Norwegian General Post Directorate
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The Norwegian General Post Directorate was a Norwegian government agency
responsible for post
al affairs. It was established in 1857 under the Norwegian Ministry of the Interior, itself non-existent today, and dissolved already in 1860 when its tasks were transferred to the Norwegian Ministry of Postal Affairs
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Its director from 1857 to 1860 was Niels Mathias Rye
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Norwegian government agencies
The Government agencies of Norway are state controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Norway. The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to control agencies by policy decisions but not by direct...
responsible for post
Mail
Mail, or post, is a system for transporting letters and other tangible objects: written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages are delivered to destinations around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or post.In principle, a postal service...
al affairs. It was established in 1857 under the Norwegian Ministry of the Interior, itself non-existent today, and dissolved already in 1860 when its tasks were transferred to the Norwegian Ministry of Postal Affairs
Norwegian Ministry of Postal Affairs
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Postal Affairs was a Norwegian ministry that existed from 1860 to 1861. It was responsible for postal affairs....
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Its director from 1857 to 1860 was Niels Mathias Rye
Niels Mathias Rye
Niels Mathias Rye was a Norwegian politician.He was born at Bø i Telemark in 1824, as the son of Lieutenant Colonel Johan Mathias Rye and Christiane Elisabeth Sparre, née Gasmann. He married Thale Cathrine Rye, daughter of former President of the Storting Johan Henrik Rye.Having graduated as...
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