Changes in the Government

In the Council of State today, the King has made changes in the Government.

Mr. Jens Stoltenberg has been appointed Minister of Finance.

Mr. Tore O. Sandvik has been appointed Minister of Defence.

Ms. Astri Aas-Hansen has been appointed Minister of Justice and Public Security.

Ms. Kjersti Stenseng has been appointed Minister of Local Government and Regional Development.

Ms. Sigrun Gjerløw Aasland has been appointed Minister of Research and Higher Education.

Mr. Åsmund Grøver Aukrust has been appointed Minister of International Development.

Ms. Lene Vågslid has been appointed Minister of Children and Families.

Mr. Nils Kristen Sandtrøen has been appointed Minister of Agriculture and Food.

Minister of Finance, Mr. Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, Minister of International Development, Ms. Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, Minister of Children and Families, Ms. Kjersti Toppe, Minister of Defence, Mr. Bjørn Arild Gram, Minister of Justice and Public Security, Ms. Emilie Enger Mehl, Minister of Agriculture and Food, Mr. Geir Pollestad, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr. Erling Sande and Minister of Research and Higher Education, Mr. Oddmund Hoel have been honourably discharged from office.

The government consists of members from the Labour Party (Lab.) The members of the Government are as follows from 4 February 2025 12.00:

Prime Minister
Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)

Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion
Ms. Tonje Brenna (Lab.)

Minister of Health and Care services
Mr. Jan Christian Vestre (Lab.)

Minister of Finance
Mr. Jens Stoltenberg (Lab.)

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Espen Barth Eide (Lab.)

Minister of Transport
Mr. Jon-Ivar Nygård (Lab.)

Minister of Energy
Mr. Terje Aasland (Lab.)

Minister of Culture and Equality
Ms. Lubna Jaffery (Lab.)

Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance
Karianne Oldernes Tung (Lab.)

Minister of Trade and Industry
Ms. Cecilie Myrseth (Lab.)

Minister of Education
Ms. Kari Nessa Nordtun (Lab.)

Minister of Climate and Environment
Mr. Andreas Bjelland Eriksen (Lab.)

Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy
Ms. Marianne Sivertsen Næss (Lab.)

Minister of Defence
Mr. Tore O. Sandvik (Lab.)

Minister of Justice and Public Security
Ms. Astri Aas-Hansen (Lab.)

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
Ms. Kjersti Stenseng (Lab.)

Minister of Research and Higher Education
Ms. Sigrun Gjerløw Aasland (Lab.)

Minister of International Development
Mr. Åsmund Grøver Aukrust  (Lab.)

Minister of Children and Families
Ms. Lene Vågslid (Lab.)

Minister of Agriculture and Food
Mr. Nils Kristen Sandtrøen (Lab.)