Minister of Defence (Norway)

The Norwegian Minister of Defence is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. The position has existed since 1814. The incumbent minister since 12 April 2022 is Bjørn Arild Gram of the Centre Party.

Between 1819 and 1885 the Ministry was split into two different ministries, the Ministry of the Navy and the Army Ministry.

Norwegian defence ministers after 1945
Bjørn Arild GramOdd Roger EnoksenFrank Bakke JensenIne Marie Eriksen SøreideAnne-Grete Strøm-ErichsenEspen Barth EideGrete FaremoAnne-Grete Strøm-ErichsenKristin Krohn DevoldBjørn Tore GodalEldbjørg LøwerDag Jostein FjærvollJørgen KosmoJohan Jørgen HolstPer Ditlev-SimonsenJohan Jørgen HolstRolf PresthusAnders SjaastadThorvald StoltenbergRolf Arthur HansenAlv Jakob FostervollJohan KleppeAlv Jakob FostervollGunnar HellesenOtto Grieg TidemandGudmund HarlemHåkon KyllingmarkGudmund HarlemNils Kristoffer HandalKai Birger KnudsenNils LanghelleJens Christian HaugeOscar Torp

List of Norwegian Ministers of Defence (1814–1885)
NameFromTo
The position was named Chief of 6th Ministry from 1814 to 1818
Diderik Hegermann 1814 1816
Peter Motzfeldt 1816 1818
Mathias Sommerhielm 1818 1819
The position was named Minister of the Army from 1818 to 1885
Jonas Collett 1819 1819
Nicolai Krog 1822 1825
Jørgen Herman Vogt 1825 1826
Nicolai Krog 1826 1828
Thomas Fasting 1828 1829
Nicolai Krog 1839 1832
Thomas Fasting 1832 1833
Nicolai Krog 1833 1835
Valentin Sibbern 1835 1836
Nicolai Krog 1836 1837
Palle Rømer Fleischer 1837 1839
Oluf Borch de Schouboe 1839 1839
Valentin Sibbern 1839 1840
Palle Rømer Fleischer 1840 1842
Oluf Borch de Schouboe 1842 1843
Palle Rømer Fleischer 1843 1846
Valentin Sibbern 1846 1847
Palle Rømer Fleischer 1847 1848
Thomas Edvard von Westen Sylow 1848 1851
Hans Christian Petersen 1851 1852
Ole Wilhelm Erichsen 1852 1852
Hans Christian Petersen 1852 1853
Thomas Edvard von Westen Sylow 1852 1853
Hans Glad Bloch 1853 1856
Hans Christian Petersen 1856 1857
Harald Wergeland (acting) 1857 1857
Hans Christian Petersen 1857 1857
Hans Glad Bloch 1857 1860
Harald Wergeland 1860 1862
August Christian Manthey 1862 1863
Harald Wergeland 1863 1866
August Christian Manthey 1866 1867
Harald Wergeland 1867 1868
Niels Christian Irgens 1868 1872
August Christian Manthey 1872 1872
Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke 1872 1874
Christian Selmer 1874 1875
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting) 1875 1875
Christian Selmer 1875 1875
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting) 1875 1875
Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke 1875 1877
Adolph Frederik Munthe 1877 1879
Christian Selmer 1879 1880
Adolph Frederik Munthe 1880 1881
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting) 1881 1881
Adolph Frederik Munthe 1881 1884
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting) 1884 1884
Lars Christian Dahll 1884 1884
Ludvig Daae 1884 1885
The position was named Minister of Defence from 1885 to present

Ministers of Defence (1885–present)

Key

  Christian Democratic Party
  Conservative Party
  Centre Party
  Coalition Party
  Labour Party
  Liberal Party
  Free-minded Liberal Party
  Independent

