parliament of Norway. "The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs". Retrieved 23 October 2009.
↑ The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs Stortinget.no. Retrieved 30 October 2013
↑ Melgård, Marie (3 October 2013). "Miljøpartiet De Grønne ber om Ap og Høyres nåde". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

Storting

Odelsting Lagting Building

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Other committees	Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence Election Committee European Committee Preparatory Credentials Committee

Organizations	Parliamentary Ombudsman Ombudsman for the Armed Forces Ombudsman for Civilian National Servicemen Office of the Auditor General of Norway Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee

Presidium	Storting Odelsting (discontinued) Lagting (discontinued)

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