In 2020, the Government Pension Fund Global returned 10.9 percent, or 1,070 billion kroner, in a year characterised by uncertainty and major fluctuations.

In the third quarter of 2020, the Government Pension Fund Global returned 4.3 percent, equivalent to 412 billion kroner.

Norway’s oil fund was originally set up to mirror as closely as possible the trading patterns of the Scandinavian country’s economy

The return on the fund's equity investment was -6.8 percent. Investments in unlisted real estate returned -1.6 percent, whereas the fixed income investments returned 5.1 percent. The fund's overall return was 11 basis points lower than the return on the benchmark index.

The $300 billion Public Investment Fund bought stakes in global corporate leaders such as Boeing, Facebook, Disney, Marriott and Starbucks. It also invested in two big US banks, Citigroup and Bank of America, and took holdings in oil giants BP, Total and Royal Dutch Shell.

In the first quarter of 2020, the Government Pension Fund Global returned -14.6 percent, equivalent to -1,171 billion kroner.

Norway's fund aims to invest around $10.77 billion in unlisted renewable projects

In 2019, the Government Pension Fund Global returned 19.9 percent, equivalent to 1,692 billion kroner.

The Government Pension Fund Global returned 1.6 percent, or 236 billion kroner, in the third quarter of 2019.

23 years ago, the Government Pension Fund Global received the first inflow from the Ministry of Finance of nearly 2 billion kroner. Since then, the fund has grown to 10,000 billion kroner.