Changes among the state secretaries

State secretary to Minister of Education and Integration Mr. Jan Tore Sanner, Ms. Rikke Høistad Sjøberg, has been honourably discharged from her office, as of 3 May 2019.

Ms. Ingvild Ofte Arntsen has been appointed as acting state secretary to Minister of Agriculture and Food, Ms. Olaug Vervik Bollestad, as of 23 April 2019, in state secretary Julie Kristine Kordahl’s leave of absence and vacation.

 

The Government represents the Conservative Party (C), the Progress Party (PrP), the Liberal Party (L) and the Christian Democratic Party (CDP). 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. Rune Alstadsæter (C)
Mr. Audun Rødningsby (L)
Mr. Espen Espeset (PrP)
Mr. Hans Olav Syversen (CDP)
Mr. Oluf Ulseth (C)

To Minister of Finance Siv Jensen (PrP)
Mr. Jørgen Næsje (PrP)
Ms. Marianne Eikvåg Groth (C)
Mr. Geir Olsen (L)
Mr. Atle Simonsen (PrP)
Mr. Brage Baklien (PrP)
Mr. Sverre Vatnar (CDP)

To Minister of Culture and Equality Trine Skei Grande (L)
Mr. Jan-Christian Kolstø (L)
Ms. Frida Blomgren (L)

To Minister of Agriculture and Food Olaug Vervik Bollestad (PrP)
Ms. Julie Kristine Kordahl (CDP) – Leave of abscence 08.04.19-03.01.20
Ms. Widar Skogan (CDP)
Ms. Ingvild Ofte Arntsen (CDP) – Acting 23.04.19-03.01.20

To Minister of Education and Integration Jan Tore Sanner (C)
Ms. Rikke Høistad Sjøberg (C) – to 03.05.19
Mr. Tom Erlend Skaug (C)
Ms. Julie Midtgarden Remen (C)

To Minister of Transport and Communications Jon Georg Dale (PrP)
Mr. Anders Bjørnsen Werp (C)
Mr. Tommy Skjervold (PrP)
Mr. Allan Ellingsen (PrP)

To Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Monica Mæland (C)
Mr. Lars Jacob Hiim (C)
Ms. Aase Marthe Horrigmo (C)
Ms. Anne Karin Olli (C)
Mr. Thorleif Fluer Vikre (PrP)

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)
Mr. Jens Frølich Holte (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)
Ms. Guro Angell Gimse (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. Anne Bramo (PrP)

To Minister of Climate and Environment Ola Elvestuen (L)
Mr. Atle Hamar (L)
Mr. Sveinung Rotevatn (L)

To Minister of Digitalisation Nikolai Astrup (C)
Mr. Paul Chaffey (H)

To Minister of Research and Higher Education Iselin Nybø (L)
Ms. Rebekka Borsch (L)

To Minister of Fisheries Harald Tom Nesvik (PrP)
Mr. Roy Angelvik (PrP)

To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell-Børge Freiberg (PrP)
Mr. Rikard Gaarder Knutsen (PrP)
Ms. Liv Lønnum (PrP)

To Minister of Public Security Ingvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde (PrP)
Ms. Toril Charlotte Ulleberg Reynolds (PrP)

To Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein (CDP)
Mr. Aksel Jakobsen

To Minister of Children and Family Kjell Ingolf Ropstad (CDP)
Mr. Julian Thomas Farner-Calvert (CDP)
Ms. Jorunn Hallaråker (CDP)

To Minister of Justice and Immigration Jøran André Smedal Kallmyr (PrP)
Mr. Thor Kleppen Sættem (C)
Mr. Torkil Åmland (PrP)