Post: | Minister of Education |
Body: | Norway |
Native Name: | Kunnskapsminister |
Insignia: | Emblem of the Norwegian Government.svg |
Incumbent: | Kari Nessa Nordtun |
Incumbentsince: | 16 October 2023 |
Department: | Ministry of Education and Research |
Member Of: | Council of State |
Seat: | Oslo |
Nominator: | Prime Minister |
Appointer: | Monarch |
Appointer Qualified: | With approval of Parliament |
Termlength: | No fixed length |
Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of Norway |
Formation: | 30 November 1814 |
First: | Niels Treschow |
Deputy: | State secretaries for the Minister of Education |
Website: | Official website |
The Minister of Education (Norwegian: Kunnskapsminister) is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Education and Research. The incumbent minister is Kari Nessa Nordtun of the Labour Party which served since October 2023.
The position was created on 30 November 1814 as Minister for the 1st Ministry and has changed name several times throughout its history.
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scope=col class=unsortable | Photo | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Party | scope=col | Took office | scope=col | Left office | scope=col | Tenure | scope=col | Cabinet |
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align=center | scope=row | Niels Treschow | 30 November 1814 | 15 September 1816 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Christian Krogh | 15 September 1816 | 15 September 1817 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Niels Treschow | 15 September 1817 | 1 January 1819 | Wedel I | ||||||||
scope=col class=unsortable | Photo | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Party | scope=col | Took office | scope=col | Left office | scope=col | Tenure | scope=col | Cabinet |
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align=center | scope=row | Niels Treschow | 1 January 1819 | 15 October 1819 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jonas Collett | 15 October 1819 | 15 September 1820 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Niels Treschow | 15 September 1820 | 9 July 1822 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Poul Christian Holst | 9 July 1822 | 15 April 1823 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Niels Treschow | 15 April 1823 | 28 June 1825 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Poul Christian Holst | 28 June 1825 | 16 September 1825 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Christian Adolph Diriks | 16 September 1825 | 10 November 1836 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Oluf Borch de Schouboe | 10 November 1836 | 15 December 1836 | Wedel II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Andreas Arntzen | 15 December 1836 | 15 June 1837 | Wedel II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Poul Christian Holst | 15 June 1837 | 15 September 1839 | Wedel II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Oluf Borch de Schouboe | 15 September 1839 | 10 October 1840 | Wedel II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Poul Christian Holst | 10 October 1840 | 15 September 1843 | Wedel II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Oluf Borch de Schouboe | 15 September 1843 | 15 September 1844 | Wedel II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Poul Christian Holst | 15 September 1844 | 19 April 1848 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Hans Riddervold | 19 April 1848 | 15 September 1849 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jørgen Herman Vogt | 15 September 1849 | 15 September 1850 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Hans Riddervold | 15 September 1850 | 7 September 1854 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jørgen Herman Vogt | 7 September 1854 | 7 October 1854 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Otto Vincent Lange | 7 October 1854 | 15 September 1855 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Hans Riddervold | 15 September 1855 | 1 July 1872 | Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Carl Essendrop | 1 July 1872 | 28 November 1874 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Rasmus Tønder Nissen | 28 November 1874 | 15 October 1876 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jens Holmboe | 15 October 1876 | 15 October 1877 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Rasmus Tønder Nissen | 15 October 1877 | 11 October 1880 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jens Holmboe | 11 November 1880 | 15 October 1881 | Selmer | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Rasmus Tønder Nissen | 15 October 1881 | 19 January 1882 | Selmer | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Nils Hertzberg | 30 January 1882 | 21 March 1884 | Selmer | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Henrik L. Helliesen | 21 March 1884 | 3 April 1884 | Selmer | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Nils Hertzberg | 3 April 1884 | 26 June 1884 | Schweigaard | ||||||||
scope=col class=unsortable | Photo | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Party | scope=col | Took office | scope=col | Left office | scope=col | Tenure | scope=col | Cabinet |
