Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norway)

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norwegian: Nærings- og handelsdepartementet) was a Norwegian ministry responsible for business, trade and industry. On 1 January 2014 it was merged into .^[1] From 2013 it was led by Monica Mæland (Conservative Party), who continued as minister of trade, industry and fisheries from 2014 to 2018.

History[]

The Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Shipping, Industry, Craft and Fisheries was created on 1 October 1916. After this, the ministry underwent several name changes: to Ministry of Trade, Shipping and Industry on 1 July 1946, to Ministry of Industry, Craft and Shipping on 6 December 1947, to Ministry of Industry and Craft on 1 January 1955, to Ministry of Industry 1 January 1988, to Ministry of Industry and Energy on 1 January 1993 and to Ministry of Trade and Industry on 1 January 1997.^[2]

Organisation[]

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has six departments. The Press and Communications Division is part of the Secretary General's staff.

The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Trade and Industry. The other political staff consists of three State Secretaries and one Political Advisor.

The ministry is divided into the following sections:^[3]

Political staff
Information section
Department of Planning, Administration and Economic affairs
Department of Ownership
Department of Trade and Industrial Economics
Department of Research and Innovation Politics
Department of Regulations and Shipping
Department of Entrepreneurship and Internationalization

Political staff[]

Minister Monica Mæland (Conservative)
State Secretary Eirik Lae Solberg (Conservative)
State Secretary (Conservative)

Subsidiaries[]

Subordinate government agencies:^[4]

Brønnøysund Register Centre
Guarantee Institute for Export Credits
Norwegian Directorate of Mining with the Commissioner of Mines at Svalbard
Norwegian Maritime Directorate
Norwegian Metrology Service
Norwegian Geological Survey
Norwegian Patent Office
Norwegian Ship Registers
Norwegian Space Centre

Other agencies associated with the department:^[5]

Euro Info Centre
Industrial Development Corporation of Norway
Innovation Norway
Norwegian Design Council
The Research Council of Norway
Standards Norway

Wholly owned limited companies:^[6]

Argentum Fondsinvesteringer
BaneTele
Bjørnøen
Electronic Chart Centre
Entra Eiendom
Flytoget
Innovation Norway
Kings Bay
Mesta
Industrial Development Corporation of Norway
Statkraft
Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani

Partially owned public limited companies:^[6]

Telenor (54,0%)
Kongsberg Gruppen (50,0%)
Nammo (50,0%)
Norsk Hydro (43,8%)
Cermaq (43,5%)
Yara International (36,2%)
DnB NOR (34,0%)
Aker Holding (30.0%, and thus indirectly 12% of Aker Kværner)
(15,0%)
SAS Group (14,3%)

List of ministers[]

Key[]

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

Ministers of Trade (1903–1945)[]

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet
Otto Blehr	Liberal	1 January 1903	22 October 1903	294 days
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 (1945–1987)[]

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet	Ref
Lars Evensen^[b]^[7]	Labour	25 June 1945	2 November 1953	8 years, 130 days	Gerhardsen I-II Torp	^[7]
Nils Handal	Labour	2 November 1953	22 January 1955	1 year, 81 days	Torp	^[8]
Gustav Sjaastad	Labour	22 January 1955	9 April 1959	4 years, 77 days	Gerhardsen III	^[9]
Kjell Holler	Labour	9 April 1959	4 July 1963	4 years, 86 days	Gerhardsen III	^[9]
Trygve Lie	Labour	4 July 1963	28 August 1963	55 days	Gerhardsen III	^[9]
Kaare Meland	Conservative	28 August 1963	25 September 1963	28 days	Lyng
Trygve Lie	Labour	25 September 1963	20 January 1964	117 days	Gerhardsen IV
Karl Trasti	Labour	20 January 1964	12 October 1965	1 year, 265 days	Gerhardsen IV
Sverre W. Rostoft	Conservative	12 October 1965	17 March 1971	5 years, 156 days	Borten
Finn Lied	Labour	17 March 1971	18 October 1972	1 year, 215 days	Bratteli I
Ola Skjåk Bræk	Liberal	18 October 1972	16 October 1973	363 days	Korvald
Ingvald J. Ulvseth	Labour	16 October 1973	15 January 1976	2 years, 91 days	Bratteli II
Bjartmar Gjerde	Labour	15 January 1976	11 January 1978	1 year, 361 days	Nordli
Olav Haukvik	Labour	11 January 1978	8 October 1979	1 year, 270 days	Nordli
Lars Skytøen	Labour	8 October 1979	4 February 1981	1 year, 119 days	Nordli
Finn Kristensen	Labour	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	252 days	Brundtland I
Jens-Halvard Bratz	Conservative	14 October 1981	16 September 1983	1 year, 337 days	Willoch I Willoch II
Jan P. Syse	Conservative	16 September 1983	4 October 1985	2 years, 18 days	Willoch II
Petter Thomassen	Conservative	4 October 1985	9 May 1986	217 days	Willoch II
Finn Kristensen	Labour	9 May 1986	31 December 1987	1 year, 236 days	Brundtland II

Ministers of Industry (1988–1993)[]

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet
Finn Kristensen	Labour	1 January 1988	16 October 1989	1 year, 288 days	Brundtland II
Petter Thomassen	Conservative	16 October 1989	3 November 1990	1 year, 18 days	Syse
Ole Knapp	Labour	3 November 1990	4 September 1992	1 year, 306 days	Brundtland III
Finn Kristensen	Labour	4 September 1992	1 January 1993	119 days	Brundtland III

Ministers of Industry and Energy (1993–1996)[]

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

Ministers of Trade and Industry (1997–present)[]

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet
Grete Knudsen	Labour	1 January 1997	17 October 1997	289 days	Jagland
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
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen	Conservative	17 January 2018	24 January 2020	2 years, 7 days	Solberg
Iselin Nybø	Liberal	24 January 2020	14 October 2021	1 year, 263 days	Solberg
Jan Christian Vestre	Labour	14 October 2021	present	104 days	Støre

References[]

^ Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
^ "Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry". Government.no. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
^ Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Organisasjon" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-06-26.
^ Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Underliggende etater" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-06-26.
^ Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Tilknyttede virksomheter" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-06-26.
^ ^a ^b Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Statens eierskap" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
^ ^a ^b "Einar Gerhardsen's Second Government". Government.no. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
^ "Oscar Torp's Cabinet". Government.no. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Einar Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet". Government.no. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

Notes[]

^ Acting until 20 October while serving as foreign minister.
^ 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.
^ Minister responsible for energy cases.

External links[]

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[1] Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

[2] "Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry". Government.no. Retrieved 2010-05-21.

[3] Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Organisasjon" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-06-26.

[4] Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Underliggende etater" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-06-26.

[5] Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Tilknyttede virksomheter" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-06-26.

[eb-6] Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. "Statens eierskap" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2007-06-26.

[Second-9] "Einar Gerhardsen's Second Government". Government.no. Retrieved 2010-05-21.

[10] "Oscar Torp's Cabinet". Government.no. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

[ThirdCabinet-11] "Einar Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet". Government.no. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

[7] Acting until 20 October while serving as foreign minister.

[8] 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.

[12] Minister responsible for energy cases.

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