Minister of Agriculture and Food (Norway)

Minister of Agriculture and Food of Norway Landbruks- og matministeren
Incumbent Jon Georg Dale since 16 December 2015
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member of	Council of State
Seat	Oslo
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	Monarch with approval of Parliament
Term length	No fixed length
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Norway
Precursor	Minister of the Interior
Formation	17 February 1900
First holder	Ole Anton Qvam
Deputy	State secretaries at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Website	Official website

The Minister of Agriculture and Food (Norwegian: Landbruks- og matministeren) is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Since 16 October 2013, the position has been held by Sylvi Listhaug of the Progress Party.^[1] The ministry is responsible for issues related to agriculture, forestry and food. Major subordinate agencies include the Norwegian Agriculture Authority, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority and Statskog.^[2] The position was created on 31 March 1900, along with the ministry, and Ole Anton Qvam was the inaugural officeholder. Fifty people from eight parties have held the office. During the German occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945, the office was both held by a German puppet government and an elected government in London.^[3]

Until 2004 the position was known as the Minister of Agriculture. The longest-serving officeholder is Hans Ystgaard, who served for more than ten years under Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold, who himself holds the shortest tenure, of sixteen days. Gunhild Øyangen has served for more than nine years, and Gunnar Knudsen for more than eight, both in the course of two terms. Håkon Five has been appointed a record four times, serving for nearly five years. Jens Hundseid served in the office while being Prime Minister.^[3]

Key

The following lists the minister, their party, date of assuming and leaving office, their tenure in years and days, and the cabinet they served in.

      Agrarian / Centre Party
      Christian Democratic Party
      Conservative Party
      Labour Party
      Liberal Left Party
      Liberal Pary
      Moderate Liberal Party
      National Unification
      Progress Pary
      Independent

