Minister of Defence (Norway)
The Norwegian Minister of Defence is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. The position has existed since 1814. The incumbent minister since 20 October 2017 is Frank Bakke Jensen of the Conservative Party.
Norwegian defence ministers after 1945 | |
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 (1814–1885)
Ministers of Defence (1885–present)
No. | Portrait | Defence Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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1 | Johan Sverdrup (1816–1892) | 1 September 1885 | 13 July 1889 | 3 years, 315 days | Liberal | Sverdrup | |
2 | Edvard Hans Hoff (1838–1933) | 13 July 1889 | 6 March 1891 | 1 year, 236 days | Conservative | E. Stang I | |
3 | Peter Holst (1843–1908) | 6 March 1891 | 2 May 1893 | 2 years, 57 days | Liberal | Steen I | |
4 | Wilhelm Olssøn (1844–1915) | 2 May 1893 | 15 July 1894 | 1 year, 74 days | Conservative | E. Stang II | |
5 | Johannes Winding Harbitz (1831–1917) | 15 July 1894 | 27 April 1895 | 286 days | Conservative | E. Stang II | |
(4) | Wilhelm Olssøn (1844–1915) | 27 April 1895 | 17 February 1898 | 2 years, 296 days | Conservative | E. Stang II Hagerup I | |
(3) | Peter Holst (1843–1908) | 17 February 1898 | 6 November 1900 | 2 years, 262 days | Liberal | Steen II | |
6 | Georg Stang (1858–1907) | 6 November 1900 | 9 June 1903 | 2 years, 215 days | Liberal | Steen II Blehr I | |
7 | Thomas Heftye (1860–1921) | 9 June 1903 | 22 October 1903 | 135 days | Liberal | Blehr I | |
8 | Oscar Strugstad (1851–1919) | 22 October 1903 | 11 March 1905 | 1 year, 140 days | Coalition | Hagerup II | |
(4) | Wilhelm Olssøn (1844–1915) | 11 March 1905 | 25 May 1907 | 2 years, 75 days | Conservative | Michelsen | |
– | Christian Michelsen (1857–1925) Acting | 25 May 1907 | 23 October 1907 | 151 days | Coalition | Michelsen | |
9 | Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes (1861–1941) | 23 October 1907 | 19 March 1908 | 148 days | Liberal | Løvland | |
(7) | Thomas Heftye (1860–1921) | 19 March 1908 | 11 April 1908 | 23 days | Liberal | Knudsen I | |
10 | Haakon D. Lowzow (1845–1915) | 11 April 1908 | 20 August 1909 | 1 year, 131 days | Liberal | Knudsen I | |
11 | August Spørck (1851–1928) | 20 August 1909 | 1 February 1910 | 165 days | Liberal | Knudsen I | |
12 | Karl Bull (1860–1936) | 2 February 1910 | 20 February 1912 | 2 years, 10 days | Conservative | Konow | |
13 | Jens Bratlie (1856–1939) | 20 February 1912 | 31 January 1913 | 346 days | Conservative | Bratlie | |
14 | Hans Vilhelm Keilhau (1845–1917) | 31 January 1913 | 8 August 1914 | 1 year, 189 days | Liberal | Knudsen II | |
15 | Christian Theodor Holtfodt (1863–1930) | 8 August 1914 | 20 February 1919 | 4 years, 196 days | Liberal | Knudsen II | |
16 | Rudolf Peersen (1868–1949) | 20 February 1919 | 17 June 1919 | 117 days | Liberal | Knudsen II | |
17 | Ivar Aavatsmark (1864–1947) | 17 June 1919 | 21 June 1920 | 1 year, 4 days | Liberal | Knudsen II | |
18 | Karl Wilhelm Wefring (1867–1938) | 21 June 1920 | 22 June 1921 | 1 year, 1 day | Free-minded | Halvorsen I | |
(17) | Ivar Aavatsmark (1864–1947) | 22 June 1921 | 6 March 1923 | 1 year, 257 days | Liberal | Blehr II | |
(18) | Karl Wilhelm Wefring (1867–1938) | 6 March 1923 | 25 July 1924 | 1 year, 141 days | Free-minded | Halvorsen II Berge | |
19 | Rolf Jacobsen (1865–1942) | 25 July 1924 | 5 March 1926 | 1 year, 224 days | Liberal | Mowinckel I | |
(18) | Karl Wilhelm Wefring (1867–1938) | 5 March 1926 | 26 July 1926 | 143 days | Free-minded | Lykke | |
20 | Ingolf E. Christensen (1872–1943) | 26 July 1926 | 28 January 1928 | 1 year, 186 days | Conservative | Lykke | |
21 | Fredrik Monsen (1878–1954) | 28 January 1928 | 15 February 1928 | 18 days | Labour | Hornsrud | |
22 | Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst (1888–1958) | 15 February 1928 | 12 May 1931 | 3 years, 86 days | Liberal | Mowinckel II | |
23 | Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945) | 12 May 1931 | 3 March 1933 | 1 year, 295 days | Independent | Kolstad Hundseid | |
24 | Jens Isak Kobro (1882–1967) | 3 March 1933 | 20 March 1935 | 2 years, 17 days | Liberal | Mowinckel III | |
(21) | Fredrik Monsen (1878–1954) | 20 March 1935 | 15 November 1935 | 240 days | Labour | Nygaardsvold | |
– | Adolf Indrebø (1884–1942) Acting | 15 November 1935 | 20 December 1935 | 35 days | Labour | Nygaardsvold | |
