Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Utenriksministeren
Incumbent Børge Brende since 16 October 2013
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member of	Council of State
Seat	Victoria Terrasse, Oslo
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	Monarch with approval of Parliament
Term length	No fixed length
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Norway
Precursor	Prime Minister in Stockholm
Formation	7 July 1905
First holder	Jørgen Løvland
Succession	Second to Prime Minister
Deputy	State secretaries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Website	Official website

The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norwegian: Utenriksministeren) is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 16 October 2013, the position has been held by Børge Brende of the Conservative Party.^[1] The ministry, based at Victoria Terrasse is responsible for Norway's relation with foreign countries, including diplomacy and diplomatic missions, trade, foreign aid and cooperation with international organizations. Except during the four in which a Deputy of the Prime Minister of Norway was appointed, the Minister of Foreign Affairs ranks second in the cabinet after the Prime Minister and is his deputy.^[2] The position was created on 7 June 1905, the day Norway declared independence from Sweden, with the Liberal Party's Jørgen Løvland as the inaugural.^[3] Thirty-nine people from five parties have held the position, all men. From 1983 to 2013 the ministry also had the Minister of International Development, which was responsible for issues related to foreign aid.^[4]

Halvard Lange (Labour) is the longest-serving, having held the position for more than eighteen years in four cabinets. The shortest-serving is the fellow party member, Edvard Bull, Sr., who held the position for the sixteen days that Hornsrud's Cabinet lasted. Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (Liberal) was appointed four times as minister. Three people have sat concurrently as Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs: Løvland, Mowinckel and Ivar Lykke (Conservative). Three officeholders would later become Prime Minister: Løvland, Mowinckel and Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic). Two former Prime Ministers have held the office: John Lyng (Conservative) and Thorbjørn Jagland (Labour). Trygve Lie (Labour) resigned from the office to become the inaugural Secretary-General of the United Nations. Two people have died while in office: Knut Frydenlund and Johan Jørgen Holst (both Labour).

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.

      Centre Party
      Christian Democratic Party
      Conservative Party
      Labour Party
      Liberal Pary

