Lovdata is a foundation

Foundation (charity)

A foundation is a legal categorization of nonprofit organizations that will typically either donate funds and support to other organizations, or provide the source of funding for its own charitable purposes....

 which publishes judicial information of Norway

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...

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It publishes the periodical Norsk Lovtidend

Norsk Lovtidend

Norsk Lovtidend is a Norwegian periodical published by the Ministry of Justice and the Police. The magazine is regulated by a law from 1969 , which replaced an earlier law from 1876. From 2001 official publication of new laws or revisions are made on Lovdatas website, while a printed version is...

, and Lov&Data and EuroRett, and hosts a website with free, public access to all Norwegian laws and other judicial documents, including court rulings. It was established on 1 July 1981 by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police

Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of justice, police and domestic intelligence. The main purpose of the Ministry is to provide for the maintenance and development of the basic guarantees of the rule of law...

 and the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

. It has had a database since 1983 and published laws on CDs since 1990.

Managing director is Trygve Harvold

Trygve Harvold

Trygve Harvold is a Norwegian civil servant.In 1981 he was hired as the managing director of Lovdata, a position he held until 1 September 2010. He was appointed a Knight, 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 2000 for his work in Lovdata.From 2003 to 2011 he is a member of the...

, and the board consists of Knut Kaasen

Knut Kaasen

Knut Kaasen is a Norwegian legal scholar.He was born in Harstad, and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1977. He worked as a deputy judge from 1979 to 1981, was an associate professor in maritime law at the University of Oslo from 1981 to 1984 and took his dr.juris...

 (chairman), Hans Brattestå

Hans Brattestå

Hans Brattestå is a Norwegian civil servant and jurist.Since 1990 he has been director of the Parliament of Norway. He worked for the foreign service from 1978 to 1984, and since then has been staff at parliament. He is also a board member of Lovdata.-References:...

, Regine Ramm Bjerke

Regine Ramm Bjerke

Regine Ramm Bjerke is a Norwegian judge.In 2000 she became a presiding judge in Borgarting Court of Appeal. She was a member of the Lund Commission from 1994 to 1996, together with Ketil Lund, Berge Furre, Torkel Hovland and Ingse Stabel. She is also a board member of Lovdata.She resides in...

, Marianne Vollan and Randi Birgitte Bull.