(To the editor: corrections, i.a. correct spelling of name of Minister of Social Affairs).

Jens Stoltenberg’s government was appointed by the King on 17 March 2000. It is a minority government representing the Labour Party. It has the following members:

Prime Minister:
Mr. Jens Stoltenberg (41), Member of Parliament, Oslo

Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland (49), Member of Parliament, Lier

Minister of Defence:
Mr. Bjørn Tore Godal (55), Member of Parliament, Oslo

Minister of Trade and Industry:
also responsible for the co-ordination of government policy on information technology:
Ms. Grete Knudsen (59), Member of Parliament, Bergen

Minister of Labour and Government Administration:

Mr. Jørgen Kosmo (52), Member of Parliament, Borre

Minister of Finance:
Mr. Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen (40), Member of Parliament, Vardø

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development:
Ms. Sylvia Brustad (33), Member of Parliament, Engerdal

Minister of Health:
Mr. Tore Tønne (52), group managing director, Drammen

Minister of Cultural Affairs:
Ms. Ellen Horn (49), theatre manager, Oslo

Minister of Social Affairs:
Ms. Guri Ingebrigtsen (47), mayor, Vestvågøy

Minister of Transport and Communications:
Mr. Terje Moe Gustavsen (45), director, Vestby

Minister of Fisheries:
Mr. Otto Gregussen (43), managing director, Trondheim

Minister of Development Cooperation,
foreign minister’s deputy:
Ms. Anne Kristin Sydnes (43), director, Oslo

Minister of the Environment:
Ms. Siri Bjerke (41), director, Oslo

Minister of Agriculture:
Mr. Bjarne Håkon Hanssen (37), Member of Parliament, Namsos

Minister of Justice and the Police:
Ms. Hanne Harlem (35), deputy director, Oslo

Minister of Children and Family Affairs:
Ms. Karita Bekkemellem Orheim (35), Member of Parliament, Molde

Minister of Oil and Energy:
Mr. Olav Akselsen (34), Member of Parliament, Stord

Minister of Education, Research and Church Affairs:
Mr. Trond Giske (33), Member of Parliament, Trondheim

Minister for Nordic Cooperation: