Minister of Finance (Norway)
The Minister of Finance is a councilor of state and chief of the Ministry of Finance. The position is since October 2021 held by Trygve Slagsvold Vedum of the Centre Party who is a member of Støre's Cabinet.
Norwegian Ministers of Finance after 1945 | |
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List of ministers[]
Key[]
Conservative Party
Agrarian / Centre Party
Labour Party
Socialist Left Party
Liberal Party
Progress Party
Free-minded Liberal Party
Moderate Liberal Party
Coalition Party
Resistance Movement
Independent
1st Ministry (finance affairs) (March-November 1814)[]
Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
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Frederik von Haxthausen | Independent | 2 March 1814 | 20 August 1814 | 171 days | Council of 1814 |
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Carsten Tank | Independent | 2 March 1814 | 27 July 1814 | 147 days | Council of 1814 |
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Poul Christian Holst | Independent | 20 August 1814 | 7 October 1814 | 48 days | Council of 1814 |
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Jørgen Herman Vogt | Independent | 7 October 1814 | 18 November 1814 | 42 days | Council of 1814 |
5th Ministry (finance affairs) (November 1814-1818)[]
Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
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Herman Wedel Jarlsberg | Independent | 18 November 1814 | 15 August 1816 | 1 year, 272 days | Wedel I |
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Christian Krohg | Independent | 15 August 1816 | 15 October 1816 | 60 days | Wedel I |
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Herman Wedel Jarlsberg | Independent | 15 October 1816 | 15 October 1818 | 2 years, 0 days | Wedel I |
Ministry of Finance, Trade and Customs (1818-1846)[]
Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
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Jonas Collett | Independent | 15 October 1818 | 30 November 1818 | 46 days | Wedel I |
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Herman Wedel Jarlsberg | Independent | 30 November 1818 | 1 January 1822 | 3 years, 32 days | Wedel I |
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Jonas Collett | Independent | 1 January 1822 | 17 December 1836 | 14 years, 351 days | Wedel I-II |
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Jørgen Herman Vogt | Independent | 17 December 1836 | 15 May 1846 | 9 years, 149 days | Wedel II Løvenskiold/Vogt |
Ministry of Finance and Customs (1846-2000)[]
Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
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Olaus Michael Schmidt | Independent | 15 May 1846 | 15 July 1847 | 1 year, 61 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
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Jørgen Herman Vogt | Independent | 15 July 1847 | 29 August 1849 | 2 years, 45 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
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Valentin Sibbern | Independent | 29 August 1849 | 30 April 1850 | 244 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
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Christian Z. Bretteville | Independent | 30 April 1850 | 10 July 1852 | 2 years, 71 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
Niels Andreas Thrap | Independent | 10 July 1852 | 20 September 1852 | 72 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt | |
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Jørgen Herman Vogt | Independent | 20 September 1852 | 29 June 1853 | 282 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
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Hans Riddervold | Independent | 29 June 1853 | 5 August 1853 | 37 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
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Jørgen Herman Vogt | Independent | 5 August 1853 | 9 September 1853 | 35 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
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Christian Z. Bretteville | Independent | 9 September 1853 | 22 March 1854 | 194 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
Niels Andreas Thrap | Independent | 22 March 1854 | 2 July 1854 | 102 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt | |
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Jørgen Herman Vogt | Independent | 2 July 1854 | 27 September 1855 | 1 year, 87 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
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Otto Vincent Lange | Independent | 27 September 1855 | 26 June 1856 | 273 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt Vogt |
