Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration

Its head is the Labour and Welfare Director, currently Hans Christian Holte, who is appointed by the government.

[3] "NAV" was originally an acronym for "New Labour and Welfare Administration" (Norwegian: Ny arbeids- og velferdsforvalting) but is now seen as a word of its own.

The aim of the NAV reform is to gather all the social security and employment offices to a common state agency where the employees of the Labour and Welfare Service and the municipal social services would work together to find solutions for unemployed people.

[4] Norway has an unemployment rate of 2.9% in 2022, one of the lowest in Europe, only below Czech Republic with 2.3% and Poland with 2.6 percent.

[5] The duration of the unemployment benefit from NAV depends on person's income for the last 36 months.