Minister of Climate and the Environment (Norway)

Minister of Climate and the Environment of Norway

Klima- og miljøvernministeren

Incumbent
Andreas Bjelland Eriksen

since 16 October 2023

Ministry of the Environment
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
Formation| 8 May 1972
First holder| Olav Gjærevoll
Deputy| State secretaries at the Ministry of the Environment
Website| regjeringen.no/

The Minister of Climate and the Environment (Norwegian: Klima- og miljøministeren) is a Councilor of State and Chief of Norway's Ministry of the Environment. The current minister is Andreas Bjelland Eriksen. The ministry is responsible for environmental issues, including influencing environmental impacts on other ministries.[1] Subordinate agencies include the Directorate for Cultural Heritage, the Polar Institute, the Environment Agency and the Mapping Authority.[2]

The minister and minister post were established on 8 May 1972. The title was known as the Minister of the Environment until 2013.[3] Nineteen people from six parties have held the position. Thorbjørn Berntsen of the Labour Party has held the position the longest, a week short of seven years. Gro Harlem Brundtland, who held the position for five years, later became Prime Minister. Erik Solheim of the Socialist Left Party held the position concurrently with being Minister of International Development.[4]

## Key

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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
Conservative Party
Christian Democratic Party
Labour Party
Liberal Party
Socialist Left Party

## Ministers

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Photo  | Name  | Party  | Took office  | Left office  | Tenure  | Cabinet  | Ref

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| Olav Gjærevoll | Labour | 8 May 1972 | 18 October 1972 | 163 days | Bratteli I | [5]
—  | Trygve Haugeland | Centre | 18 October 1972 | 5 March 1973 | 138 days | Korvald | [6]
—  | Helga Gitmark | Centre | 5 March 1973 | 16 October 1973 | 225 days | [6]
—  | Tor Halvorsen | Labour | 16 October 1973 | 6 September 1974 | 325 days | Bratteli II | [7]
| Gro Harlem Brundtland | Labour | 6 September 1974 | 8 October 1979 | 5 years, 32 days | Bratteli II
Nordli | [7][8]
—  | Rolf Arthur Hansen | Labour | 8 October 1979 | 14 October 1981 | 2 years, 6 days | Nordli
Brundtland I | [8][9]
| Wenche Frogn Sellæg | Conservative | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | 1 year, 237 days | Willoch I | [10]
—  | Rakel Surlien | Centre | 8 June 1983 | 9 May 1986 | 2 years, 335 days | Willoch II | [10]
—  | Sissel Rønbeck | Labour | 9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3 years, 160 days | Brundtland II | [11]
—  | Kristin Hille Valla | Centre | 16 October 1989 | 3 November 1990 | 1 year, 18 days | Syse | [12]
| Thorbjørn Berntsen | Labour | 3 November 1990 | 17 October 1997 | 6 years, 348 days | Brundtland III
Jagland | [13][14]
—  | Guro Fjellanger | Liberal | 17 October 1997 | 17 March 2000 | 2 years, 152 days | Bondevik I | [15]
| Siri Bjerke | Labour | 17 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 216 days | Stoltenberg I | [16]
| Børge Brende | Conservative | 19 October 2001 | 18 June 2004 | 2 years, 243 days | Bondevik II | [17]
| Knut Arild Hareide | Christian Democratic | 18 June 2004 | 17 October 2005 | 1 year, 121 days | [17]
| Helen Bjørnøy | Socialist Left | 17 October 2005 | 18 October 2007 | 2 years, 1 day | Stoltenberg II | [4]
| Erik Solheim | Socialist Left | 18 October 2007 | 23 March 2012 | 4 years, 157 days | [4]
| Bård Vegar Solhjell | Socialist Left | 23 March 2012 | 16 October 2013 | 1 year, 207 days | [4]
| Tine Sundtoft | Conservative | 16 October 2013 | 16 December 2015 | 2 years, 61 days | Solberg |

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| Vidar Helgesen | Conservative | 16 December 2015 | 17 January 2018 | 2 years, 32 days |

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| Ola Elvestuen | Liberal | 17 January 2018 | 24 January 2020 | 2 years, 7 days | [20]
| Sveinung Rotevatn | Liberal | 24 January 2020 | 14 October 2021 | 1 year, 263 days | [21]
| Espen Barth Eide | Labour | 14 October 2021 | 16 October 2023 | 2 years, 2 days  | Støre | [22]
| Andreas Bjelland Eriksen | Labour | 16 October 2023 | present  | 1 year, 180 days  | [23]

## References

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1. ^ "Areas of responsibility". About the ministry. Government.no. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
2. ^ "Subordinate agencies". About the ministry. Government.no. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
3. ^ "Historical background". About the ministry. Government.no. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
4. ^ a b c d "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no. 15 February 2008. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
5. ^ "Trygve Bratteli's First Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
6. ^ a b "Lars Korvald's Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
7. ^ a b "Trygve Bratteli's Second Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
8. ^ a b "Odvar Nordli's Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
9. ^ "Gro Harlem Brundtland's First Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
10. ^ a b "Odvar Nordli's Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
11. ^ "Gro Harlem Brundtland's Second Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
12. ^ "Jan Syse's Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
13. ^ "Gro Harlem Brundtland's Third Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
14. ^ "Thorbjørn Jagland's Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
15. ^ "Kjell Magne Bondevik's First Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
16. ^ "Jens Stoltenberg's First Government". Government.no. 13 December 2006. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
17. ^ a b "Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Government". Government.no. 13 December 2006. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
18. ^ "Erna Solbergs's Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
19. ^ "Erna Solbergs's Government". Government.no. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
20. ^ "Her er Erna Solbergs nye mannskap: – Vi skaper historie" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
21. ^ "Slik er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
22. ^ Kolberg, Marit (14 October 2021). "Norge har fått ny regjering". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
23. ^ "Her er Støre sine nye statsrådar" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.

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