Minister of Defence (Norway) explained

The Norwegian Minister of Defence is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. The position has existed since 1814. The incumbent minister since 12 April 2022 is Bjørn Arild Gram of the Centre Party.

Between 1819 and 1885 the Ministry was split into two different ministries, the Ministry of the Navy and the Army Ministry.

Norwegian defence ministers after 1945
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List of Norwegian Ministers of Defence (1814 - 1885)

Name From To
The position was named Chief of 6th Ministry from 1814 to 1818
Diderik Hegermann18141816
Peter Motzfeldt18161818
Mathias Sommerhielm18181819
The position was named Minister of the Army from 1818 to 1885
Jonas Collett18191819
Nicolai Krog18221825
Jørgen Herman Vogt18251826
Nicolai Krog18261828
Thomas Fasting18281829
Nicolai Krog18391832
Thomas Fasting18321833
Nicolai Krog18331835
Valentin Sibbern18351836
Nicolai Krog18361837
Palle Rømer Fleischer18371839
Oluf Borch de Schouboe18391839
Valentin Sibbern18391840
Palle Rømer Fleischer18401842
Oluf Borch de Schouboe18421843
Palle Rømer Fleischer18431846
Valentin Sibbern18461847
Palle Rømer Fleischer18471848
Thomas Edvard von Westen Sylow18481851
Hans Christian Petersen18511852
Ole Wilhelm Erichsen18521852
Hans Christian Petersen18521853
Thomas Edvard von Westen Sylow18521853
Hans Glad Bloch18531856
Hans Christian Petersen18561857
Harald Wergeland (acting)18571857
Hans Christian Petersen18571857
Hans Glad Bloch18571860
Harald Wergeland18601862
August Christian Manthey18621863
Harald Wergeland18631866
August Christian Manthey18661867
Harald Wergeland18671868
Niels Christian Irgens18681872
August Christian Manthey18721872
Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke18721874
Christian Selmer18741875
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting)18751875
Christian Selmer18751875
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting)18751875
Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke18751877
Adolph Frederik Munthe18771879
Christian Selmer18791880
Adolph Frederik Munthe18801881
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting)18811881
Adolph Frederik Munthe18811884
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting)18841884
Lars Christian Dahll18841884
Ludvig Daae18841885
The position was named Minister of Defence from 1885 to present

Ministers of Defence (1885 - present)

