Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

{{Short description|Government ministry of Norway}}

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|agency_name = Royal Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

|nativename = Det kongelige kommunal- og distriktsdepartementet

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|seal = Emblem of the Norwegian Government.svg

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|formed = {{Start date and age|1948|12|20|df=yes}}{{cite web |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/ks/ministries-since-1814/ministry-of-local-government-and-regiona/id426278/ |title=Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation: Councillor of State 1948 - |website=www.regjeringen.no |publisher=Government of Norway |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930092140/https://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/ks/ministries-since-1814/ministry-of-local-government-and-regiona/id426278/ |archive-date=30 September 2022 |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=en }}

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|jurisdiction = Government of Norway

|headquarters = Oslo, Norway

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|minister1_name = Sigbjørn Gjelsvik

|minister1_pfo = Minister of Local Government and Regional Development

|chief1_name = Petter Skarheim

|chief1_position = Secretary General

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|website = [https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/kdd/id504/ Official website]

|footnotes = List of Norwegian ministries

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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development ({{langx|no|Kommunal- og distriktsdepartementet}}, KDD) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and county administration and finances, and the conduct of elections.{{cite web |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/krd/min.html?id=509 |title=About the Ministry |author=Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development |access-date=2008-04-25}} It is headed by the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development.

During the Solberg government, the ministry was called the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation. This was created by merging the ongoing ministry with the Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs and the planning department in the Ministry of the Environment. The ministry adopted its current name on 1 January 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/endringer-i-departementsstrukturen-og-i-ansvarsdelingen-mellom-departementene/id2893284/ |title=Endringer i departementsstrukturen og i ansvarsdelingen mellom departementene |date=22 December 2021 |publisher=Office of the Prime Minister |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208125852/https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/endringer-i-departementsstrukturen-og-i-ansvarsdelingen-mellom-departementene/id2893284/ |archive-date=8 December 2022 |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=no |trans-title=Changes in the ministry structure and in the division of responsibilities between the ministries }}