Minister of Trade and Industry (Norway)

Minister of Trade and Industry of Norway
Næringsminister
since 19 April 2024
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
Member ofCouncil of State
SeatOslo
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerMonarch
With approval of Parliament
Term lengthNo fixed length
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Norway
Formation1 January 1903
First holderOtto Blehr
DeputyState secretaries for the Minister of Trade and Industry
WebsiteOfficial website

The Minister of Trade and Industry (Norwegian: Næringsminister) is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. The incumbent minister is Cecilie Myrseth of the Labour Party which served since April 2024.

The position was created 1 January 1903 as Minister of Trade and has changed name several times throughout its history. The position has since kept its current title since 1997.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry was abolished in January 2014, but the minister post was kept, and now heads responsibilities for trade and industry in the new Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, alongside the Minister of Fishieries and Ocean Policy.[1]

Ministers

Key
  Conservative Party
  Agrarian Party
  Free-minded Liberal Party
  Labour Party
  Labour Democrats
  Liberal Party

Ministers of Trade (1903–1945)

Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet
Otto Blehr Liberal 1 January 1903 22 October 1903 294 days Blehr I
Jacob Schøning Liberal 22 October 1903 1 September 1904 315 days Hagerup II
Paul B. Vogt Conservative 1 September 1904 11 March 1905 191 days Hagerup II
Sofus Arctander Liberal 11 March 1905 19 March 1908 3 years, 8 days Michelsen
Løvland
Lars Abrahamsen Liberal 19 March 1908 2 February 1910 1 year, 320 days Knudsen I
Sofus Arctander Free-minded Liberal 2 February 1910 11 June 1910 129 days

Konow

Bernhard Brænne Conservative 11 June 1910 20 February 1912 1 year, 254 days Konow
Ambortius Lindvig Free-minded Liberal 20 February 1912 31 January 1913 346 days

Bratlie

Johan Castberg Labour Democrats 31 January 1913 1 July 1913 151 days

Knudsen II

Kristian Friis Petersen Liberal 1 October 1916 20 February 1919 2 years, 142 days Knudsen II
Birger Stuevold-Hansen Liberal 20 February 1919 21 June 1920 1 year, 122 days Knudsen II
Gerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun Conservative 21 June 1920 22 June 1921 1 year, 1 day Bahr Halvorsen I
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal 22 June 1921 20 October 1922[a] 1 year, 120 days Blehr II
Lars Oftedal Liberal 20 October 1922 6 March 1923 135 days Blehr II
Johan Rye Holmboe Free-minded Liberal 6 March 1923 25 July 1924 1 year, 141 days

Bahr Halvorsen II
Berge

Lars O. Meling Liberal 25 July 1924 5 March 1926 1 year, 223 days Mowinckel I
Charles Robertson Conservative 5 March 1926 28 January 1928 1 year, 329 days Lykke
Anton L. Alvestad Labour 28 January 1928 15 February 1928 18 days Hornsrud
Lars Oftedal Liberal 15 February 1928 12 May 1931 3 years, 86 days Mowinckel II
Per Larssen Agrarian 12 May 1931 14 March 1932 307 days Kolstad
Ivar Kirkeby-Garstad Agrarian 14 March 1932 3 March 1933 354 days Hundseid
Lars O. Meling Liberal 3 March 1933 20 March 1935 2 years, 17 days Mowinckel III
Alfred Madsen Labour 20 March 1935 1 July 1939 4 years, 103 days Nygaardsvold
Trygve Lie Labour 1 July 1939 2 October 1939 93 days Nygaardsvold
Anders Frihagen Labour 2 October 1939 7 June 1940 249 days Nygaardsvold
Terje Wold Labour 7 June 1940 15 April 1942 1 year, 312 days Nygaardsvold
Anders Frihagen Labour 15 April 1942 1 October 1942 169 days Nygaardsvold
Olav Hindahl Labour 1 October 1942 12 March 1945 2 years, 162 days Nygaardsvold
Sven Nielsen Conservative 12 March 1945 25 June 1945 105 days Nygaardsvold

Ministers of Industry (1945–1993)

Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Ref
Lars Evensen[b] Labour 25 June 1945 2 November 1953 8 years, 130 days Gerhardsen I-II
Torp		 [2]
Nils Handal Labour 2 November 1953 22 January 1955 1 year, 81 days Torp [3]
Gustav Sjaastad Labour 22 January 1955 9 April 1959 4 years, 77 days Gerhardsen III [4]
Kjell Holler Labour 9 April 1959 4 July 1963 4 years, 86 days Gerhardsen III [4]
Trygve Lie Labour 4 July 1963 28 August 1963 55 days Gerhardsen III [4]
Kaare Meland Conservative 28 August 1963 25 September 1963 28 days Lyng [5]
Trygve Lie Labour 25 September 1963 20 January 1964 117 days Gerhardsen IV [6]
Karl Trasti Labour 20 January 1964 12 October 1965 1 year, 265 days Gerhardsen IV [6]
Sverre W. Rostoft Conservative 12 October 1965 17 March 1971 5 years, 156 days Borten [7]
Finn Lied Labour 17 March 1971 18 October 1972 1 year, 215 days Bratteli I [8]
Ola Skjåk Bræk Liberal 18 October 1972 16 October 1973 363 days Korvald [9]
Ingvald J. Ulvseth Labour 16 October 1973 15 January 1976 2 years, 91 days Bratteli II [10]
Bjartmar Gjerde Labour 15 January 1976 11 January 1978 1 year, 361 days Nordli [11]
Olav Haukvik Labour 11 January 1978 8 October 1979 1 year, 270 days Nordli [11]
Lars Skytøen Labour 8 October 1979 4 February 1981 1 year, 119 days Nordli [11]
Finn Kristensen Labour 4 February 1981 14 October 1981 252 days Brundtland I [12]
Jens-Halvard Bratz Conservative 14 October 1981 16 September 1983 1 year, 337 days Willoch I–II [13]
Jan P. Syse Conservative 16 September 1983 4 October 1985 2 years, 18 days Willoch II [13]
Petter Thomassen Conservative 4 October 1985 9 May 1986 217 days Willoch II [13]
Finn Kristensen Labour 9 May 1986 16 October 1989 3 years, 160 days Brundtland II [14]
Petter Thomassen Conservative 16 October 1989 3 November 1990 1 year, 18 days Syse [15]
Ole Knapp Labour 3 November 1990 4 September 1992 1 year, 306 days Brundtland III [16]
Finn Kristensen Labour 4 September 1992 1 January 1993 119 days Brundtland III [16]

Ministers of Industry and Energy (1993–1997)

Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Ref
Finn Kristensen Labour 1 January 1993 7 October 1993 273 days Brundtland III [16]
Jens Stoltenberg Labour 7 October 1993 25 October 1996 3 years, 18 days Brundtland III [16]
Grete Knudsen Labour 25 October 1996 1 January 1997 68 days Jagland[c] [17]

Ministers of Trade and Industry (1997–present)

Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Ref
Grete Knudsen Labour 1 January 1997 17 October 1997 289 days Jagland [17]
Lars Sponheim Liberal 17 October 1997 17 March 2000 2 years, 152 days Bondevik I
Grete Knudsen Labour 17 March 2000 19 October 2001 1 year, 216 days Stoltenberg I
Ansgar Gabrielsen Conservative 19 October 2001 18 June 2004 2 years, 243 days Bondevik II
Børge Brende Conservative 18 June 2004 17 October 2005 1 year, 121 days Bondevik II
Odd Eriksen Labour 17 October 2005 29 September 2006 347 days Stoltenberg II
Dag Terje Andersen Labour 29 September 2006 20 June 2008 1 year, 273 days Stoltenberg II
Sylvia Brustad Labour 20 June 2008 20 October 2009 1 year, 122 days Stoltenberg II
Trond Giske Labour 20 October 2009 16 October 2013 3 years, 361 days Stoltenberg II
Monica Mæland Conservative 16 October 2013 17 January 2018 4 years, 93 days Solberg [18]
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen Conservative 17 January 2018 24 January 2020 2 years, 7 days Solberg [19]
Iselin Nybø Liberal 24 January 2020 14 October 2021 1 year, 263 days Solberg [20]
Jan Christian Vestre Labour 14 October 2021 19 April 2024 2 years, 188 days Støre [21]
Cecilie Myrseth Labour 19 April 2024 present 260 days Støre [22]

Notes

  1. ^ Acting until 20 October while serving as foreign minister.
  2. ^ Arne Drogseth was acting minister for Evensen from 29 June to 11 November 1951. Erik Brofoss was also acting minister for Evensen from 18 May to 15 September 1953.
  3. ^ Minister responsible for energy cases.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Einar Gerhardsen's Second Government". Government.no. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Oscar Torp's Cabinet". Government.no. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Einar Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet". Government.no. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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  6. ^ a b "Einar Gerhardsens fjerde regjering". government.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Per Bortens regjering". government.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Trygve Brattelis første regjering". government.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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  13. ^ a b c "Kåre Willochs regjering". government.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Gro Harlem Brundtlands andre regjering". government.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Jan P. Syses regjering" (in Norwegian Bokmål). government.no. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  16. ^ a b c d "Gro Harlem Brundtlands tredje regjering" (in Norwegian Bokmål). government.no. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  17. ^ a b "Thorbjørn Jaglands regjering" (in Norwegian Bokmål). government.no. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Dette er utfordringene som møter de nye statsrådene". Aftenposten. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  19. ^ "Her er Erna Solbergs nye mannskap: – Vi skaper historie" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Slik er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  21. ^ "Norge har fått ny regjering" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  22. ^ "Dette er de nye statsrådene" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Aftenposten. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.