# Norwegian Veterinary Institute

> biomedical research institute

**Wikidata**: [Q12009574](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12009574)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/norwegian-veterinary-institute

## Summary
The Norwegian Veterinary Institute is a Norwegian government biomedical research institute that conducts research in the field of veterinary and biomedical science. Founded on 12 October 1891, it is an administrative agency under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food with headquarters in Ås Municipality.

## Key Facts
- Founded (inception): 12 October 1891.  
- Primary classification: biomedical research institute; instance_of includes research institute, government agency, and administrative agency in Norway.  
- Parent organisation: Ministry of Agriculture and Food.  
- Headquarters and street address: Elizabeth Stephansens vei 1, 1433 Ås, Ås Municipality.  
- Location history: located in Oslo Municipality until 2021; relocated to Ås Municipality starting 2021 (see relocation information).  
- Official website: https://www.vetinst.no/.  
- Industry: research.  
- Legal form identifier: Q55190098 (as recorded in the source data).  
- National identifier: Norwegian organisation number 970955623 (Opencorporates ID no/970955623).  
- Persistent identifiers: ISNI 0000000095422193; ROR 05m6y3182; GRID grid.410549.d; Ringgold 87573; VIAF 311579867; Google Knowledge Graph ID /g/1226g8g_.

## FAQs
### Q: What is the Norwegian Veterinary Institute?
A: The Norwegian Veterinary Institute is a Norwegian biomedical research institute and government administrative agency focused on research. It operates under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

### Q: Where is the Norwegian Veterinary Institute located?
A: Its headquarters are in Ås Municipality at Elizabeth Stephansens vei 1, 1433 Ås. The institute was located in Oslo Municipality until 2021 and moved to Ås starting in 2021.

### Q: When was the institute founded?
A: The institute was founded (inception) on 12 October 1891.

### Q: How can I find the institute online or contact it?
A: The institute's official website is https://www.vetinst.no/. The street address is Elizabeth Stephansens vei 1, 1433 Ås.

## Why It Matters
The Norwegian Veterinary Institute matters as a long-standing national research organisation in Norway focused on biomedical and veterinary research. As an administrative agency and government research institute reporting to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, it occupies a formal role in Norway’s public research infrastructure. Its continuity since 1891 establishes it as an institutional repository of expertise and institutional memory in its field. The institute’s relocation to Ås in 2021 aligns it physically with other research and academic environments in that municipality. It is also recorded in multiple national and international identifier systems (ISNI, ROR, GRID, Ringgold, VIAF, Google Knowledge Graph), enabling discoverability and integration with biodiversity and research data infrastructures. Membership in national data-publishing groups (notably listed as a member of Biodiversity data publishers from Norway) indicates a role in making research and biodiversity-related data available. Together, these attributes make the institute a stable, citable element of Norway’s research and government apparatus for biomedical and veterinary science.

## Notable For
- Being founded on 12 October 1891, giving it over a century of institutional history.  
- Formal status as a government research institute and administrative agency under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.  
- Relocation from Oslo Municipality to Ås Municipality in 2021, with current headquarters at Elizabeth Stephansens vei 1, 1433 Ås.  
- Presence in multiple persistent identifier systems (ISNI, ROR, GRID, Ringgold, VIAF, Google Knowledge Graph) enhancing interoperability and discoverability.  
- Membership of Biodiversity data publishers from Norway, indicating participation in national data-publishing efforts.

## Body

### Overview
- Official name: Norwegian Veterinary Institute.  
- Alias: Veterinærinstituttet.  
- Short description: biomedical research institute.  
- Industry classification: research.  
- Instance types recorded: research institute; government agency; administrative agency in Norway.

### Founding and history
- Inception date: 12 October 1891.  
- The institute has an institutional history spanning from its 1891 founding to the present (as recorded in source data).  
- Location change: recorded as located in Oslo Municipality with an end time in 2021, and in Ås Municipality with a start time in 2021 (source includes relocation reference).

### Governance and relationships
- Parent organisation: Ministry of Agriculture and Food.  
- Member_of: Biodiversity data publishers from Norway (as recorded).

### Location and contact details
- Headquarters: Ås Municipality.  
- Street address: Elizabeth Stephansens vei 1, 1433 Ås.  
- Official website: https://www.vetinst.no/.  
- Previously located in Oslo Municipality (location qualifier end_time 2021).

### Legal and organisational identifiers
- Norwegian organisation number: 970955623.  
- Opencorporates ID: no/970955623 (reference date 2020-09-24 in source data).  
- ISNI: 0000000095422193.  
- ROR: 05m6y3182.  
- GRID: grid.410549.d.  
- Ringgold ID: 87573.  
- VIAF: 311579867.  
- Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/1226g8g_.  
- Kulturnav ID: f461ba00-5946-49e3-b9dc-40951adea7d4 (with P972 qualifier Q121598373).  
- Library of Congress authority ID: n2003014383.  
- National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007494232205171.  
- Arkivportalen agent ID: no-a1450-01000001134229.  
- Yale LUX ID: group/9af02b24-37f1-4585-af80-9a483c5b916b.  
- DigitaltMuseum ID: 021168850403.

### Online and publication presence
- Website: https://www.vetinst.no/.  
- Listed as a participant/member in biodiversity data publishing activities in Norway.  
- Sitelink count recorded as 1; Wikipedia language presence noted as no (no Wikipedia language pages recorded in the source dataset).

### Administrative and legal form
- Legal form recorded as identifier Q55190098 in source data.  
- Classified as a government administrative agency with research as its primary industry.

## References

1. [Source](https://www.vetinst.no/flytting-til-as)
2. GRID Release 2017-04-04
3. Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions
4. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File