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align=center | scope=row | Elias Blix | 26 June 1884 | 15 August 1885 | Sverdrup | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jakob Sverdrup | 15 August 1885 | 1 November 1886 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Elias Blix | 1 November 1886 | 24 February 1888 | Sverdrup | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jakob Sverdrup | 24 February 1888 | 13 July 1889 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jacob Aall Bonnevie | 13 July 1889 | 6 March 1891 | Stang I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen | 6 March 1891 | 15 July 1892 | Steen I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Carl Berner | 15 July 1892 | 2 May 1893 | Steen I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Anton Christian Bang | 2 May 1893 | 27 April 1895 | Stang II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Emil Stang | 27 April 1895 | 14 October 1895 | Stang II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jakob Sverdrup | 14 October 1895 | 17 February 1898 | Hagerup I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen | 17 February 1898 | 22 October 1903 | Steen II Blehr I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Hans Nilsen Hauge | 22 October 1903 | 11 March 1905 | Hagerup II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Christopher Knudsen | 11 March 1905 | 27 January 1906 | Michelsen | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Otto Jensen | 27 January 1906 | 23 October 1907 | Michelsen | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Abraham Berge | 23 October 1907 | 19 March 1908 | Løvland | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Karl Seip | 19 March 1908 | 8 July 1909 | Knudsen I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Johannes Hougen | 8 July 1909 | 2 February 1910 | Knudsen I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Just Qvigstad | 2 February 1910 | 20 February 1912 | Konow | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Edvard Liljedahl | 20 February 1912 | 31 January 1913 | Bratlie | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Aasulv Bryggesaa | 31 January 1913 | 26 October 1915 | Knudsen II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jørgen Løvland | 26 October 1915 | 21 June 1920 | Knudsen II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Nils Riddervold Jensen | 21 June 1920 | 22 June 1921 | B. Halvorsen I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Martin Olsen Nalum | 22 June 1921 | 6 March 1923 | Blehr II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Ivar B. Sælen | 6 March 1923 | 24 November 1923 | B. Halvorsen II Berge | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Karl Sanne | 12 December 1923 | 25 July 1924 | Berge | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Ivar P. Tveiten | 25 July 1924 | 5 March 1926 | Mowinckel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Wilhelm Christian Magelssen | 5 March 1926 | 25 December 1927 | Lykke | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Ole Bærøe | 25 December 1927 | 28 January 1928 | Lykke | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Olav Steinnes | 28 January 1928 | 15 February 1928 | Hornsrud | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Sigvald M. Hasund | 15 February 1928 | 12 May 1931 | Mowinckel II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Nils Trædal | 12 May 1931 | 3 March 1933 | Kolstad Hundseid | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Knut Liestøl | 3 March 1933 | 20 March 1935 | Mowinckel III | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Nils Hjelmtveit | 20 March 1935 | 25 June 1945 | Nygaardsvold | ||||||||
scope=col class=unsortable | Photo | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Party | scope=col | Took office | scope=col | Left office | scope=col | Tenure | scope=col | Cabinet |
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align=center | scope=row | Kaare Fostervoll | 25 June 1945 | 28 June 1948 | Gerhardsen I-II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Lars Moen | 28 June 1948 | 9 December 1953 | Gerhardsen II Torp | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Birger Bergersen | 9 December 1953 | 23 April 1960 | Torp Gerhardsen III | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Helge Sivertsen | 23 April 1960 | 28 August 1963 | Gerhardsen III | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Olaf Kortner | 28 August 1963 | 25 September 1963 | Lyng | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Helge Sivertsen | 25 September 1963 | 12 October 1965 | Gerhardsen IV | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Kjell Bondevik | 12 October 1965 | 17 March 1971 | Borten | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Bjartmar Gjerde | 17 March 1971 | 18 October 1972 | Bratteli I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Anton Skulberg | 18 October 1972 | 16 October 1973 | Korvald | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Bjartmar Gjerde | 16 October 1973 | 15 January 1976 | Bratteli II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Kjølv Egeland | 15 January 1976 | 8 October 1979 | Nordli | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Einar Førde | 8 October 1979 | 14 October 1981 | Nordli Brundtland I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Tore Austad | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Kjell Magne Bondevik | 8 June 1983 | 9 May 1986 | Willoch II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl | 9 May 1986 | 13 June 1988 | Brundtland II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Mary Kvidal | 13 June 1988 | 16 October 1989 | Brundtland II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Einar Steensnæs | 16 October 1989 | 1 January 1990 | Syse | ||||||||
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