Norfund

Development finance institution established by the Norwegian Storting and owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Organization business Q7051162
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Norfund

Summary

Norfund is a business[1]. Norfund ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Norfund is in the country of Norway[3].
  • Norfund's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Norfund's instance of is recorded as state-owned enterprise[5].
  • Norfund's instance of is recorded as financial institution[6].
  • Norfund's logo image is recorded as Norfund logo.jpg[7].
  • Norfund's headquarters location is recorded as Oslo[8].
  • Norfund's headquarters location is recorded as Norway[9].
  • Norfund's chief executive officer is recorded as Tellef Thorleifsson[10].
  • Norfund's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 305417869[11].
  • Norfund's industry is recorded as investment fund[12].
  • Norfund's industry is recorded as microfinance[13].
  • Norfund's industry is recorded as financial services[14].
  • Norfund's chairperson is recorded as Olaug Svarva[15].
  • +1997-05-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Norfund[16].
  • Norfund's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043jp_x[17].
  • Norfund's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway[18].
  • Norfund's official website is recorded as http://www.norfund.no[19].
  • Norfund's official website is recorded as https://www.norfund.no/[20].
  • Norfund's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+70'}[21].
  • Norfund's Legal Entity Identifier is recorded as 549300OLAD837KNSS311[22].
  • Norfund's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as no/879554802[23].
  • Norfund's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Statens investeringsfond for næringsvirksomhet i utviklingsland (NORFUND)'}[24].
  • Norfund's legal form is recorded as other legal person[25].
  • Norfund's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'NORFUND'}[26].
  • Norfund's Crunchbase organization ID is recorded as norfunds[27].

Body

Founding

+1997-05-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Norfund[16].

Identity

Norfund's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Statens investeringsfond for næringsvirksomhet i utviklingsland (NORFUND)'}[24]. Norfund's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'NORFUND'}[26].

Leadership

Norfund's chief executive officer is recorded as Tellef Thorleifsson[10]. Norfund's chairperson is recorded as Olaug Svarva[15].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Oslo[8], a big city[28], in Norway[29], founded in 1048[30] and Norway[9], a sovereign state[31], in Norway[32], founded in 1905[33]. Norfund's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway[18].

Industry

Industries include investment fund[12], microfinance[13], and financial services[14].

Why It Matters

Norfund ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2] Norfund has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . devex.com. Retrieved . devex.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . lovdata.no. lovdata.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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