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Encyclopedia > Posten (Norway)
Posten Norge AS
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Type: Government enterprise
Founded: 1647
Headquarters: Norway
Products: Mail
Revenue: 19,995 billion NOK (2005)
Employees: 20.500
Website: www.posten.no


Posten is the name of the Norwegian postal service. The word "posten" means "the post" or "the mail" in Norwegian. // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... A British pillar box. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Nok civilization thrived between 500 BC and 200 AD on the Jos Plateau in northeastern Nigeria. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Website - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A British pillar box. ...


The Posten was founded in 1647 under the name "Postvesenet" by Henrik Morian. It was established as a private company, and the Dano-Norwegian king Christian IV gave his blessing to the founding of the company. Postvesenet was privately run until 1719, when the Dano-Norwegian state took over. From that point on, national postal service was a state monopoly. The local city postal services remained private, but in 1888 a new postal law was introduced, which expanded the monopoly to the entire country. // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway, consisting of Denmark and Norway, including Norways possessions Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, is a term used for the two united kingdoms after their amalgamation as one state in 1536. ... An image of Christian IV. Christian IV (1577–1648), king of Denmark and Norway, the son of Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway, and Sophia of Mecklenburg, was born at Frederiksborg castle in 1577, and succeeded to the throne on the death of his father (April 4, 1588), attaining... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused... Dano-Norwegian (in Norwegian Dansk-norsk) is the name that users of Nynorsk sometimes use to refer (almost always pejoratively) to Norwegian BokmÃ¥l. ... A state is a set of institutions that possess the authority to make the rules that govern a society, having internal and external sovereignty over a definite territory. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...


In 1933, Postvesenet was renamed to "Postverket". In 1996, Posten Norge BA was established as a state-owned company wherein the Norwegian state had limited responsibility. In 2002 Posten changed its corporate structure into a stock company, as a process of preparing the company to an expected liberalization of the Norwegian postal market. Today (2005) Posten Norge AS is still completely owned by the Norwegian state and the liberalization process has been postponed by the government. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...


Posten Norway is divided into four division; Posten Communication, Posten Distribution Network, Posten Logistics and Posten Consumer. In addition Posten also has total ownership of the IT company ErgoGroup; a company specializing in electronic services and outsourcing.


Nationalisation of CityMail

In 2002 the nationalisation of the (only) private Swedish postal company CityMail was announced. Posten acquired 57% of the shares in 2002 and the remaining 43% in the first quarter of 2006. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


See also

Axel Oxenstierna, founder of the Swedish postal service. ...

External links

  • Posten.no - Official site of the Norwegian Posten


 

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