Banking and Public Agencies

The most important form for contact between banks and public agencies is through representation on public councils, committees, and panels, appointed to clarify and propose solutions to different social tasks. A particularly important contact point is the board of The National Insurance Fund.
    The board of the National Insurance Fund consists of representatives from private financial institutions, the labor movement, and the Parliament. The board's function is to manage the fund's investments, making it the largest single investor in Norwegian business.
    The diagram depicts the many companies affiliated with "Kreditkassen" within the network relationships involving the National Insurance Fund in 1985. These relations have a major influence on how the funds' huge assets are employed.

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Source: Bård Liabø: "Stat og næringsliv. En strukturell analyse av forbindelser mellom foretak, statlige organer og statlige utvalg". Oslo: Norges Forskningsråd 1995 (Rapport nr. 79 fra "Det nye pengesamfunnet").