The National Audit Office 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 monitor the management of the state's proprietary interests in companies. Located in Oslo, it is led by a board of five auditors general elected for four years and from 2022 it has been led by Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen. It is regulated by the Act of the Office of the Auditor General of 2025..
The office has about 425 employees, mostly recruited among economists, lawyers and social scientists.
History The office dates back to 1814 when the Constitution of Norway §75 stated that there were to be appointed five auditors by the Parliament of Norway with the first auditors being appointed in 1816. In 1822 the Ministry of Auditing (Revisjonsdepartementet) was created as a supplement to the office that originally bore the name Statsrevisjonen (lit. the State Auditing). When the current Parliament of Norway Building opened in 1866 the office followed along and stayed in the building until 1890. In 1918, the system is changed and all state auditing is taken over by the office, removing the ministry. In 1938, with 64 against 63 votes, the Parliament of Norway changed the office's name to the current Riksrevisjonen (lit. the National Auditing). In 1962, the auditing of the Norwegian State Railways, Telegrafverket and 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 2014–2021: Per-Kristian Foss 2022–Present: Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen
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