Following the change of government at 1 pm today, where Jens Stoltenberg’s second government succeeded Kjell Magne Bondevik’s second government, the King in an extraordinary session of the Council of State at 1 pm today appointed a number of state secretaries. In an extraordinary session of the Council of State at 11 am, the King accepted the resignations of the state secretaries appointed under Kjell Magne Bondevik’s government, as of 1 pm today.

The new government represents the Labour Party (Ap), the Socialist Left Party (SV) and the Centre Party (Sp). The new state secretaries are:

To Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Ap)
Mr. Lars Erik Flatø (41), head of secretariat, Oslo (Ap)
Mr. Bård Vegar Solhjell (33), general secretary Oslo (SV)
Ms. Hege Solbakken (33), political advisor, Oslo (Sp)
Mr. Svein Fjellheim (59), regional secretary, Stavanger (Ap)
Mr. Morten Wetland (54), senior vice-president, Oslo (Ap)
Mr. Torbjørn Giæver Eriksen (34), information advisor, Oslo (Ap)
Ms. Rita Skjærvik (31), political advisor, Oslo (Ap)

To Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen (SV)
Mr. Roger Schjerva (37), head of secretariat, Oslo (SV)
Mr. Geir Axelsen (40), counsellor, Brussels (Ap)
Mr. Roger Østlie Sandum (35), private advisor, Rælingen (SV)
Mr. Bjørn Arild Gram (33), head of department, Steinkjer (Sp)

To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Åslaug Haga (Sp)
Mr. Inge Bartnes (35), communications director, Oslo (Sp)
Ms. Guri Størvold (29), political advisor, Asker (Sp)

To Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Ap)
Mr. Espen Barth Eide (41), director, Oslo (Ap)

To Minister of the Environment Helen Bjørnøy
Ms. Henriette Westhrin (32), nurse, Kragerø (SV)

To Minister of Development Cooperation Erik Solheim
Ms. Anne Margareth Fagertun Stenhammer (55), educations director, Fauske (SV)

To Minister of Knowledge Øystein Djupedal
Mr. Åge Ronald Rosnes (51), headmaster, Erdal (SV)
Ms. Lisbet Rugtvedt (38), political advisor, Oslo (SV)