Directorate, inspectorate or agency

Barneombudet

Org. no. 971527765 · Barne- og familiedepartementet · 21 employees

Governance index 2024

The agency is in the second-lowest quartile among directorates, inspectorates and agencies (121 agencies). Its development over three years is in the bottom quartile.

  • Financial control: 40 of 100
  • Audit: 100 of 100
  • Employer: not included (no open figures)
  • Procurement: not included (no open figures)

Quartiles within the group, not a ranking. Parts without figures are left out and the weights spread over the rest.

State accounts

YearSpendingOperations SalariesConsultantsAgainst budget
2026 through 09/2026 20 MNOK20 MNOK 14 MNOK0.4 MNOK –
2025 26 MNOK26 MNOK 18 MNOK0.5 MNOK −8.2%
2024 25 MNOK25 MNOK 19 MNOK0.6 MNOK −5.6%
2023 25 MNOK25 MNOK 18 MNOK0.8 MNOK −4.2%
2022 23 MNOK23 MNOK 17 MNOK0.3 MNOK −5.2%
2021 24 MNOK24 MNOK 17 MNOK0.6 MNOK −3.4%

The deviation from budget covers the agency's own operating chapters (posts 01–29), where it posts at least 95 % of the amount. The budget is the adopted budget, changes during the year and what was carried over from the year before. Source: DFØ, state accounts.

The annual audit

YearThe auditor's conclusionSource
2024Not among the 10 of 230 accounts in which the Office of the Auditor General found material errors and omissions. The Storting's recommendation
2023Not among the 7 of 235 accounts in which the Office of the Auditor General found material errors and omissions. The Storting's recommendation
2022Not among the 5 of 236 accounts in which the Office of the Auditor General found material errors and omissions. The Storting's recommendation
2021Not among the 4 of 235 accounts in which the Office of the Auditor General found material errors and omissions. The Storting's recommendation

Source: the Storting's recommendation on the annual audit (Document 1). «Not among» means the agency is not named there, not that we have read the audit report.

The Storting

Questions and cases in the Storting naming the agency in the title.

The Storting
Kind2025-2026
Written questions 2
Question time 0
Interpellations 0
Cases 0

Latest

  • 22 September 2026 · Written questions · to the helse- og omsorgsministeren · named in the title
    Det landsomfattende tilsynet med barne- og avlastningsboliger i 2022–2023 avdekket omfattende lovbrudd, og både Barneombudet og Norges institusjon for menneskerettigheter har senere uttrykt alvorlig bekymring for barns rettssikkerhet og kvaliteten i tjenestene. Det avdekkes fortsatt alvorlige lovbrudd i nye tilsyn. Hvilke konkrete tiltak har regjeringen gjennomført på området, og hvilke tiltak v
  • 13 September 2026 · Written questions · to the digitaliserings- og forvaltningsministeren · named in the title
    Jeg tror ingen foreldre i Norge vil tillate at noen bruker KI-briller ved et bleieskift på barnet sitt i barnehagen, allikevel er det ikke forbud mot det nå. Jeg viser til kravet fra barneombudet. Statsråden sier til NRK at han vil se på saken. Det er ikke tilstrekkelig. Vil statsråden, med umiddelbar virkning, sørge for et nasjonalt forbud for bruk av KI-briller i barnehager, skoler, barnevern

Source: the Storting (data.stortinget.no, NLOD). Not counted in the index: much attention in the Storting is not bad, and little is not good. Questions are linked to the ministry by the minister's title, and to other agencies only when the name is in the title. We do not show who asked or answered.

Consultations

All open consultations

What we do not measure

We do not assess policy, goal attainment, the quality of services or individual cases. We look only at what can be measured in open data and what the agency itself controls: financial control, audit and procurement. Sick leave per agency is not openly available and is therefore left out.

See an error, or does the agency want to comment on the figures? Write to post@morninganalytics.com

The agency in the Central Coordinating Register · How we calculate

Sources: Brønnøysund Register Centre (NLOD), the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ), state accounts (NLOD), the Storting (NLOD) and Doffin.

Indications based on open data. Not an assessment of the agency's public mission.