Ministers

Photo	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet	Ref
	Løvland, JørgenJørgen Løvland	Liberal	7 June 1905	19 March 1908	2 years, 258 days	Michelsen Løvland	[3][5]
—	Christophersen, Wilhelm ChristopherWilhelm Christopher Christophersen	Liberal	19 March 1908	2 February 1910	1 year, 321 days	Knudsen I	[6]
	Irgens, JohannesJohannes Irgens	Conservative	2 February 1910	20 February 1912	2 years, 19 days	Konow	[7]
	Ihlen, Nils ClausNils Claus Ihlen	Liberal	20 February 1912	21 June 1920	8 years, 121 days	Bratlie Knudsen II	[8][9]
	Michelet, Christian FredrikChristian Fredrik Michelet	Conservative	21 June 1920	21 June 1921	1 year, 2 days	Bahr Halvorsen I	[10]
—	Ræstad, Arnold ChristopherArnold Christopher Ræstad	Liberal	21 June 1921	31 May 1922	0 years, 345 days	Blehr II	[11]
	Mowinckel, Johan LudwigJohan Ludwig Mowinckel	Liberal	31 May 1922	6 March 1923	0 years, 280 days	Blehr II	[11]
	Michelet, Christian FredrikChristian Fredrik Michelet	Conservative	6 March 1923	25 July 1924	1 year, 112 days	Bahr Halvorsen II Berge	[12][13]
	Mowinckel, Johan LudwigJohan Ludwig Mowinckel	Liberal	25 July 1924	5 March 1926	1 year, 224 days	Mowinckel I	[14]
	Lykke, IvarIvar Lykke	Conservative	5 March 1926	28 January 1928	1 year, 323 days	Lykke	[15]
—	Bull, Sr., EdvardEdvard Bull, Sr.	Labour	28 January 1928	15 February 1928	0 years, 18 days	Hornsrud	[16]
	Mowinckel, Johan LudwigJohan Ludwig Mowinckel	Liberal	15 February 1928	12 May 1931	1 year, 88 days	Mowinckel II	[17]
—	Braadland, BirgerBirger Braadland	Agrarian	12 May 1931	3 March 1933	1 year, 296 days	Kolstad Hundseid	[18][19]
	Mowinckel, Johan LudwigJohan Ludwig Mowinckel	Liberal	3 March 1933	20 March 1935	2 years, 20 days	Mowinckel III	[20]
	Koht, HalvdanHalvdan Koht	Labour	20 March 1935	19 November 1940	5 years, 245 days	Nygaardsvold	[21]
	Lie, TrygveTrygve Lie	Labour	19 November 1940	2 February 1946	6 years, 76 days	Nygaardsvold Gerhardsen I Gerhardsen II	[21][22][23]
	Lange, HalvardHalvard Lange	Labour	2 February 1946	28 August 1963	17 years, 208 days	Gerhardsen II Torp Gerhardsen III	[23][24][25]
	Wikborg, ErlingErling Wikborg	Christian Democratic	28 August 1963	25 September 1963	0 years, 28 days	Lyng	[26]
	Lange, HalvardHalvard Lange	Labour	25 September 1963	12 October 1965	1 year, 18 days	Gerhardsen IV	[27]
	Lyng, JohnJohn Lyng	Conservative	12 October 1965	22 May 1970	4 years, 66 days	Borten	[28]
	Stray, SvennSvenn Stray	Conservative	22 May 1970	17 March 1971	0 years, 300 days	Borten	[28]
—	Cappelen, Andreas ZeierAndreas Zeier Cappelen	Labour	17 March 1971	18 August 1972	1 year, 155 days	Bratteli I	[29]
—	Vårvik, DagfinnDagfinn Vårvik	Centre	18 August 1972	16 October 1973	1 year, 60 days	Korvald	[30]
	Frydenlund, KnutKnut Frydenlund	Labour	16 October 1973	14 October 1981	7 years, 363 days	Bratteli II Nordli Brundtland I	[31][32][33]
	Stray, SvennSvenn Stray	Conservative	14 October 1981	9 May 1986	4 years, 219 days	Willoch I Willoch II	[34]
	Frydenlund, KnutKnut Frydenlund	Labour	9 May 1986	26 February 1987	2 years, 36 days	Brundtland II	[35]
	Holst, Johan JørgenJohan Jørgen Holst	Labour	26 February 1987	9 March 1987	0 years, 12 days	Brundtland II	[35]
	Stoltenberg, ThorvaldThorvald Stoltenberg	Labour	9 March 1987	16 October 1989	0 years, 179 days	Brundtland II	[35]
	Bondevik, Kjell MagneKjell Magne Bondevik	Christian Democratic	16 October 1989	3 November 1990	1 year, 19 days	Syse	[36]
	Stoltenberg, ThorvaldThorvald Stoltenberg	Labour	3 November 1990	2 April 1993	2 years, 150 days	Brundtland III	[37]
	Holst, Johan JørgenJohan Jørgen Holst	Labour	2 April 1993	13 January 1994	2 years, 287 days	Brundtland III	[37]
	Godal, Bjørn ToreBjørn Tore Godal	Labour	24 January 1994	17 October 1997	3 years, 267 days	Brundtland III Jagland	[37][38]
	Vollebæk, KnutKnut Vollebæk	Christian Democratic	17 October 1997	21 March 2000	2 year, 156 days	Bondevik I	[39]
	Jagland, TorbjørnTorbjørn Jagland	Labour	21 March 2000	19 October 2001	1 year, 213 days	Stoltenberg I	[40]
	Petersen, JanJan Petersen	Conservative	19 October 2001	17 October 2005	3 years, 364 days	Bondevik II	[41]
	Støre, Jonas GahrJonas Gahr Støre	Labour	17 October 2005	21 September 2012	6 years, 340 days	Stoltenberg II	[42]
	Eide, Espen BarthEspen Barth Eide	Labour	21 September 2012	16 October 2013	1 year, 25 days	Stoltenberg II	[42]
	Brende, BørgeBørge Brende	Conservative	16 October 2013	present	2 years, 59 days	Solberg	[1]

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