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Erik Røring Møinichen | Independent | 26 June 1856 | 11 August 1857 | 1 year, 46 days | Vogt |
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Otto Vincent Lange | Independent | 11 August 1857 | 15 September 1858 | 1 year, 35 days | Vogt |
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Erik Røring Møinichen | Independent | 15 September 1858 | 15 October 1859 | 1 year, 30 days | Vogt Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt |
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Otto Vincent Lange | Independent | 15 October 1859 | 15 September 1861 | 1 year, 335 days | Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt |
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Erik Røring Møinichen | Independent | 15 September 1861 | 15 September 1862 | 1 year, 0 days | Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt F. Stang |
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Otto Vincent Lange | Independent | 15 September 1862 | 22 June 1863 | 280 days | F. Stang |
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Henrik L. Helliesen | Independent | 22 June 1863 | 15 October 1865 | 2 years, 115 days | F. Stang |
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Erik Røring Møinichen | Independent | 15 October 1865 | 15 October 1866 | 1 year, 0 days | F. Stang |
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Henrik L. Helliesen | Independent | 15 October 1866 | 15 October 1869 | 3 years, 0 days | F. Stang |
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Erik Røring Møinichen | Independent | 15 October 1869 | 1 February 1870 | 109 days | F. Stang |
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August Christian Manthey | Independent | 2 February 1870 | 20 September 1870 | 230 days | F. Stang |
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Henrik L. Helliesen | Independent | 20 September 1870 | 6 July 1872 | 1 year, 290 days | F. Stang |
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August Christian Manthey | Independent | 6 July 1872 | 15 June 1873 | 344 days | F. Stang |
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Henrik L. Helliesen | Independent | 15 June 1873 | 24 February 1874 | 254 days | F. Stang |
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August Christian Manthey | Independent | 24 February 1874 | 7 April 1874 | 42 days | F. Stang |
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Henrik L. Helliesen | Independent | 7 April 1874 | 26 May 1875 | 1 year, 49 days | F. Stang |
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Jacob Aall jr. | Independent | 26 May 1875 | 5 June 1875 | 10 days | F. Stang |
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Henrik L. Helliesen | Independent | 5 June 1875 | 6 July 1875 | 31 days | F. Stang |
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Jacob Aall jr. | Independent | 6 July 1875 | 21 July 1875 | 15 days | F. Stang |
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Henrik L. Helliesen | Independent | 21 July 1875 | 15 October 1875 | 86 days | F. Stang |
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Jens Holmboe | Independent | 15 October 1875 | 15 November 1876 | 1 year, 31 days | F. Stang |
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Henrik L. Helliesen | Independent | 15 November 1876 | 15 September 1879 | 2 years, 304 days | F. Stang |
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Jens Holmboe | Independent | 15 September 1879 | 15 September 1880 | 1 year, 0 days | F. Stang |
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Henrik L. Helliesen | Independent | 15 September 1880 | 15 September 1883 | 3 years, 0 days | F. Stang Selmer |
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Christian H. Schweigaard | Independent | 15 September 1883 | 3 April 1884 | 201 days | Selmer |
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Herman Reimers | Independent | 3 April 1884 | 26 June 1884 | 84 days | Schweigaard |
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Baard M. Haugland | Liberal | 26 June 1884 | 16 July 1888 | 4 years, 20 days | Sverdrup |
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Olaj Johan Olsen | Liberal | 16 July 1888 | 1 May 1889 | 289 days | Sverdrup |
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Peter Olrog Schjøtt | Liberal | 1 May 1889 | 8 July 1889 | 68 days | Sverdrup |
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Olaj Johan Olsen | Liberal | 8 July 1889 | 13 July 1889 | 5 days | Sverdrup |
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Evald Rygh | Conservative | 13 July 1889 | 6 March 1891 | 1 year, 236 days | Stang I |
