Minister of Defence (Norway)

Norwegian defence ministers after 1945
Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen Espen Barth Eide Grete Faremo Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen Kristin Krohn Devold Bjørn Tore Godal Eldbjørg Løwer Dag Jostein Fjærvoll Jørgen Kosmo Johan Jørgen Holst Per Ditlev-Simonsen Johan Jørgen Holst Rolf Presthus Anders Sjaastad Thorvald Stoltenberg Rolf Arthur Hansen Alv Jakob Fostervoll Johan Kleppe Alv Jakob Fostervoll Gunnar Hellesen Otto Grieg Tidemand Gudmund Harlem Håkon Kyllingmark Gudmund Harlem Nils Kristoffer Handal Kai Birger Knudsen Nils Langhelle Jens Christian Hauge Oscar Torp

The Norwegian Minister of Defence is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. The position has existed since 1814. The incumbent minister since 16 October 2013 is Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide of the Conservative Party.

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

List of Norwegian Ministers of Defence

Name From To
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
Johan Sverdrup 1885 1889
Edvard Hans Hoff 18891891
Peter Theodor Holst 18911893
Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn 18931894
Johannes Winding Harbitz 18941895
Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn 18951898
Peter Theodor Holst 18981900
Georg Stang 19001903
Thomas Heftye 19031903
Oscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad 19031905
Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn 19051907
Christian Michelsen (acting) 19071907
Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes 19071908
Thomas Heftye 19081908
Haakon Ditlev Lowzow 19081909
August Geelmuyden Spørck 19091910
Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull 19101912
Jens Bratlie 19121913
Hans Vilhelm Keilhau 19131914
Christian Theodor Holtfodt 19141919
Rudolf Elias Peersen 19191919
Ivar Aavatsmark 19191920
Karl Wilhelm Wefring 19201921
Ivar Aavatsmark 19211923
Karl Wilhelm Wefring 19231924
Rolf Jacobsen 19241926
Karl Wilhelm Wefring 19261926
Ingolf Elster Christensen 19261928
Fredrik Monsen 19281928
Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst 19281931
Vidkun Quisling 19311933
Jens Isak de Lange Kobro 19331935
Fredrik Monsen 19351935
Adolf Indrebø 19351935
Oscar Torp (acting) 19351936
Fredrik Monsen 19361939
Birger Ljungberg 19391942
Oscar Torp (government in exile) 19421945
Alf Whist (Quisling puppet government)
(minister without portfolio with responsibility for the war effort of private businesses)
19421945
Jens Christian Hauge 19451952
Nils Langhelle 19521954
Kai Birger Knudsen 19541955
Nils Handal 19551961
Gudmund Harlem 19611963
Håkon Kyllingmark 19631963
Gudmund Harlem 19631965
Otto Grieg Tidemand 19651970
Gunnar Hellesen 19701971
Alv Fostervoll 19711972
Johan Kleppe 19721973
Alv Fostervoll 19731976
Rolf Arthur Hansen 19761979
Thorvald Stoltenberg 19791981
Anders C. Sjaastad 19811986
Rolf Presthus 19861986
Johan Jørgen Holst 19861989
Per Ditlev-Simonsen 19891990
Johan Jørgen Holst 19901993
Jørgen Kosmo 19931997
Dag Jostein Fjærvoll 19971999
Eldbjørg Løwer 19992000
Bjørn Tore Godal 20002001
Kristin Krohn Devold 20012005
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen 20052009
Grete Faremo 20092011
Espen Barth Eide 20112012
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen 20122013
Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide 2013present

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