Ministry of Postal Affairs (Norway)

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Postal Affairs (Norwegian: Postdepartementet) was a Norwegian ministry that existed from 1860 to 1861. It was responsible for postal affairs.

It was established on 18 August 1860 as a successor of the General Post Directorate, which had been separated from the Ministry of the Interior as a government agency in 1857. It ceased to exist already on 1 October 1861, when it was merged with the Ministry of the Navy to form the .^[1]

The heads of the Ministry of Postal Affairs were Ketil Motzfeldt (1860), Erik Røring Møinichen (1860-1861), Christian Ludvig Diriks (temporary, 1861) and Erik Røring Møinichen again (1861).^[2]

A short-lived Ministry of Postal Affairs existed for some months in 1885. It was headed by Birger Kildal.^[3]

List of ministers[]

Key[]

Independent
Liberal Party

Ministers[]

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet
Ketil Motzfeldt	Independent	18 August 1860	31 October 1860	74 days	Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt
Erik Røring Møinichen	Independent	1 November 1860	12 August 1861	284 days	Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt
Christian Ludvig Diriks	Independent	12 August 1861	24 August 1861	12 days	Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt
Erik Røring Møinichen	Independent	24 August 1861	30 September 1861	37 days	Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt
Birger Kildal	Liberal	1 May 1885	31 December 1885	244 days	Sverdrup

References[]

^ Departementer siden 1814 - Regjeringen.no
^ Ministry of Postal Affairs, Councillor of State - Regjeringen.no
^ Ministry of Postal Affairs, Councillor of State - Regjeringen.no

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[1] Departementer siden 1814 - Regjeringen.no

[2] Ministry of Postal Affairs, Councillor of State - Regjeringen.no

[3] Ministry of Postal Affairs, Councillor of State - Regjeringen.no

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