Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Utenriksministeren
Statsikon.svg
Børge Brende at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2008.jpg
Incumbent
Børge Brende

since 16 October 2013
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member of Council of State
Seat Victoria Terrasse, Oslo
Nominator Prime Minister
Appointer Monarch
with approval of Parliament
Term length No fixed length
Constituting instrument Constitution of Norway
Precursor Prime Minister in Stockholm
Formation 7 July 1905
First holder Jørgen Løvland
Succession Second to Prime Minister
Deputy State secretaries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Website Official website

The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norwegian: Utenriksministeren) is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 16 October 2013, the position has been held by Børge Brende of the Conservative Party.[1] The ministry, based at Victoria Terrasse is responsible for Norway's relation with foreign countries, including diplomacy and diplomatic missions, trade, foreign aid and cooperation with international organizations. Except during the four in which a Deputy of the Prime Minister of Norway was appointed, the Minister of Foreign Affairs ranks second in the cabinet after the Prime Minister and is his deputy.[2] The position was created on 7 June 1905, the day Norway declared independence from Sweden, with the Liberal Party's Jørgen Løvland as the inaugural.[3] Thirty-nine people from five parties have held the position, all men. From 1983 to 2013 the ministry also had the Minister of International Development, which was responsible for issues related to foreign aid.[4]

Halvard Lange (Labour) is the longest-serving, having held the position for more than eighteen years in four cabinets. The shortest-serving is the fellow party member, Edvard Bull, Sr., who held the position for the sixteen days that Hornsrud's Cabinet lasted. Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (Liberal) was appointed four times as minister. Three people have sat concurrently as Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs: Løvland, Mowinckel and Ivar Lykke (Conservative). Three officeholders would later become Prime Minister: Løvland, Mowinckel and Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic). Two former Prime Ministers have held the office: John Lyng (Conservative) and Thorbjørn Jagland (Labour). Trygve Lie (Labour) resigned from the office to become the inaugural Secretary-General of the United Nations. Two people have died while in office: Knut Frydenlund and Johan Jørgen Holst (both Labour).

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.

      Centre Party
      Christian Democratic Party
      Conservative Party
      Labour Party
      Liberal Pary

