Minister of Defence (Norway)

Norwegian defence ministers after 1945

The Norwegian Minister of Defence is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. The position has existed since 1814. The incumbent minister since 21 September 2012 is Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen of the Labour Party.

Between 1819 and 1885 the Ministry was split into two different ministries, the Ministry of the Navy and the Army Ministry.

List of Norwegian Ministers of Defence

Name	From	To
The position was named Chief of 6th Ministry from 1814 to 1818
Diderik Hegermann	1814	1816
Peter Motzfeldt	1816	1818
Mathias Sommerhielm	1818	1819
The position was named Minister of the Army from 1818 to 1885
Jonas Collett	1819	1819
Nicolai Krog	1822	1825
Jørgen Herman Vogt	1825	1826
Nicolai Krog	1826	1828
Thomas Fasting	1828	1829
Nicolai Krog	1839	1832
Thomas Fasting	1832	1833
Nicolai Krog	1833	1835
Valentin Sibbern	1835	1836
Nicolai Krog	1836	1837
Palle Rømer Fleischer	1837	1839
Oluf Borch de Schouboe	1839	1839
Valentin Sibbern	1839	1840
Palle Rømer Fleischer	1840	1842
Oluf Borch de Schouboe	1842	1843
Palle Rømer Fleischer	1843	1846
Valentin Sibbern	1846	1847
Palle Rømer Fleischer	1847	1848
Thomas Edvard von Westen Sylow	1848	1851
Hans Christian Petersen	1851	1852
Ole Wilhelm Erichsen	1852	1852
Hans Christian Petersen	1852	1853
Thomas Edvard von Westen Sylow	1852	1853
Hans Glad Bloch	1853	1856
Hans Christian Petersen	1856	1857
Harald Wergeland (acting)	1857	1857
Hans Christian Petersen	1857	1857
Hans Glad Bloch	1857	1860
Harald Wergeland	1860	1862
August Christian Manthey	1862	1863
Harald Wergeland	1863	1866
August Christian Manthey	1866	1867
Harald Wergeland	1867	1868
Niels Christian Irgens	1868	1872
August Christian Manthey	1872	1872
Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke	1872	1874
Christian Selmer	1874	1875
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting)	1875	1875
Christian Selmer	1875	1875
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting)	1875	1875
Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke	1875	1877
Adolph Frederik Munthe	1877	1879
Christian Selmer	1879	1880
Adolph Frederik Munthe	1880	1881
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting)	1881	1881
Adolph Frederik Munthe	1881	1884
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting)	1884	1884
Lars Christian Dahll	1884	1884
Ludvig Daae	1884	1885
The position was named Minister of Defence from 1885 to present
Johan Sverdrup	1885	1889
Edvard Hans Hoff	1889	1891
Peter Theodor Holst	1891	1893
Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn	1893	1894
Johannes Winding Harbitz	1894	1895
Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn	1895	1898
Peter Theodor Holst	1898	1900
Georg Stang	1900	1903
Thomas Heftye	1903	1903
Oscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad	1903	1905
Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn	1905	1907
Christian Michelsen (acting)	1907	1907
Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes	1907	1908
Thomas Heftye	1908	1908
Haakon Ditlev Lowzow	1908	1909
August Geelmuyden Spørck	1909	1910
Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull	1910	1912
Jens Bratlie	1912	1913
Hans Vilhelm Keilhau	1913	1914
Christian Theodor Holtfodt	1914	1919
Rudolf Elias Peersen	1919	1919
Ivar Aavatsmark	1919	1920
Karl Wilhelm Wefring	1920	1921
Ivar Aavatsmark	1921	1923
Karl Wilhelm Wefring	1923	1924
Rolf Jacobsen	1924	1926
Karl Wilhelm Wefring	1926	1926
Ingolf Elster Christensen	1926	1928
Fredrik Monsen	1928	1928
Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst	1928	1931
Vidkun Quisling	1931	1933
Jens Isak de Lange Kobro	1933	1935
Fredrik Monsen	1935	1935
Adolf Indrebø	1935	1935
Oscar Torp (acting)	1935	1936
Fredrik Monsen	1936	1939
Birger Ljungberg	1939	1942
Oscar Torp (government in exile)	1942	1945
Alf Whist (Quisling puppet government) (minister without portfolio with responsibility for the war effort of private businesses)	1942	1945
Jens Christian Hauge	1945	1952
Nils Langhelle	1952	1954
Kai Birger Knudsen	1954	1955
Nils Handal	1955	1961
Gudmund Harlem	1961	1963
Håkon Kyllingmark	1963	1963
Gudmund Harlem	1963	1965
Otto Grieg Tidemand	1965	1970
Gunnar Hellesen	1970	1971
Alv Fostervoll	1971	1972
Johan Kleppe	1972	1973
Alv Fostervoll	1973	1976
Rolf Arthur Hansen	1976	1979
Thorvald Stoltenberg	1979	1981
Anders C. Sjaastad	1981	1986
Rolf Presthus	1986	1986
Johan Jørgen Holst	1986	1989
Per Ditlev-Simonsen	1989	1990
Johan Jørgen Holst	1990	1993
Jørgen Kosmo	1993	1997
Dag Jostein Fjærvoll	1997	1999
Eldbjørg Løwer	1999	2000
Bjørn Tore Godal	2000	2001
Kristin Krohn Devold	2001	2005
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen	2005	2009
Grete Faremo	2009	2011
Espen Barth Eide	2011	2012
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen	2012	present

References

• Ministry of Defence. Councillor of State 1814-present - Government.no
• Norwegian Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs - Government.no