Change of state secretary in Ministry of Finance

In today’s session of the Council of State the King has appointed Mr. Morten Søberg (41), political adviser, Oslo, as state secretary to Minister of Finance Sigbjørn Johnsen. Søberg succeeds Mr. Ole Morten Geving who has been honourably discharged from the same office.

Morten Søberg comes from a post as political advisor at the Centre Party’s secretariat at the Storting.

The Government represents the Labour Party (Lab.), the Socialist Left Party (Soc.) and the Centre Party (Cent.). The list of state secretaries is now as follows:

To Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Lab.)
Ms. Rita Skjærvik (Lab.)
Mr. Snorre Wikstrøm (Lab.)
Mr. Tor Brostigen (Soc.)
Mr. Dagfinn Sundsbø (Cent.)
Mr. Torbjørn Giæver Eriksen (Lab.)
Mr. Svein Fjellheim (Lab.)
Ms. Mina Gerhardsen (Lab.) 

To Minister of Education Kristin Halvorsen (Soc.)
Ms. Lisbeth Rugtvedt (Soc.)
Mr. Roger Sandum (Soc.)

To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)
Ms. Hege Solbakken (Cent.)
Ms. Guri Størvold (Cent.)
Mr. Dag-Henrik Sandbakken (Cent.)

To Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)
Mr. Espen Barth Eide (Lab.)
Ms. Gry Larsen (Lab.) - leave of absence since 9 August 2010
Mr. Erik Lahnstein (Cent.)

To Minister of Defence Grete Faremo (Lab.)
Mr. Roger Ingebrigtsen (Lab.)

To Minister of Finance Sigbjørn Johnsen (Lab.)
Ms. Hilde Singsaas (Lab.)
Mr. Kjetil Lund (Lab.)
Mr. Roger Schjerva (Soc.)
Mr. Morten Søberg (Cent.)

To Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske (Lab.)
Ms. Rikke Lind (Lab.)
Mr. Halvard Ingebrigtsen (Lab.)
Mr. Pål Julius Skogholt (Soc.)

To Minister of Transport and Communications
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa  (Cent.)
Mr. Lars Erik Bartnes (Cent.)

To Minister of Health and Care Services Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Lab.)
Ms. Tone-Helen Toften (Lab.)
Ms. Ragnhild Mathisen (Lab.)
Mr. Robin Kåss (Lab.)

To Minister of Environment and International Development Erik Solheim (Soc.)
Ms. Heidi Sørensen (Soc.) – Environment Affairs
Ms. Ingrid Fiskaa (Soc.) – International Development Affairs

To Minister of Justice and the Police Knut Storberget (Lab.)
Mr. Terje Moland Pedersen (Lab.)
Ms. Astri Aas-Hansen (Lab.)
Mr. Pål Lønseth (Lab.)

To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen (Cent.)
Ms. Sigrid Hjørnegård (Cent.)
Mr. Per Rune Henriksen (Lab.)

To Minister of Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland (Soc.)
- also Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion
  29 November 2010-20 March 2011
Mr. Kyrre Lekve (Soc.)

To Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt (Lab.)
Ms. Lotte Grepp Knutsen (Lab.)
Ms. Lubna Jaffery Fjell (Lab.)

To Minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk (Cent.)
Mr. Ola T. Heggem  (Cent.)

To Minister of Government Administration, Reform
and Church Affairs Rigmor Aasrud (Lab.)
- also Minister of Labour from 19 November 2010
Ms. Inger-Anne Ravlum (Lab.)
Mr. Raimo Valle (Lab.)

To Minister of Labour Hanne Bjurstrøm (Lab.)
- leave of absence from 5 November 2010
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad (Lab.)
Ms. Gina Lund (Lab.)

To Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen (Lab.)
Mr. Vidar Ulriksen (Lab.)

To Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion Audun Lysbakken (Soc.)
- leave of absence 29 November 2010-20 March 2011
Ms. Henriette Westhrin (Soc.)
Ms. Kirsti Bergstø (Soc.)