Aetat was a Norwegian Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 government agency

Etat

Etat is a Norwegian state-, county- or municipal agency. An Etat is a subdivision of the administration, which has been given responsibility for a special area. An agency does not have a board of directors, but it does have a director, appointed by the subordinate organization. Normally decisions...

 responsible for battling unemployment

Unemployment

Unemployment , as defined by the International Labour Organization, occurs when people are without jobs and they have actively sought work within the past four weeks...

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History

It had its roots in the Directorate of Labour , which was founded in 1945. Its purpose was to "prevent and remedy" unemployment in the Norwegian society. The name Aetat was taken into use in 2000, when the directorate was reorganized. Aetat had eighteen county offices, several local offices, and other branches, whereas the directorate remained the core of the agency. The leader of the directorate was called the "director of labour" . The agency was subordinate to the Ministry of Government Administration.

Successor

In 2005 the Parliament of Norway agreed to abolish Aetat as well as the National Insurance Service

National Insurance Service

The National Insurance Service was a Norwegian Norwegian government agency responsible for social security.-Organization:It had its roots in the National Insurance Administration , which was founded by parliamentary act on 23 July 1894 under the name Rigsforsikringsanstalten...

, with effect from 2006. A new organization was created in their place, the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration

Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration

The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration is the current Norwegian public welfare agency.NAV was established as a result of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Act of 2006. The newly established agency is a collaboration between the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service and certain parts of the...

  which consists of the state-run Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service and certain parts of the municipal social services, and has a broader responsibility for welfare. The reform that created NAV is not completed yet.