Change of state secretaries in OED

Due to the change of Minister of Petroleum and Energy at 2.15 pm today, the King has in the session of the Council of State honourably discharged Ms. Sigrid Hjørnegård and Mr. Per Rune Henriksen from the office as state secretaries to Mr. Terje Riis-Johansen from the same point in time. Per Rune Henriksen has then been appointed state secretary to the new Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr. Ola Borten Moe.

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.) – leave of absence 6 March 2011-2 October 2011
Mr. Dag-Henrik Sandbakken (Cent.)
Ms. Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim (Cent.)
– acting 14 February 2011-2 October 2011

To Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)
Mr. Espen Barth Eide (Lab.)
Ms. Gry Larsen (Lab.) - leave of absence 9 August 2010-11 March 2011
Mr. Erik Lahnstein (Cent.)

To Minister of Defence Grete Faremo (Lab.)
- also Minister of Defence 1 January 2011-31 March 2011
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.)

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.) – leave of absence 3 March 2011-11 May 2011
Mr. Tord Dale (Lab.) – acting 3 March 2011-11 May 2011

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.)
- leave of absence 1 January 2011-31 March 2011
Mr. Terje Moland Pedersen (Lab.)
Ms. Astri Aas-Hansen (Lab.)
Mr. Pål Lønseth (Lab.)
Mr. Eirik Øwre Thorshaug (Lab.) – acting 1 January 2011-31 March 2011

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 (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.)
Ms. Inger-Anne Ravlum (Lab.)
Mr. Raimo Valle (Lab.)

To Minister of Labour Hanne Bjurstrøm (Lab.)
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad (Lab.)
Ms. Gina Lund (Lab.)

To Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen (Lab.)
Mr. Hans Kristian Amundsen (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.)

To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe (Cent.)
Mr. Per Rune Henriksen (Lab.)