Ministers

Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Ref
Jørgen Løvland.jpg Jørgen Løvland Liberal 7 June 1905 19 March 1908 2 years, 258 days Michelsen
Løvland
[3][5]
Wilhelm Christopher Christophersen Liberal 19 March 1908 2 February 1910 1 year, 321 days Knudsen I [6]
Johannes Irgens.jpg Johannes Irgens Conservative 2 February 1910 20 February 1912 2 years, 19 days Konow [7]
Nils Claus Ihlen.jpg Nils Claus Ihlen Liberal 20 February 1912 21 June 1920 8 years, 121 days Bratlie
Knudsen II
[8][9]
Høyesterettsadvokat Christian Fredrik Michelet.jpg Christian Fredrik Michelet Conservative 21 June 1920 21 June 1921 1 year, 2 days Bahr Halvorsen I [10]
Arnold Christopher Ræstad Liberal 21 June 1921 31 May 1922 0 years, 345 days Blehr II [11]
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel.jpg Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal 31 May 1922 6 March 1923 0 years, 280 days Blehr II [11]
Høyesterettsadvokat Christian Fredrik Michelet.jpg Christian Fredrik Michelet Conservative 6 March 1923 25 July 1924 1 year, 112 days Bahr Halvorsen II
Berge
[12][13]
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel.jpg Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal 25 July 1924 5 March 1926 1 year, 224 days Mowinckel I [14]
Ivar Lykke.jpg Ivar Lykke Conservative 5 March 1926 28 January 1928 1 year, 323 days Lykke [15]
Edvard Bull, Sr. Labour 28 January 1928 15 February 1928 0 years, 18 days Hornsrud [16]
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel.jpg Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal 15 February 1928 12 May 1931 1 year, 88 days Mowinckel II [17]
Birger Braadland Agrarian 12 May 1931 3 March 1933 1 year, 296 days Kolstad
Hundseid
[18][19]
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel.jpg Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal 3 March 1933 20 March 1935 2 years, 20 days Mowinckel III [20]
Halvdan Koht.jpg Halvdan Koht Labour 20 March 1935 19 November 1940 5 years, 245 days Nygaardsvold [21]
Trygve Lie 1938.jpg Trygve Lie Labour 19 November 1940 2 February 1946 6 years, 76 days Nygaardsvold
Gerhardsen I
Gerhardsen II
[21][22][23]
Lange martino pearson.jpg Halvard Lange Labour 2 February 1946 28 August 1963 17 years, 208 days Gerhardsen II
Torp
Gerhardsen III
[23][24][25]
41599 Erling Wikborg.jpg Erling Wikborg Christian Democratic 28 August 1963 25 September 1963 0 years, 28 days Lyng [26]
Lange martino pearson.jpg Halvard Lange Labour 25 September 1963 12 October 1965 1 year, 18 days Gerhardsen IV [27]
John Lyng Conservative 12 October 1965 22 May 1970 4 years, 66 days Borten [28]
Svenn Stray and Caspar Weinberger.jpg Svenn Stray Conservative 22 May 1970 17 March 1971 0 years, 300 days Borten [28]
Andreas Zeier Cappelen Labour 17 March 1971 18 August 1972 1 year, 155 days Bratteli I [29]
Dagfinn Vårvik Centre 18 August 1972 16 October 1973 1 year, 60 days Korvald [30]
Knut Frydenlund (1981).jpg Knut Frydenlund Labour 16 October 1973 14 October 1981 7 years, 363 days Bratteli II
Nordli
Brundtland I
[31][32][33]
Svenn Stray and Caspar Weinberger.jpg Svenn Stray Conservative 14 October 1981 9 May 1986 4 years, 219 days Willoch I
Willoch II
[34]
Knut Frydenlund (1981).jpg Knut Frydenlund Labour 9 May 1986 26 February 1987 2 years, 36 days Brundtland II [35]
Johan Jørgen Holst, Pentagon 1993-03-16 (cropped).JPEG Johan Jørgen Holst Labour 26 February 1987 9 March 1987 0 years, 12 days Brundtland II [35]
Thorvald stoltenberg.jpg Thorvald Stoltenberg Labour 9 March 1987 16 October 1989 0 years, 179 days Brundtland II [35]
(Bilden ar tagen vid Nordiska radets session i Oslo, 2003) (1).jpg Kjell Magne Bondevik Christian Democratic 16 October 1989 3 November 1990 1 year, 19 days Syse [36]
Thorvald stoltenberg.jpg Thorvald Stoltenberg Labour 3 November 1990 2 April 1993 2 years, 150 days Brundtland III [37]
Johan Jørgen Holst, Pentagon 1993-03-16 (cropped).JPEG Johan Jørgen Holst Labour 2 April 1993 13 January 1994 2 years, 287 days Brundtland III [37]
Bjorn Tore Godal 2009.jpg Bjørn Tore Godal Labour 24 January 1994 17 October 1997 3 years, 267 days Brundtland III
Jagland
[37][38]
100x100px Knut Vollebæk Christian Democratic 17 October 1997 21 March 2000 2 year, 156 days Bondevik I [39]
100x100px Torbjørn Jagland Labour 21 March 2000 19 October 2001 1 year, 213 days Stoltenberg I [40]
Jan Petersen 2009.jpg Jan Petersen Conservative 19 October 2001 17 October 2005 3 years, 364 days Bondevik II [41]
Jonas Gahr Støre undated.jpg Jonas Gahr Støre Labour 17 October 2005 21 September 2012 6 years, 340 days Stoltenberg II [42]
Nordiskt-baltiskt statsministermote under Nordiska radets session i Helsingfors (1).jpg Espen Barth Eide Labour 21 September 2012 16 October 2013 1 year, 25 days Stoltenberg II [42]
Børge Brende at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2008.jpg Børge Brende Conservative 16 October 2013 present Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Solberg [1]

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