Ministers

Photo	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet	Ref
	Qvam, Ole AntonOle Anton Qvam	Liberal	31 March 1900	5 November 1900	0 years, 220 days	Steen II	[4]
	Konow (H), WollertWollert Konow (H)	Liberal	5 November 1900	8 June 1903	2 years, 216 days	Steen II Blehr I	[5][6]
	Knudsen, GunnarGunnar Knudsen	Liberal	8 June 1903	22 October 1903	0 years, 137 days	Blehr I	[6]
	Mathiesen, ChristianChristian Mathiesen	Conservative	22 October 1903	26 September 1904	0 years, 340 days	Hagerup II	[7]
	Mellbye, Johan E.Johan E. Mellbye	Conservative	26 September 1904	11 March 1905	0 years, 167 days	Hagerup II	[7]
	Vinje, Aasmund HalvorsenAasmund Halvorsen Vinje	Moderate Liberal	11 March 1905	6 November 1906	1 year, 241 days	Michelsen	[8]
	Aarrestad, SvenSven Aarrestad	Liberal	6 November 1906	19 March 1908	1 year, 135 days	Michelsen Løvland	[8][9]
	Foosnæs, Hans KonradHans Konrad Foosnæs	Liberal	19 March 1908	2 February 1910	1 year, 321 days	Knudsen I	[10]
	Konow (SB), WollertWollert Konow (SB)	Liberal Left	2 February 1910	1 March 1910	0 years, 28 days	Konow	[11]
	Holtsmark, BerntBernt Holtsmark	Liberal Left	1 March 1910	20 February 1912	1 year, 357 days	Konow	[11]
—	Enge, ErikErik Enge	Liberal Left	20 February 1912	31 January 1913	0 years, 346 days	Bratlie	[12]
	Knudsen, GunnarGunnar Knudsen	Liberal	31 January 1913	12 December 1919	7 years, 316 days	Knudsen II	[13]
	Five, HåkonHåkon Five	Liberal	12 December 1919	21 June 1920	0 year, 192 days	Knudsen II	[13]
	Jahren, Gunder AntonGunder Anton Jahren	Conservative	21 June 1920	22 June 1921	1 year, 1 days	Bahr Halvorsen I	[14]
—	Nalum, Martin OlsenMartin Olsen Nalum	Liberal	22 June 1921	26 July 1921	0 years, 35 days	Blehr II	[15]
	Five, HåkonHåkon Five	Liberal	26 July 1921	6 March 1923	0 years, 224 days	Blehr II	[15]
	Venger, AndersAnders Venger	Conservative	6 March 1923	25 July 1924	1 year, 112 days	Bahr Halvorsen II Berge	[16][17]
	Five, HåkonHåkon Five	Liberal	25 July 1924	5 March 1926	1 year, 224 days	Mowinckel I	[18]
	Bærøe, OleOle Bærøe	Conservative	5 March 1926	28 January 1928	1 year, 323 days	Lykke	[19]
	Nygaardsvold, JohanJohan Nygaardsvold	Labour	28 January 1928	15 February 1928	0 years, 16 days	Hornsrud	[20]
—	Aarstad, Hans JørgensenHans Jørgensen Aarstad	Liberal	15 February 1928	12 May 1931	1 year, 88 days	Mowinckel II	[21]
—	Sundby, JonJon Sundby	Agrarian	12 May 1931	25 February 1932	0 years, 290 days	Kolstad	[22]
	Kirkeby-Garstad, IvarIvar Kirkeby-Garstad	Agrarian	25 February 1932	14 March 1932	0 years, 19 days	Kolstad	[22]
	Hundseid, JensJens Hundseid	Agrarian	14 March 1932	3 March 1933	0 years, 353 days	Hundseid	[23]
	Five, HåkonHåkon Five	Liberal	3 March 1933	20 March 1935	2 years, 20 days	Mowinckel III	[24]
—	Ystgaard, HansHans Ystgaard	Labour	20 March 1935	24 June 1945	10 years, 87 days	Nygaardsvold	[25]
—	Hustad, TormodTormod Hustad	National Unification	9 April 1940	15 April 1940	0 years, 7 days	Quisling I	[26]
—	Mork, RasmusRasmus Mork	Independent	15 April 1940	25 September 1940	0 years, 164 days	Administrative Council	[26]
—	Fretheim, ThorsteinThorstein Fretheim	National Unification	25 September 1940	30 January 1942	1 year, 128 days	Terboven	[26]
—	Laurantzon, Trygve DehliTrygve Dehli Laurantzon	National Unification	30 January 1942	8 May 1945	3 years, 97 days	Quisling II	[26]
	Frogner, EinarEinar Frogner	Agrarian	24 June 1945	11 May 1945	0 years, 135 days	Gerhardsen I	[27]
—	Fjeld, KristianKristian Fjeld	Labour	11 May 1945	19 November 1951	6 years, 223 days	Gerhardsen II	[28]
—	Nordbø, RasmusRasmus Nordbø	Labour	19 November 1951	22 January 1955	3 years, 65 days	Torp	[29]
	Meisdalshagen, OlavOlav Meisdalshagen	Labour	22 January 1955	14 May 1956	1 year, 113 days	Gerhardsen III	[30]
—	Løbak, Harald JohanHarald Johan Løbak	Labour	14 May 1955	24 April 1960	4 year, 346 days	Gerhardsen III	[30]
—	Wøhni, EinarEinar Wøhni	Labour	24 April 1960	28 August 1963	3 year, 127 days	Gerhardsen III	[30]
—	Borgen, HansHans Borgen	Centre	28 August 1963	25 September 1963	0 years, 28 days	Lyng	[31]
—	Granli, LeifLeif Granli	Labour	25 September 1963	12 October 1965	1 year, 18 days	Gerhardsen IV	[32]
	Lyngstad, BjarneBjarne Lyngstad	Liberal	12 October 1965	21 August 1970	4 years, 209 days	Borten	[33]
	Eika, HallvardHallvard Eika	Liberal	21 August 1970	17 March 1971	0 years, 209 days	Borten	[33]
—	Treholt, ThorsteinThorstein Treholt	Labour	17 March 1971	18 August 1972	1 year, 155 days	Bratteli I	[34]
—	Moxnes, EinarEinar Moxnes	Centre	18 August 1972	16 October 1973	1 year, 60 days	Korvald	[35]
—	Treholt, ThorsteinThorstein Treholt	Labour	16 October 1973	15 January 1976	2 years, 92 days	Bratteli II	[36]
—	Øksnes, OskarOskar Øksnes	Labour	15 January 1976	14 October 1981	5 years, 363 days	Bratteli II	[37][38]
—	Løken, Johan C.Johan C. Løken	Conservative	14 October 1981	8 June 1983	1 year, 238 days	Willoch I	[39]
—	Isaksen, Finn T.Finn T. Isaksen	Centre	8 June 1983	4 October 1985	2 years, 118 days	Willoch II	[39]
—	Sundsbø, SveinSvein Sundsbø	Centre	4 October 1985	9 May 1986	0 years, 218 days	Willoch II	[39]
—	Øyangen, GunhildGunhild Øyangen	Labour	9 May 1986	16 October 1989	3 years, 161 days	Brundtland II	[40]
—	Vik, AnneAnne Vik	Centre	16 October 1989	3 November 1990	1 year, 19 days	Syse	[41]
—	Øyangen, GunhildGunhild Øyangen	Labour	3 November 1990	25 October 1996	5 years, 357 days	Brundtland III	[42]
	Andersen, Dag TerjeDag Terje Andersen	Labour	25 October 1996	17 October 1997	0 years, 358 days	Jagland	[43]
	Gjønnes, KåreKåre Gjønnes	Christian Democratic	17 October 1997	21 March 2000	2 year, 156 days	Bondevik I	[44]
	Hanssen, Bjarne HåkonBjarne Håkon Hanssen	Labour	21 March 2000	19 October 2001	1 year, 213 days	Stoltenberg I	[45]
	Sponheim, LarsLars Sponheim	Liberal	19 October 2001	17 October 2005	3 years, 364 days	Bondevik II	[46]
	Riis-Johansen, TerjeTerje Riis-Johansen	Centre	17 October 2005	20 June 2008	2 years, 247 days	Stoltenberg II	[47]
	Brekk, Lars PederLars Peder Brekk	Centre	20 June 2008	18 June 2012	3 years, 364 days	Stoltenberg II	[47]
	Vedum, Trygve SlagsvoldTrygve Slagsvold Vedum	Centre	18 June 2012	16 October 2013	1 years, 121 days	Stoltenberg II	[47]
	Listhaug, SylviSylvi Listhaug	Progress	16 October 2013	16 December 2015	2 years, 61 days	Solberg	[1]
	Dale, Jon GeorgJon Georg Dale	Progress	16 December 2015	present	28 days	Solberg	[48]

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