Changes among the political advisers
Press release | Date: 11/09/2026 | Office of the Prime Minister
After the changes in the Government today, Mr. Audun Otterstad resigns as political adviser to Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance Karianne Oldernes Tung.
Mr. Ola Helmich Borchgrevink Pedersen resigns as political adviser to Minister of Finance, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg. Mr. Borchgrevink Pedersen is appointed political adviser to Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Mr. Torgeir Micaelsen.
Ms. Sofie Rosten Løvdahl resigns as political adviser to Minister of Climate and Environment, Mr. Andreas Bjelland Eriksen. Ms. Rosten Løvdahl is appointed political adviser to Minister of Research and Higher Education, Ms. Eileen Fugelsnes.
Ms. Ada Camilla Lassen-Urdahl resigns as political adviser to Minister of Research and Higher Education, Ms. Sigrun Aasland. Ms. Lassen-Urdahl is appointed political adviser to Minister of Climate and Environment, Ms. Sigrun Aasland.
Mr. Munir Jaber resigns as political adviser to Minister of Transport, Mr. Jon-Ivar Nygård, and is appointed as political adviser to Minister of International Development, Mr. Åsmund Grøver Aukrust.
Mr. Fredrik Tiochta Sørlie is appointed political adviser to Minister of Transport, Ms. Kamzy Gunaratnam.
The government represents the Labour Party. The political advisers are:
To Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
Ms. Sunniva Bjerkaas – Leave of absence from 25.05.26 - 22.01.27
Ms. Signe Ramson Høie
To Minister of Health and Care services Jan Christian Vestre
Mr. Andreas Skretting Jansen
To Minister of Finance Jens Stoltenberg
Mr. Jakob Schram
Mr. Ola Helmich Borchgrevink Pedersen – To 14.09.26
To Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide
Ms. Milla Skaug Ødegaard
To Minister of Energy Terje Aasland
Ms. Emilie Bersaas von Essen
To Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery
Ms. Emilie Kleiven Græsli
To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Bjørnar Skjæran
Mr. Marius Meisfjord Jøsevold
To Minister of Industry and Commerce Cecilie Myrseth
Mr. Erlend Skaug Ingebrigtsen
To Minister of Education Kari Nessa Nordtun
Ms. Ingrid Tønseth Myhr
To Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Marianne Sivertsen Næss
Mr. Nicklas Simonsen
To Minister of Defence Tore O. Sandvik
Mr. Mathias Solli
To Minister of Justice and Public Security Astri Aas-Hansen
Mr. Herman Høgby Robertsen
To Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Kjersti Stenseng
Ms. Petra Brinch
To Minister of Climate and Environment Sigrun Aasland
Ms. Ada Camilla Lassen-Urdahl
To Minister of International Development Åsmund Grøver Aukrust
Mr. Munir Jaber
To Minister of Children and Families Lene Vågslid
Ms. Trine Bilet
To Minister of Agriculture and Food Nils Kristen Sandtrøen
Mr. Per Gunnar Skorge
To Minister of Research and Higher Education Eileen Fugelsnes
Ms. Sofie Rosten Løvdahl
To Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance Torgeir Micaelsen
Mr. Ola Helmich Borchgrevink Pedersen – From 15.09.26
To Minister of Transport Kamzy Gunaratnam
Mr. Fredrik Tiochta Sørlie