– | Oscar Torp (1893–1958) Acting | 20 December 1935 | 15 August 1936 | 239 days | Labour | Nygaardsvold | |
(21) | Fredrik Monsen (1878–1954) | 15 August 1936 | 22 December 1939 | 3 years, 129 days | Labour | Nygaardsvold | |
25 | Birger Ljungberg (1884–1967) | 22 December 1939 | 28 November 1941 | 1 year, 341 days | Conservative | Nygaardsvold | |
– | Oscar Torp (1893–1958) Acting | 28 November 1941 | 1 February 1942 | 65 days | Labour | Nygaardsvold | |
(25) | Birger Ljungberg (1884–1967) | 1 February 1942 | 20 March 1942 | 47 days | Conservative | Nygaardsvold | |
26 | Oscar Torp (1893–1958) | 20 March 1942 | 5 November 1945 | 3 years, 230 days | Labour | Nygaardsvold Gerhardsen I | |
27 | Jens Christian Hauge (1915–2006) | 5 November 1945 | 5 January 1952 | 6 years, 61 days | Labour | Gerhardsen II Torp | |
28 | Nils Langhelle (1907–1967) | 5 January 1952 | 15 June 1954 | 2 years, 161 days | Labour | Torp | |
29 | Kai Birger Knudsen (1903–1977) | 15 June 1954 | 22 January 1955 | 221 days | Labour | Torp | |
30 | Nils Handal (1906–1992) | 22 January 1955 | 18 February 1961 | 6 years, 27 days | Labour | Gerhardsen III | |
31 | Gudmund Harlem (1917–1988) | 18 February 1961 | 28 August 1963 | 2 years, 191 days | Labour | Gerhardsen III | |
32 | Håkon Kyllingmark (1915–2003) | 28 August 1963 | 25 September 1963 | 28 days | Conservative | Lyng | |
(31) | Gudmund Harlem (1917–1988) | 25 September 1963 | 12 October 1965 | 2 years, 17 days | Labour | Gerhardsen IV | |
33 | Otto Grieg Tidemand (1921–2006) | 12 October 1965 | 5 June 1970 | 4 years, 236 days | Conservative | Borten | |
34 | Gunnar Hellesen (1913–2005) | 5 June 1970 | 17 March 1971 | 285 days | Conservative | Borten | |
35 | Alv Jakob Fostervoll (1932–2015) | 17 March 1971 | 18 October 1972 | 1 year, 215 days | Labour | Bratteli I | |
36 | Johan Kleppe (born 1928) | 18 October 1972 | 16 October 1973 | 363 days | Liberal | Korvald | |
(35) | Alv Jakob Fostervoll (1932–2015) | 16 October 1973 | 15 January 1976 | 2 years, 91 days | Labour | Bratteli II | |
37 | Rolf A. Hansen (1920–2006) | 15 January 1976 | 8 October 1979 | 3 years, 266 days | Labour | Nordli | |
38 | Thorvald Stoltenberg (1931–2018) | 8 October 1979 | 14 October 1981 | 2 years, 6 days | Labour | Nordli Brundtland I | |
39 | Anders C. Sjaastad (born 1942) | 14 October 1981 | 25 April 1986 | 4 years, 193 days | Conservative | Willoch I Willoch II | |
40 | Rolf Presthus (1936–1988) | 25 April 1986 | 9 May 1986 | 14 days | Conservative | Willoch II | |
41 | Johan Jørgen Holst (1937–1994) | 9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3 years, 160 days | Labour | Brundtland II | |
42 | Per Ditlev-Simonsen (born 1932) | 16 October 1989 | 3 November 1990 | 1 year, 18 days | Conservative | Syse | |
(41) | Johan Jørgen Holst (1937–1994) | 3 November 1990 | 2 April 1993 | 2 years, 150 days | Labour | Brundtland III | |
43 | Jørgen Kosmo (1947–2017) | 2 April 1993 | 17 October 1997 | 4 years, 198 days | Labour | Brundtland III Jagland | |
44 | Dag Jostein Fjærvoll (born 1947) | 17 October 1997 | 15 March 1999 | 1 year, 149 days | Christian Democratic | Bondevik I | |
45 | Eldbjørg Løwer (born 1943) | 15 March 1999 | 17 March 2000 | 1 year, 2 days | Liberal | Bondevik I | |
46 | Bjørn Tore Godal (born 1945) | 17 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 216 days | Labour | Stoltenberg I | |
47 | Kristin Krohn Devold (born 1961) | 19 October 2001 | 17 October 2005 | 3 years, 363 days | Conservative | Bondevik II | |
48 | Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (born 1949) | 17 October 2005 | 20 October 2009 | 4 years, 3 days | Labour | Stoltenberg II | |
49 | Grete Faremo (born 1955) | 20 October 2009 | 11 November 2011 | 2 years, 22 days | Labour | Stoltenberg II | |
50 | Espen Barth Eide (born 1964) | 11 November 2011 | 21 September 2012 | 315 days | Labour | Stoltenberg II | |
(48) | Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (born 1949) | 21 September 2012 | 16 October 2013 | 1 year, 25 days | Labour | Stoltenberg II | |
51 | Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (born 1976) | 16 October 2013 | 20 October 2017 | 4 years, 4 days | Conservative | Solberg | |
52 | Frank Bakke-Jensen (born 1965) | 20 October 2017 | Incumbent | 3 years, 91 days | Conservative | Solberg |
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