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Ministers

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align=center scope=row Johan Sverdrup1 September 1885 13 July 1889
align=center scope=row Edvard Hans Hoff13 July 1889 6 March 1891
align=center scope=row Peter T. Holst6 March 1891 2 May 1893
align=center scope=row Wilhelm Olssøn2 May 1893 15 July 1894
align=center scope=row Johannes Harbitz15 July 1894 27 April 1895
align=center scope=row Wilhelm Olssøn27 April 1895 17 February 1898Stang II
Hagerup I
align=center scope=row Peter T. Holst17 February 1898 6 November 1900
align=center scope=row Georg Stang6 November 1900 9 June 1903 Steen II
Blehr I
align=center scope=row Thomas Heftye9 June 1903 22 October 1903 Blehr I
align=center scope=row Oscar Strugstad22 October 1903 11 March 1905 Hagerup II
align=center scope=row Wilhelm Olssøn11 March 1905 25 May 1907 Michelsen
align=center scope=row Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes23 October 1907 19 March 1908 Løvland
align=center scope=row Thomas Heftye19 March 1908 11 April 1908 Knudsen I
align=center scope=row Haakon D. Lowzow11 April 1908 20 August 1909 Knudsen I
align=center scope=row August Spørck20 August 1909 2 February 1910 Knudsen I
align=center scope=row Karl Bull2 February 1910 20 February 1912 Konow
align=center scope=row Jens Bratlie20 February 1912 31 January 1913 Bratlie
align=center scope=row Hans Vilhelm Keilhau31 January 1913 8 August 1914 Knudsen II
align=center scope=row Christian T. Holtfodt8 August 1914 20 February 1919 Knudsen II
align=center scope=row Rudolf Peersen20 February 1919 17 June 1919 Knudsen II
align=center scope=row Ivar Aavatsmark17 June 1919 21 June 1920 Knudsen II
align=center scope=row Karl Wilhelm Wefring21 June 1920 22 June 1921 Bahr Halvorsen I
align=center scope=row Ivar Aavatsmark22 June 1921 6 March 1923 Blehr II
align=center scope=row Karl Wilhelm Wefring6 March 1923 25 July 1924 Bahr Halvorsen II
Berge
align=center scope=row Rolf Jacobsen25 July 1924 5 March 1926 Mowinckel I
align=center scope=row Karl Wilhelm Wefring5 March 1926 26 July 1926 Lykke
align=center scope=row Ingolf Elster Christensen26 July 1926 28 January 1928 Lykke
align=center scope=row Fredrik Monsen28 January 1928 15 February 1928 Hornsrud
align=center scope=row Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst28 January 1928 12 May 1931 Mowinckel II
align=center scope=row Vidkun Quisling12 May 1931 3 March 1933
align=center scope=row Jens Isak Kobro3 March 1933 20 March 1935 Mowinckel III
align=center scope=row Fredrik Monsen20 March 1935 22 December 1939 Nygaardsvold
align=center scope=row Birger Ljungberg22 December 1939 20 March 1942 Nygaardsvold
align=center scope=row Oscar Torp20 March 19425 November 1945 Nygaardsvold
Gerhardsen I
align=center scope=row Jens Christian Hauge5 November 1945 5 January 1952 Gerhardsen II
Torp
align=center scope=row Nils Langhelle5 January 1952 15 June 1954 Torp
align=center scope=row Kai Birger Knudsen15 June 1954 22 January 1955 Torp
align=center scope=row Nils Handal22 January 1955 18 February 1961 Gerhardsen III
align=center scope=row Gudmund Harlem18 February 1961 28 August 1963 Gerhardsen III
align=center scope=row Håkon Kyllingmark28 August 1963 25 September 1963 Lyng
align=center scope=row Gudmund Harlem25 September 1963 12 October 1965 Gerhardsen IV
align=center scope=row Otto Grieg Tidemand12 October 1965 5 June 1970 Borten
align=center scope=row Gunnar Hellesen5 June 1970 17 March 1971 Borten
align=center scope=row Alv Jakob Fostervoll17 March 1971 18 October 1972 Bratteli I
align=center scope=row Johan Kleppe18 October 1972 16 October 1973 Korvald
align=center scope=row Alv Jakob Fostervoll16 October 1973 15 January 1976 Bratteli II
align=center scope=row Rolf Arthur Hansen15 January 1976 8 October 1979 Nordli
align=center scope=row Thorvald Stoltenberg8 October 1979 14 October 1981 Nordli
Brundtland I
align=center scope=row Anders C. Sjaastad14 October 1981 25 April 1986 Willoch I-II
align=center scope=row Rolf Presthus25 April 1986 9 May 1986 Willoch II
align=center scope=row Johan Jørgen Holst9 May 1986 16 October 1989Brundtland II
align=center scope=row Per Ditlev-Simonsen16 October 1989 3 November 1990 Syse
align=center scope=row Johan Jørgen Holst3 November 1990 2 April 1993Brundtland III
align=center scope=row Jørgen Kosmo2 April 199317 October 1997 Brundtland III
Jagland
align=center scope=row Dag Jostein Fjærvoll17 October 1997 15 March 1999 Bondevik I
align=center scope=row Eldbjørg Løwer15 March 1999 17 March 2000 Bondevik I
align=center scope=row Bjørn Tore Godal17 March 2000 19 October 2001 Stoltenberg I
align=center scope=row Kristin Krohn Devold19 October 2001 17 October 2005 Bondevik II
align=center scope=row Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen17 October 2005 20 October 2009 Stoltenberg II
align=center scope=row Grete Faremo20 October 2009 11 November 2011 Stoltenberg II
align=center scope=row Espen Barth Eide11 November 2011 21 September 2012 Stoltenberg II
align=center scope=row Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen21 September 2012 16 October 2013Stoltenberg II
align=center scope=row Ine Eriksen Søreide16 October 2013 20 October 2017 Solberg
align=center scope=row Frank Bakke-Jensen20 October 2017 14 October 2021 Solberg
align=center scope=row Odd Roger Enoksen14 October 202112 April 2022Støre
align=center scope=row Bjørn Arild Gram12 April 2022 present Støre

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