Change of ministers

Ms. Ranveig H. Frøiland (51), Fjell in Hordaland, has today been appointed Minister of Oil and Energy, following the resignation of Ms. Grete Faremo. The distribution of ministries is now as follows:

 

Prime Minister:
Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland

Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Mr. Bjørn Tore Godal

Ministry of the Environment:
Mr. Thorbjørn Berntsen

Ministry of Local Government and Labour:
Mr. Kjell Opseth

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (health affairs):
Mr. Gudmund Hernes

Ministry of Transport and Communications:
Ms. Sissel Rønbeck

Ministry of Industry and Energy (industrial affairs):
Ms. Grete Knudsen
- from 1 January 1997 head of a ministry of trade and industry

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (development cooperation):
Ms. Kari Nordheim-Larsen

Ministry of Defence:
Mr. Jørgen Kosmo

Ministry of Finance:
Mr. Jens Stoltenberg

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (social affairs):
Ms. Hill-Marta Solberg

Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs:
Mr. Reidar Sandal

Ministry of Agriculture:
Mr. Dag Terje Andersen

Ministry of Justice and the Police:
Ms. Anne Holt

Ministry of Fisheries:
Mr. Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen

Ministry of Cultural Affairs:
Ms. Turid Birkeland

Ministry of Children and Family Affairs:
Ms. Sylvia Brustad

Ministry of Government Administration:
Mr. Bendik Rugaas
- from 1 January 1997 head of a ministry of planning and coordination

Ministry of Industry and Energy (energy affairs):
Ms. Ranveig H. Frøiland
- from 1 January 1997 head of a ministry of oil and energy

Minister for Nordic Cooperation:
Ms. Grete Knudsen