Ministers
Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet
Johan Sverdrup Liberal1 September 188513 July 18893 years, 315 daysSverdrup
Edvard Hans Hoff Conservative13 July 18896 March 18911 year, 236 daysStang I
Peter T. Holst Liberal6 March 18912 May 18932 years, 57 daysSteen I
Wilhelm Olssøn Conservative2 May 189315 July 18941 year, 74 daysStang II
Johannes Harbitz Conservative15 July 189427 April 1895286 daysStang II
Wilhelm Olssøn Conservative27 April 189517 February 18982 years, 296 daysStang II
Hagerup I
Peter T. Holst Liberal17 February 18986 November 19002 years, 262 daysSteen II
Georg Stang Liberal6 November 19009 June 19032 years, 215 daysSteen II
Blehr I
Thomas Heftye Liberal9 June 190322 October 1903135 daysBlehr I
Oscar Strugstad Coalition22 October 190311 March 19051 year, 140 daysHagerup II
Wilhelm Olssøn Conservative11 March 190525 May 19072 years, 75 daysMichelsen
Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes Liberal23 October 190719 March 1908148 daysLøvland
Thomas Heftye Liberal19 March 190811 April 190823 daysKnudsen I
Haakon D. Lowzow Liberal11 April 190820 August 19091 year, 131 daysKnudsen I
August Spørck Liberal20 August 19092 February 1910166 daysKnudsen I
Karl Bull Conservative2 February 191020 February 19122 years, 18 daysKonow
Jens Bratlie Conservative20 February 191231 January 1913346 daysBratlie
Hans Vilhelm Keilhau Liberal31 January 19138 August 19141 year, 189 daysKnudsen II
Christian T. Holtfodt Liberal8 August 191420 February 19194 years, 196 daysKnudsen II
Rudolf Peersen Liberal20 February 191917 June 1919117 daysKnudsen II
Ivar Aavatsmark Liberal17 June 191921 June 19201 year, 4 daysKnudsen II
Karl Wilhelm Wefring Free-minded Liberal21 June 192022 June 19211 year, 1 dayBahr Halvorsen I
Ivar Aavatsmark Liberal22 June 19216 March 19231 year, 257 daysBlehr II
Karl Wilhelm Wefring Free-minded Liberal6 March 192325 July 19241 year, 141 daysBahr Halvorsen II
Berge
Rolf Jacobsen Liberal25 July 19245 March 19261 year, 223 daysMowinckel I
Karl Wilhelm Wefring Free-minded Liberal5 March 192626 July 1926143 daysLykke
Ingolf Elster Christensen Conservative26 July 192628 January 19281 year, 186 daysLykke
Fredrik Monsen Labour28 January 192815 February 192818 daysHornsrud
Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst Liberal28 January 192812 May 19313 years, 104 daysMowinckel II
Vidkun Quisling Independent12 May 19313 March 19331 year, 295 daysKolstad
Hundseid
Jens Isak Kobro Liberal3 March 193320 March 19352 years, 17 daysMowinckel III
Fredrik Monsen Labour20 March 193522 December 19394 years, 277 daysNygaardsvold
Birger Ljungberg Conservative22 December 193920 March 19422 years, 88 daysNygaardsvold
Oscar Torp Labour20 March 19425 November 19453 years, 230 daysNygaardsvold
Gerhardsen I
Jens Christian Hauge Labour5 November 19455 January 19526 years, 61 daysGerhardsen II
Torp
Nils Langhelle Labour5 January 195215 June 19542 years, 161 daysTorp
Kai Birger Knudsen Labour15 June 195422 January 1955221 daysTorp
Nils Handal Labour22 January 195518 February 19616 years, 27 daysGerhardsen III
Gudmund Harlem Labour18 February 196128 August 19632 years, 191 daysGerhardsen III
Håkon Kyllingmark Conservative28 August 196325 September 196328 daysLyng
Gudmund Harlem Labour25 September 196312 October 19652 years, 17 daysGerhardsen IV
Otto Grieg Tidemand Conservative12 October 19655 June 19704 years, 236 daysBorten
Gunnar Hellesen Conservative5 June 197017 March 1971285 daysBorten
Alv Jakob Fostervoll Labour17 March 197118 October 19721 year, 215 daysBratteli I
Johan Kleppe Liberal18 October 197216 October 1973363 daysKorvald
Alv Jakob Fostervoll Labour16 October 197315 January 19762 years, 91 daysBratteli II
Rolf Arthur Hansen Labour15 January 19768 October 19793 years, 266 daysNordli
Thorvald Stoltenberg Labour8 October 197914 October 19812 years, 6 daysNordli
Brundtland I
Anders C. Sjaastad Conservative14 October 198125 April 19864 years, 193 daysWilloch I-II
Rolf Presthus Conservative25 April 19869 May 198614 daysWilloch II
Johan Jørgen Holst Labour9 May 198616 October 19893 years, 160 daysBrundtland II
Per Ditlev-Simonsen Conservative16 October 19893 November 19901 year, 18 daysSyse
Johan Jørgen Holst Labour3 November 19902 April 19932 years, 150 daysBrundtland III
Jørgen Kosmo Labour2 April 199317 October 19974 years, 198 daysBrundtland III
Jagland
Dag Jostein Fjærvoll Christian Democratic17 October 199715 March 19991 year, 149 daysBondevik I
Eldbjørg Løwer Liberal15 March 199917 March 20001 year, 2 daysBondevik I
Bjørn Tore Godal Labour17 March 200019 October 20011 year, 216 daysStoltenberg I
Kristin Krohn Devold Conservative19 October 200117 October 20053 years, 363 daysBondevik II
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen Labour17 October 200520 October 20094 years, 3 daysStoltenberg II
Grete Faremo Labour20 October 200911 November 20112 years, 22 daysStoltenberg II
Espen Barth Eide Labour11 November 201121 September 2012315 daysStoltenberg II
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen Labour21 September 201216 October 20131 year, 25 daysStoltenberg II
Ine Eriksen Søreide Conservative16 October 201320 October 20174 years, 4 daysSolberg
Frank Bakke-Jensen Conservative20 October 201714 October 20213 years, 359 daysSolberg
Odd Roger Enoksen Centre14 October 202112 April 2022180 daysStøre
Bjørn Arild Gram Centre12 April 2022present1 year, 182 daysStøre

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