The Government Pension Fund Global returned 2.1 percent, or 59 billion kroner, in the first quarter of 2011 as stock market gains in Europe and the US offset a drop in Asian share prices.

Norges Bank, which manages the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, has agreed to buy a 150-year lease on a 25 percent stake in The Crown Estate’s Regent Street properties in London.

The global financial crisis in 2008 presented major challenges to all parts of the portfolio of the Government Pension Fund – Global. The results for the year were the weakest in the fund’s history and have led to a number of changes in the

There was a positive return in 2007 on all of the portfolios managed by Norges Bank. The turmoil in credit markets triggered by the downturn in the US housing market impacted on results in 2007, especially in the second half of the year.

In the third quarter of 2002, the return on the Government Petroleum Fund, including the Environmental Fund, was -5.13 per cent measured by the currency basket that corresponds to the composition of the Fund’s benchmark portfolio. The overall return

In the second quarter of 2002, the return on the Government Petroleum Fund, including the Environmental Fund, was -2.93 per cent measured by the currency basket that corresponds to the composition of the Fund’s benchmark portfolio. The overall

The following letter was submitted to the Ministry of Finance on 23 August 2001