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Johannes Steen | Liberal | 6 March 1891 | 2 May 1893 | 2 years, 57 days | Steen I |
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Ole Furu | Conservative | 2 May 1893 | 9 August 1895 | 2 years, 99 days | Stang II |
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Francis Hagerup | Conservative | 9 August 1895 | 14 October 1895 | 66 days | Stang II |
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Fredrik Stang Lund | Liberal | 14 October 1895 | 15 November 1895 | 32 days | Hagerup I |
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Birger Kildal | Liberal | 15 November 1895 | 17 February 1898 | 2 years, 94 days | Hagerup I |
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Elias Sunde | Liberal | 17 February 1898 | 19 May 1900 | 2 years, 91 days | Steen II |
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Georg August Thilesen | Liberal | 19 May 1900 | 6 November 1900 | 171 days | Steen II |
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Søren Tobias Årstad | Liberal | 6 November 1900 | 8 June 1901 | 214 days | Steen II |
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Elias Sunde | Liberal | 8 June 1901 | 9 June 1903 | 2 years, 1 day | Steen II Blehr I |
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Gunnar Knudsen | Liberal | 9 June 1903 | 22 October 1903 | 135 days | Blehr I |
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Birger Kildal | Liberal | 22 October 1903 | 1 September 1904 | 315 days | Hagerup II |
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Christian Michelsen | Coalition | 1 September 1904 | 11 March 1905 | 191 days | Hagerup II |
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Gunnar Knudsen | Liberal | 11 March 1905 | 31 October 1905 | 234 days | Michelsen |
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Christian Michelsen | Coalition | 31 October 1905 | 27 November 1905 | 27 days | Michelsen |
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Edvard H. Bull | Conservative | 27 November 1905 | 7 November 1906 | 345 days | Michelsen |
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Abraham Berge | Liberal | 7 November 1906 | 23 October 1907 | 350 days | Michelsen |
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Magnus Halvorsen | Moderate Liberal | 23 October 1907 | 19 March 1908 | 148 days | Løvland |
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Gunnar Knudsen | Liberal | 19 March 1908 | 2 February 1910 | 1 year, 320 days | Knudsen I |
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Abraham Berge | Free-minded Liberal | 2 February 1910 | 20 February 1912 | 2 years, 18 days | Konow |
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Fredrik Ludvig Konow | Free-minded Liberal | 20 February 1912 | 31 January 1913 | 346 days | Bratlie |
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Anton Omholt | Liberal | 31 January 1913 | 16 June 1920 | 7 years, 137 days | Knudsen II |
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Edvard H. Bull | Conservative | 21 June 1920 | 22 June 1921 | 1 year, 1 day | Halvorsen I |
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Otto Blehr | Liberal | 22 June 1921 | 6 March 1923 | 1 year, 257 days | Blehr II |
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Abraham Berge | Free-minded Liberal | 6 March 1923 | 25 July 1924 | 1 year, 141 days | Halvorsen II Berge |
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Arnold Holmboe | Liberal | 25 July 1924 | 5 March 1926 | 1 year, 223 days | Mowinckel I |
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Fredrik Ludvig Konow | Free-minded Liberal | 5 March 1926 | 28 January 1928 | 1 year, 329 days | Lykke |
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Christopher Hornsrud | Labour | 28 January 1928 | 15 February 1928 | 18 days | Hornsrud |
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Per Berg Lund | Liberal | 15 February 1928 | 12 May 1931 | 3 years, 86 days | Mowinckel II |
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Peder Kolstad | Agrarian | 12 May 1931 | 1 February 1932 | 265 days | Kolstad |
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Jon Sundby | Agrarian | 1 February 1932 | 3 March 1933 | 1 year, 30 days | Kolstad Hundseid |
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Per Berg Lund | Liberal | 3 March 1933 | 3 November 1934 | 1 year, 245 days | Mowinckel III |
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Gunnar Jahn | Liberal | 3 November 1934 | 20 March 1935 | 137 days | Mowinckel III |
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Adolf Indrebø | Labour | 20 March 1935 | 13 November 1936 | 1 year, 238 days | Nygaardsvold |
