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Minister of Trade and Industry (Norway)

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.

Minister of Trade and Industry of Norway
Næringsminister
Incumbent
Cecilie Myrseth
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 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)

PhotoNamePartyTook officeLeft officeTenureCabinet
Otto BlehrLiberal1 January 190322 October 1903294 daysBlehr I
Jacob SchøningLiberal22 October 19031 September 1904315 daysHagerup II
Paul B. VogtConservative1 September 190411 March 1905191 daysHagerup II
Sofus ArctanderLiberal11 March 190519 March 19083 years, 8 daysMichelsen
Løvland
Lars AbrahamsenLiberal19 March 19082 February 19101 year, 320 daysKnudsen I
Sofus ArctanderFree-minded Liberal2 February 191011 June 1910129 days

Konow

Bernhard BrænneConservative11 June 191020 February 19121 year, 254 daysKonow
Ambortius LindvigFree-minded Liberal20 February 191231 January 1913346 days

Bratlie

Johan CastbergLabour Democrats31 January 19131 July 1913151 days

Knudsen II

Kristian Friis PetersenLiberal1 October 191620 February 19192 years, 142 daysKnudsen II
Birger Stuevold-HansenLiberal20 February 191921 June 19201 year, 122 daysKnudsen II
Gerdt Henrik Meyer BruunConservative21 June 192022 June 19211 year, 1 dayBahr Halvorsen I
Johan Ludwig MowinckelLiberal22 June 192120 October 1922[a]1 year, 120 daysBlehr II
Lars OftedalLiberal20 October 19226 March 1923135 daysBlehr II
Johan Rye HolmboeFree-minded Liberal6 March 192325 July 19241 year, 141 days

Bahr Halvorsen II
Berge

Lars O. MelingLiberal25 July 19245 March 19261 year, 223 daysMowinckel I
Charles RobertsonConservative5 March 192628 January 19281 year, 329 daysLykke
Anton L. AlvestadLabour28 January 192815 February 192818 daysHornsrud
Lars OftedalLiberal15 February 192812 May 19313 years, 86 daysMowinckel II
Per LarssenAgrarian12 May 193114 March 1932307 daysKolstad
Ivar Kirkeby-GarstadAgrarian14 March 19323 March 1933354 daysHundseid
Lars O. MelingLiberal3 March 193320 March 19352 years, 17 daysMowinckel III
Alfred MadsenLabour20 March 19351 July 19394 years, 103 daysNygaardsvold
Trygve LieLabour1 July 19392 October 193993 daysNygaardsvold
Anders FrihagenLabour2 October 19397 June 1940249 daysNygaardsvold
Terje WoldLabour7 June 194015 April 19421 year, 312 daysNygaardsvold
Anders FrihagenLabour15 April 19421 October 1942169 daysNygaardsvold
Olav HindahlLabour1 October 194212 March 19452 years, 162 daysNygaardsvold
Sven NielsenConservative12 March 194525 June 1945105 daysNygaardsvold

Ministers of Industry (1945–1993)

PhotoNamePartyTook officeLeft officeTenureCabinetRef
Lars Evensen[b]Labour25 June 19452 November 19538 years, 130 daysGerhardsen I-II
Torp		[2]
Nils HandalLabour2 November 195322 January 19551 year, 81 daysTorp[3]
Gustav SjaastadLabour22 January 19559 April 19594 years, 77 daysGerhardsen III[4]
Kjell HollerLabour9 April 19594 July 19634 years, 86 daysGerhardsen III[4]
Trygve LieLabour4 July 196328 August 196355 daysGerhardsen III[4]
Kaare MelandConservative28 August 196325 September 196328 daysLyng[5]
Trygve LieLabour25 September 196320 January 1964117 daysGerhardsen IV[6]
Karl TrastiLabour20 January 196412 October 19651 year, 265 daysGerhardsen IV[6]
Sverre W. RostoftConservative12 October 196517 March 19715 years, 156 daysBorten[7]
Finn LiedLabour17 March 197118 October 19721 year, 215 daysBratteli I[8]
Ola Skjåk BrækLiberal18 October 197216 October 1973363 daysKorvald[9]
Ingvald J. UlvsethLabour16 October 197315 January 19762 years, 91 daysBratteli II[10]
Bjartmar GjerdeLabour15 January 197611 January 19781 year, 361 daysNordli[11]
Olav HaukvikLabour11 January 19788 October 19791 year, 270 daysNordli[11]
Lars SkytøenLabour8 October 19794 February 19811 year, 119 daysNordli[11]
Finn KristensenLabour4 February 198114 October 1981252 daysBrundtland I[12]
Jens-Halvard BratzConservative14 October 198116 September 19831 year, 337 daysWilloch I–II[13]
Jan P. SyseConservative16 September 19834 October 19852 years, 18 daysWilloch II[13]
Petter ThomassenConservative4 October 19859 May 1986217 daysWilloch II[13]
Finn KristensenLabour9 May 198616 October 19893 years, 160 daysBrundtland II[14]
Petter ThomassenConservative16 October 19893 November 19901 year, 18 daysSyse[15]
Ole KnappLabour3 November 19904 September 19921 year, 306 daysBrundtland III[16]
Finn KristensenLabour4 September 19921 January 1993119 daysBrundtland III[16]

Ministers of Industry and Energy (1993–1997)

PhotoNamePartyTook officeLeft officeTenureCabinetRef
Finn KristensenLabour1 January 19937 October 1993273 daysBrundtland III[16]
Jens StoltenbergLabour7 October 199325 October 19963 years, 18 daysBrundtland III[16]
Grete KnudsenLabour25 October 19961 January 199768 daysJagland[c][17]

Ministers of Trade and Industry (1997–present)

PhotoNamePartyTook officeLeft officeTenureCabinetRef
Grete KnudsenLabour1 January 199717 October 1997289 daysJagland[17]
Lars SponheimLiberal17 October 199717 March 20002 years, 152 daysBondevik I
Grete KnudsenLabour17 March 200019 October 20011 year, 216 daysStoltenberg I
Ansgar GabrielsenConservative19 October 200118 June 20042 years, 243 daysBondevik II
Børge BrendeConservative18 June 200417 October 20051 year, 121 daysBondevik II
Odd EriksenLabour17 October 200529 September 2006347 daysStoltenberg II
Dag Terje AndersenLabour29 September 200620 June 20081 year, 273 daysStoltenberg II
Sylvia BrustadLabour20 June 200820 October 20091 year, 122 daysStoltenberg II
Trond GiskeLabour20 October 200916 October 20133 years, 361 daysStoltenberg II
Monica MælandConservative16 October 201317 January 20184 years, 93 daysSolberg[18]
Torbjørn Røe IsaksenConservative17 January 201824 January 20202 years, 7 daysSolberg[19]
Iselin NybøLiberal24 January 202014 October 20211 year, 263 daysSolberg[20]
Jan Christian VestreLabour14 October 202119 April 20242 years, 188 daysStøre[21]
Cecilie MyrsethLabour19 April 2024present83 daysStøre[22]

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References

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