Minister of Climate and the Environment (Norway) explained

Post:Minister of Climate and the Environment
Body:Norway
Native Name:Klima- og miljøvernministeren
Insignia:Emblem of the Norwegian Government.svg
Incumbent:Andreas Bjelland Eriksen
Incumbentsince:16 October 2023
Department:Ministry of the Environment
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:8 May 1972
First:Olav Gjærevoll
Deputy:State secretaries at the Ministry of the Environment

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.

Key

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.






Ministers

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Areas of responsibility . . About the ministry . 24 October 2013.
  2. Web site: Subordinate agencies . . About the ministry . 11 October 2006 . 24 October 2013.
  3. Web site: Historical background . . About the ministry . 24 October 2013.
  4. Web site: Trygve Bratteli's First Government . . 12 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 9 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121009072748/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/trygve-brattelis-first-government-1971-1.html?id=438723 . live .
  5. Web site: Lars Korvald's Government . . 12 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 5 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005181341/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/lars-korvalds-government-1972-1973.html?id=438724 . live .
  6. Web site: Trygve Bratteli's Second Government . . 12 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 9 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121009072814/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/per-bortens-government.html?id=438722 . live .
  7. Web site: Odvar Nordli's Government . . 12 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 5 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005095119/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/odvar-nordlis-government-1976-1981.html?id=438726 . live .
  8. Web site: Gro Harlem Brundtland's First Government . . 12 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 5 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005095432/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/gro-harlem-brundtlands-first-government-.html?id=438727 . live .
  9. Web site: Odvar Nordli's Government . . 12 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 5 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005180504/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/kare-willochs-government-1981---1986.html?id=438728 . live .
  10. Web site: Gro Harlem Brundtland's Second Government . . 12 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 29 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329012341/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/Previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/gro-harlem-brundtlands-second-government.html?id=438729 . live .
  11. Web site: Jan Syse's Government . . 12 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 5 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005095119/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/odvar-nordlis-government-1976-1981.html?id=438726 . live .
  12. Web site: Gro Harlem Brundtland's Third Government . . 12 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 3 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003010126/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/gro-harlem-brundtlands-third-government-.html?id=438731 . live .
  13. Web site: Thorbjørn Jagland's Government . . 12 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 31 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120731023019/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/thorbjorn-jaglands-government-1996-1997.html?id=438732 . live .
  14. Web site: Kjell Magne Bondevik's First Government . . 12 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 5 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005180714/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/kjell-magne-bondeviks-first-government-1.html?id=438733 . live .
  15. Web site: Jens Stoltenberg's First Government . . 13 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 31 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120731023015/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/jens-stoltenbergs-government-2000---2001.html?id=438738 . live .
  16. Web site: Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Government . . 13 December 2006 . 23 March 2012 . 29 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329011725/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/Previous-governments/The-Structure-of-the-Registry/Governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/kjell-magne-bondeviks-second-government-.html?id=438739 . live .
  17. Web site: Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government . . 15 February 2008 . 23 March 2012 . 11 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120411071859/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/jens-stoltenbergs-second-government.html?id=449424 . live .
  18. Web site: Erna Solbergs's Government . . 16 October 2013 . 29 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329011725/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/Previous-governments/The-Structure-of-the-Registry/Governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/kjell-magne-bondeviks-second-government-.html?id=438739 . dead .
  19. Web site: Erna Solbergs's Government. 30 December 2013 . Government.no. 12 January 2016.
  20. Web site: Minister of Climate and the Environment Ola Elvestuen . . 17 January 2018 . 24 January 2020.
  21. Web site: This Is Solberg's Cabinet 4.0 . . 24 January 2020 . 24 January 2020.
  22. Web site: Kolberg. Marit. 2021-10-14. Norge har fått ny regjering. 2021-10-14. NRK. nb-NO.
  23. Web site: Her er Støre sine nye statsrådar . . 16 October 2023 . 16 October 2023 . nn.

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