Changes among the state secretaries
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Published under: Solberg's Government
Publisher: The Office of the Prime Minister
Press release | No: 109/18 | Date: 30/11/2018
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has as of 14 December 2018 discharged Mr. Petter Kvinge Tvedt as state secretary to Minister of Finance, Siv Jensen.
State secretary Hanne-Maren Blåfjelldal has been discharged as state secretary to Minister of Agriculture and Food, Bård Hoksrud.
State secretary Atle Simonsen has been discharged as state secretary to Minister of Education and Integration Jan Tore Sanner, and appointed again as state secretary to Minister of Finance, Siv Jensen.
Political adviser Rikard Gaarder Knutsen has been appointed as state secretary to Minister of Agriculture and Food, Bård Hoksrud.
The Government represents the Conservative Party (C), the Progress Party (PrP) and the Liberal Party (L). The state secretaries are:
To Prime Minister Erna Solberg (C)
Mr. Lars Øy (C)
Ms. Ingvild Næss Stub (C)
Ms. Sunniva Ihle Steinstad (C)
Mr. Svein Arne Flåtten (C)
Mr. Rune Alstadsæter (C)
Mr. Audun Rødningsby (L)
Mr. Helge Fossum (PrP)
To Minister of Finance Siv Jensen (PrP)
Mr. Jørgen Næsje (PrP)
Ms. Marianne Eikvåg Groth (C)
Mr. Petter K. Tvedt (PrP) – To 14 December 2018
Ms. Cecilie Brein-Karlsen (PrP)
Mr. Geir Olsen (L)
Mr. Atle Simonsen (PrP)
To Minister of Culture Trine Skei Grande (L)
Mr. Jan-Christian Kolstø (L)
Ms. Frida Blomgren (L)
To Minister of Education and Integration Jan Tore Sanner (C)
Ms. Kristin Holm Jensen (C)
Ms. Rikke Høistad Sjøberg (C)
To Minister of Transport and Communications Jon Georg Dale (PrP)
Mr. Anders Bjørnsen Werp (C)
Mr. Tommy Skjervold (PrP)
Mr. Brage Baklien (PrP)
To Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Monica Mæland (C)
Mr. Paul Chaffey (C)
Mr. Lars Jacob Hiim (C)
Ms. Aase Marthe Horrigmo (C)
Ms. Anne Karin Olli (C)
To Minister of Health Bent Høie (C)
Ms. Anne Grethe Erlandsen (C)
Ms. Maria Jahrmann Bjerke (C)
To Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide (C)
Mr. Audun Halvorsen (C)
Ms. Marianne Hagen (C)
To Minister of Trade and Industry Torbjørn Røe Isaksen (C)
Mr. Magnus Thue (C)
Mr. Daniel Bjarmann Simonsen (C)
To Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Anniken Hauglie (C)
Ms. Christl Kvam (C)
Mr. Morten Bakke (C)
To Minister of Children and Equality Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland (C)
Mr. Tom Erlend Skaug (C)
To Minister of Defence Frank Bakke-Jensen (C)
Ms. Tone Skogen (C)
To Minister of the Elderly and Public Health Åse Michaelsen (PrP)
Ms. Line Miriam Sandberg (PrP) – To 3 December 2018
Ms. Anne Bramo (PrP) – Acting from 31 August 2018 – Permanent from 3 December 2018
To Minister of Climate and Environment Ola Elvestuen (L)
Mr. Atle Hamar (L)
Mr. Sveinung Rotevatn (L)
To Minister of International Development Nikolai Eivindssøn Astrup (C)
Mr. Jens Frølich Holte (C)
To Minister of Research and Higher Education Iselin Nybø (L)
Ms. Rebekka Borsch (L)
To Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration Tor Mikkel Wara (PrP)
Mr. Thor Kleppen Sættem (C)
Mr. Torkil Åmland (PrP)
Mr. Knut Morten Johansen (PrP)
To Minister of Fisheries Harald Tom Nesvik (PrP)
Mr. Roy Angelvik (PrP)
To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell-Børge Freiberg (PrP)
Ms. Ingvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde (PrP)
Ms. Toril Charlotte Ulleberg Reynolds (PrP)
To Minister of Agriculture and Food Bård Hoksrud (PrP)
Mr. Rikard Gaarder Knutsen (PrP)