This includes planning, construction and operation of the national and county road networks, driver training and licensing, vehicle inspection, and subsidies to car ferries.

The agency is led by the Directorate of Public Roads (Vegdirektoratet), and is subordinate to the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration is divided into five regions and thirty districts, which are subordinate to the directorate.

As a government agency, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration is responsible for the inspection of vehicles, supervisory tasks and conducting driving tests.

In several areas, the agency has the authority to develop and approve regulations and make decisions pertaining to road users and vehicles.

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration issues annually about 500,000 new driving licences (first-time issues and renewals) Traffic safety: The last three years (2015,[1] 2016[2] and 2017[3]) Norway has been voted Europe's safest country for road users by the European Transport Safety Council.

The investments that follow our strategic programme for 2018 to 2024 will to lead to an annual reduction of 25 fewer killed or severely injured.

As a construction client organisation, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration is also able to carry out full-scale testing of research results.