Changes among the state secretaries
Press release | Date: 16/10/2023 | Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s Council of State, The King has made changes among the state secretaries.
Mr. Andreas Bjelland Eriksen has been honourably discharged as state secretary to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Minister of Energy, Mr. Terje Aasland. Mr. Bjelland Eriksen is appointed as Minister of Climate end Environment.
Ms. Ingunn Trosholmen has been appointed state secretary to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Mr. Tomas Norvoll has been honourably discharged as state secretary to Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Ms. Marte Mjøs Persen. Mr. Norvoll has been appointed again as state secretary to Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Ms. Tonje Brenna.
Mr. Kjetil Vevle has been honourably discharged as state secretary to Minister of Education, Ms. Tonje Brenna. Mr. Vevle is appointed again as state secretary to Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Ms. Tonje Brenna.
Ms. Ellen Bakken is appointed state secretary to Minister of Labour and Inclusion, Ms. Tonje Brenna.
Ms. Samra Akhtar has been honourably discharged as state secretary to Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Ms. Marte Mjøs Persen.
Ms. Synnøve Mjeldheim Skaar has been honourably discharged as acting state secretary to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Ms. Mjeldheim Skaar is appointed again as state secretary to Minister of Education, Ms. Kari Nessa Nordtun.
Mr. Eivind Vad Petersson and Mr. Andreas Mozfeldt Kravik have been honourably discharged as state secretaries to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Anniken Huitfeldt. Mr. Vad Petersson and Mr. Mozfeldt Kravik are appointed again as state secretaries to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Espen Barth Eide.
Ms. Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad and Ms. Kjersti Bjørnstad have been honourably discharged as state secretaries to Minister of Climate and Environment, Mr. Espen Barth Eide. Ms. Sjoner Syrstad and Ms. Bjørnstad are appointed again as state secretaries to Minister of Climate and Environment, Mr. Andreas Bjelland Eriksen.
Mr. Ole Gustav Narud, Ms. Nancy Charlotte Porsanger Anti and Ms. Sigrun Wiggen Prestbakmo have been honourably discharged as state secretaries to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr. Sigbjørn Gjeldsvik. Mr. Narud, Ms. Porsanger Anti and Ms. Wiggen Prestbakmo are appointed again as state secretaries to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr. Erling Sande.
Ms. Gunn Karin Gjul has been honourably discharged as state secretary to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr. Sigbjørn Gjelsvik. Ms. Gjul is appointed again as state secretary to Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Ms. Karianne O. Tung.
Ms. Kristina Sigurdsdottir Hansen and Mr. Vidar Ulriksen have been honourably discharged as state secretaries to Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy, Mr. Bjørnar Selnes Skjæran. Ms. Sigurdsdottir Hansen and Mr. Ulriksen are appointed again as state secretaries to Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy, Ms. Cecilie Myrseth.
Mr. Sindre Lysø has been honourably discharged as state secretary to Minister of Education, Ms. Tonje Brenna. Mr. Lysø is appointed again as state secretary to Minister of Education, Ms. Kari Nessa Nordtun.
The government represents the Labour Party (Lab.) and Centre Party (Cent.) The state secretaries are:
To Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)
Ms. Kristine Joy Nordenson Kallset (Lab.)
Ms. Astrid Scharning Huitfeldt (Lab.)
Mr. Wegard Håkon Harsvik (Lab.)
Mr. Thomas Boe Hornburg (Lab.)
Mr. Halvard Hølleland (Lab.)
Mr. Kristoffer Thoner (Lab.)
Mr. Erling Emil Laugsand (Cent.)
Mr. Finn Henrik Thune (Lab.) – Acting 11.08.23-31.12.23
Ms. Ingunn Trosholmen (Lab.)
To Minister of Finance Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (Cent.)
Mr. Erlend Trygve Grimstad (Cent.)
Mr. Lars Erik Bartnes (Cent.)
Mr. Lars Vangen (Cent.)
Ms. Ellen Reitan (Lab.)
Mr. Jakob Bjelland (Cent.) – To 31.10.23
Mr. Geir Indrefjord (Cent)
To Minister of Labour and Socilal Inclusion Tonje Brenna (Lab.)Mr. Tomas Norvoll (Lab.)
Mr. Kjetil Vevle (Lab.)
Ms. Ellen Bakken (Lab.)
To Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim (Cent.)
Ms. Bjørg Sandkjær (Cent.)
To Minister of Trade and Industry Jan Christian Vestre (Lab.)
Mr. Halvard Ingebrigtsen (Lab.)
Ms. Anne Marit Bjørnflaten (Lab.)
To Minister of Children and Families Kjersti Toppe (Cent.)
Ms. Trine Fagervik (Cent.)
To Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide (Lab.)
Mr. Eivind Vad Petersson (Lab.)
Mr. Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik (Lab.)
To Minister of Defence Bjørn Arild Gram (Cent.)
Ms. Anne Marie Aanerud (Cent.)
Ms. Marie Lamo (Cent.)
To Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård (Lab.)
Mr. Tom Kalsås (Lab.)
Mr. Bent-Joacim Bentzen (Cent.)
Ms. Abel Cecilie Knibe Kroglund (Lab.)
To Minister of Health and Care services Ingvild Kjerkol (Lab.)
Mr. Karl Kristian Bekeng (Lab.)
Mr. Ole Henrik Krat Bjørkholt (Lab.)
Ms. Ellen Moen Rønning-Arnesen (Lab.)
To Minister of Research and Higher Education Sandra Borch (Cent.)
Mr. Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel (Cent.)
To Minister of Justice and Public Security Emilie Enger Mehl (Cent.)
Mr. Hans-Petter Aasen (Cent.)
Mr. John-Erik Vika (Cent.)
Mr. Even Eriksen (Lab.)
Mr. Sigve Bolstad (Cent.)
To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland (Lab.)
Ms. Elisabeth Sæther (Lab.)
Ms. Astrid Bergmål (Lab.)
To Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery (Lab.)
Mr. Even Aleksander Hagen (Lab.)
Mr. Erlend Kaldestad Hanstveit (Lab.)
To Minister of Agriculture and Food Geir Pollestad (Cent.)
Ms. Wenche Westberg (Cent.)
Ms. Siv Sætran (Cent.) – Acting 24.10.23-07.11.23
To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Erling Sande (Cent.)
Mr. Ole Gustav Narud (Cent.)
Ms. Nancy Charlotte Porsanger Anti (Cent.)
Ms. Sigrun Wiggen Prestbakmo (Cent.)
To Minister of Digitalisation and Government Administration Karianne O. Tung (Lab.)
Ms. Gunn Karin Gjul (Lab.)
To Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Cecilie Myrseth (Lab.)
Ms. Kristina Sigurdsdottir Hansen (Lab.)
Mr. Vidar Ulriksen (Lab.)
To Minister of Education Kari Nessa Nordtun (Lab.)
Mr. Sindre Lysø (Lab.)
Ms. Synnøve Mjeldheim Skaar (Lab.)
To Minister of Climate and Environment Andreas Bjelland Eriksen (Lab.)
Ms. Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad (Lab.)
Ms. Kjersti Bjørnstad (Cent.)