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Public Affairs Section

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The Public Affairs Section (office for press, culture, and educational affairs) works to promote people-to-people ties between the United States and Norway. To accomplish this, the Section advocates and explains U.S. policies to Norwegian opinion- and decision makers; manages press relations with the Norwegian media; encourages educational exchange for students and promotes professional exchanges among Norwegians and Americans; and supports the work of the Norway Fulbright Commission to strengthen educational links between the U.S. and Norway.

Press Section

Services for Journalists
Interviews
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Contact Us: oslopress@state.gov

Information Resource Center (IRC)

The IRC is the “information booth” of the Embassy.
We provide reference, referral and documentation service for researchers, journalists, government officials and others with a professional or scholarly interest in the United States.
Contact Us: osloirc@state.gov

Education USA

Meet America

We invite high school classes to the embassy for interactive sessions on various U.S. related topics.
We can send an embassy speaker to come to your school (in the larger Oslo area).
Contact us: osloIRC@state.gov

Thematic Programs and Grants

American Speaker Program: we recruit and fund specialists to come from the U.S. to lecture and participate in workshops and seminars with local audiences.
Grants: we give small grants to local organizations for projects related to the U.S.
Contact Us: osloirc@state.gov

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