The Norwegian Gambling and Foundation Authority report to the Ministry of Culture.

The Gambling Authority

The Norwegian Gambling Authority is a public authority that supervises and controls all private and state-operated lotteries in Norway. It also supervises and controls gambling and horse racing, which are organized through the companies Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto. These companies have a national monopoly on gambling and horse racing, respectively.

The Authority aims to:

  • ensure that gaming activities are arranged in a satisfactory manner under public control
  • prevent negative consequences of gaming
  • ensure that profit from games can be allocated to approved ‘good causes’

The Foundation Authority

Norwegian foundations are subject to supervision and control by The Foundation Authority. The basic element in this work is to ensure that the foundations are loyal to their purposes.

In order to promote investment in foundations as long-term ownership, and to achieve a better overview of the foundations, Norway adopted legislation in 2001 requiring all foundations to register in a national register, The Norwegian Foundation Register (NB: This website is in Norwegian only).

The basic element in the Authority’s work is to ensure that the foundations are loyal to their purpose and to:

  • operate and further develop a foundation register
  • detect and prevent foundations being established illegally or otherwise violating statutes and the Foundations Act
  • provide relevant information and guidance to foundations, the public and the government on this topic

Every other year a national foundation conference is held in Førde on topics that are relevant to both small and large foundations.

Contact us

Director General, Atle Hamar
Telephone: +47 99 28 43 00. E-mail: atle.hamar@lottstift.no

Head of Communications, Terje Gilleshammer:
Telephone: +47 95 70 94 12. E-mail: terje.gilleshammer@lottstift.no

Deputy Director General, Tore Bell, department for gambling and lotteries:
Telephone: +47 99 28 43 39. E-mail: tore.bell@lottstift.no

Deputy Director General, Siw Heggedal Longvastøl, department for foundations:
Telephone: +47 90 07 49 74. E-mail: siw.heggedal.longvastol@lottstift.no

Deputy Director General, Marianne Skjeldestad Hove, department for voluntary sector:
Telephone: +47 90 79 60 89. E-mail: marianne.skjeldestad.hove@lottstift.no