Statusrapport
Ownership Report 2003
The Ministry of Trade and Industry (NHD) is Norway’s largest direct owner of individual shareholdings in companies. This is the second ownership report the Ministry has published in which it gives an account of its management of State holdings. The report encompasses companies managed by the Department of Ownership in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The objective of the management is to maximise the value of the State’s shares and to contribute to the solid industrial development of the companies. The present report is intended to provide an overview of the Ministry’s portfolio and to increase awareness of how the Ministry implements its management of State-owned assets (hereinafter referred to as “ownership management”).