The Norwegian Ministry of Postal Affairs (Norwegian: Postdepartementet) was a Norwegian ministry that existed from 1860 to 1861. It was responsible for postal affairs.
It was established on 18 August 1860 as a successor of the General Post Directorate, which had been separated from the Ministry of the Interior as a government agency in 1857. It ceased to exist already on 1 October 1861, when it was merged with the Ministry of the Navy to form the Norwegian Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs.[1]
The heads of the Ministry of Postal Affairs were Ketil Motzfeldt (1860), Erik Røring Møinichen (1860-1861), Christian Ludvig Diriks (temporary, 1861) and Erik Røring Møinichen again (1861).[2]
A short-lived Ministry of Postal Affairs existed for some months in 1885. It was headed by Birger Kildal.[3]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | scope=row | Ketil Motzfeldt | 18 August 1860 | 31 October 1860 | Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt | ||||||||
| align=center | scope=row | Erik Røring Møinichen | 1 November 1860 | 12 August 1861 | Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt | ||||||||
| align=center | scope=row | Christian Ludvig Diriks | 12 August 1861 | 24 August 1861 | Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt | ||||||||
| align=center | scope=row | Erik Røring Møinichen | 24 August 1861 | 30 September 1861 | Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt | ||||||||
| align=center | scope=row | Birger Kildal | Sverdrup | ||||||||||