Minister of Fisheries (Norway)

The Minister of Fisheries is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs (Norway). The position is since October 2013 held by Elisabeth Aspaker of the Conservative Party (Norway) who is a member of the Solberg's Cabinet.

The position was created 1 July 1946. Between 2004 and 2013 the minister held the name of Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs reflecting a broadening in responsibility for the ministry. When Solberg's Cabinet took office, the minister was again called Minister of Fisheries and did no longer have responsibilities for coastal affairs.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs is due to be abolished in January 2014, and the minister will then head part of a new Ministry of Trade and Fisheries.^[1]

Minister of Fishery (1946-2004)

Name	From	To
Reidar Carlsen[2]	1946	1951
Peder Holt	1951	1955
Nils Lysø	1955	1963
Olav Meisdalshagen	1947	1951
Onar Onarheim	1963	1963
Magnus Andersen	1963	1965
Oddmund Myklebust	1965	1968
Einar Moxnes	1968	1971
Knut Hoem	1971	1972
Magnus Andersen	1971	1972
Trygve Olsen	1972	1973
Eivind Bolle	1963	1981
Thor Listau	1981	1985
Eivind Reiten	1985	1986
Bjarne Mørk Eidem	1986	1989
Gunhild Øyangen	1989	1989
Svein Munkejord	1989	1990
Oddrunn Pettersen	1990	1992
Jan Henry T. Olsen	1992	-1996
Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen	1996	1997
Peter Angelsen	1997	2000
Otto Gregussen	2000	2001
Svein Ludvigsen	2001

Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs (2004-2013)

Name	From	To
Svein Ludvigsen	-	2005
Helga Pedersen	2005
Dag Terje Andersen acting	2006	2007
Helga Pedersen		2009
Sylvia Brustad acting	2009	2009
Lisbeth Berg-Hansen	2009	2013

Minister of Fisheries (2013-)

Name	From	To
Elisabeth Aspaker	2013	2015
Per Sandberg	2015	incumbent

References

1. Press release from the Office of the Prime Minister (16 October 2013) Fields of responsibility in Erna Solberg’s government Regjeringen.no. Retrieved 4 November 2013 (Norwegian)
2. Fiskeri- og kystdepartementet. Statsråd 1946 - Retrieved 4 October 2013(Norwegian)