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Kornelius Bergsvik | Labour | 13 November 1936 | 1 July 1939 | 2 years, 230 days | Nygaardsvold |
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Oscar Torp | Labour | 1 July 1939 | 28 November 1941 | 2 years, 150 days | Nygaardsvold |
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Paul Hartmann | Resistance | 28 November 1941 | 28 February 1942 | 92 days | Nygaardsvold |
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Oscar Torp | Labour | 28 February 1942 | 20 March 1942 | 20 days | Nygaardsvold |
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Paul Hartmann | Resistance | 20 March 1942 | 25 June 1945 | 3 years, 97 days | Nygaardsvold |
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Gunnar Jahn | Resistance[a] | 25 June 1945 | 5 November 1945 | 133 days | Gerhardsen I |
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Erik Brofoss | Labour | 5 November 1945 | 6 December 1947 | 2 years, 31 days | Gerhardsen II |
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Olav Meisdalshagen | Labour | 6 December 1947 | 19 November 1951 | 3 years, 348 days | Gerhardsen II |
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Trygve Bratteli | Labour | 19 November 1951 | 22 January 1955 | 3 years, 64 days | Torp |
Mons Lid | Labour | 22 January 1955 | 28 December 1956 | 1 year, 341 days | Gerhardsen III | |
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Trygve Bratteli | Labour | 28 December 1956 | 23 April 1960 | 3 years, 117 days | Gerhardsen III |
Petter Jakob Bjerve | Labour | 23 April 1960 | 4 February 1963 | 2 years, 287 days | Gerhardsen III | |
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Andreas Cappelen | Labour | 4 February 1963 | 28 August 1963 | 205 days | Gerhardsen III |
Dagfinn Vårvik | Centre | 28 August 1963 | 25 September 1963 | 28 days | Lyng | |
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Andreas Cappelen | Labour | 25 September 1963 | 12 October 1965 | 2 years, 17 days | Gerhardsen IV |
Ole Myrvoll | Liberal | 12 October 1965 | 17 March 1971 | 5 years, 156 days | Borten | |
Ragnar Christiansen | Labour | 17 March 1971 | 18 October 1972 | 1 year, 215 days | Bratteli I | |
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Jon Ola Norbom | Liberal | 18 October 1972 | 16 October 1973 | 363 days | Korvald |
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Per Kleppe | Labour | 16 October 1973 | 8 October 1979 | 5 years, 357 days | Bratteli II Nordli |
Ulf Sand | Labour | 8 October 1979 | 14 October 1981 | 2 years, 6 days | Nordli Brundtland I | |
Rolf Presthus | Conservative | 14 October 1981 | 25 April 1986 | 4 years, 193 days | Willoch I-II | |
Arne Skauge | Conservative | 25 April 1986 | 9 May 1986 | 14 days | Willoch II | |
Gunnar Berge | Labour | 9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3 years, 160 days | Brundtland II | |
Arne Skauge | Conservative | 16 October 1989 | 3 November 1990 | 1 year, 18 days | Syse | |
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Sigbjørn Johnsen | Labour | 3 November 1990 | 25 October 1996 | 5 years, 357 days | Brundtland III |
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Jens Stoltenberg | Labour | 25 October 1996 | 17 October 1997 | 357 days | Jagland |
Gudmund Restad | Centre | 17 October 1997 | 17 March 2000 | 2 years, 152 days | Bondevik I |
Ministry of Finance (2000-)[]
Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
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Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen | Labour | 17 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 216 days | Stoltenberg I |
Per-Kristian Foss | Conservative | 19 October 2001 | 17 October 2005 | 3 years, 363 days | Bondevik II | |
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Kristin Halvorsen | Socialist Left | 17 October 2005 | 20 October 2009 | 4 years, 3 days | Stoltenberg II |
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Sigbjørn Johnsen | Labour | 20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | 3 years, 361 days | Stoltenberg II |
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Siv Jensen | Progress | 16 October 2013 | 24 January 2020 | 6 years, 100 days | Solberg |
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Jan Tore Sanner | Conservative | 24 January 2020 | 14 October 2021 | 1 year, 263 days | Solberg |
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Trygve Slagsvold Vedum | Centre | 14 October 2021 | present | 99 days | Støre |
Notes[]
- ^ Though a member of the Liberal Party, Jahn represented the resistance movement while serving in the unity government.
See also[]
- Norwegian Ministry of Finance
References[]
Categories:
- Lists of government ministers of Norway
- 1814 establishments in Norway