Minister of Defence (Norway)

Norwegian defence ministers after 1945
Frank Bakke JensenIne Marie Eriksen SøreideAnne-Grete Strøm-ErichsenEspen Barth EideGrete FaremoAnne-Grete Strøm-ErichsenKristin Krohn DevoldBjørn Tore GodalEldbjørg LøwerDag Jostein FjærvollJørgen KosmoJohan Jørgen HolstPer Ditlev-SimonsenJohan Jørgen HolstRolf PresthusAnders SjaastadThorvald StoltenbergRolf Arthur HansenAlv Jakob FostervollJohan KleppeAlv Jakob FostervollGunnar HellesenOtto Grieg TidemandGudmund HarlemHåkon KyllingmarkGudmund HarlemNils Kristoffer HandalKai Birger KnudsenNils LanghelleJens Christian HaugeOscar Torp

The Norwegian Minister of Defence is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. The position has existed since 1814. The incumbent minister since 20 October 2017 is Frank Bakke Jensen of the Conservative 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

NameFromTo
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 Hoff18891891
Peter Theodor Holst18911893
Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn18931894
Johannes Winding Harbitz18941895
Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn18951898
Peter Theodor Holst18981900
Georg Stang19001903
Thomas Heftye19031903
Oscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad19031905
Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn19051907
Christian Michelsen (acting)19071907
Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes19071908
Thomas Heftye19081908
Haakon Ditlev Lowzow19081909
August Geelmuyden Spørck19091910
Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull19101912
Jens Bratlie19121913
Hans Vilhelm Keilhau19131914
Christian Theodor Holtfodt19141919
Rudolf Elias Peersen19191919
Ivar Aavatsmark19191920
Karl Wilhelm Wefring19201921
Ivar Aavatsmark19211923
Karl Wilhelm Wefring19231924
Rolf Jacobsen19241926
Karl Wilhelm Wefring19261926
Ingolf Elster Christensen19261928
Fredrik Monsen19281928
Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst19281931
Vidkun Quisling19311933
Jens Isak de Lange Kobro19331935
Fredrik Monsen19351935
Adolf Indrebø19351935
Oscar Torp (acting)19351936
Fredrik Monsen19361939
Birger Ljungberg19391942
Oscar Torp (government in exile)19421945
Alf Whist (Quisling puppet government)
(minister without portfolio with responsibility for the war effort of private businesses)		19421945
Jens Christian Hauge19451952
Nils Langhelle19521954
Kai Birger Knudsen19541955
Nils Handal19551961
Gudmund Harlem19611963
Håkon Kyllingmark19631963
Gudmund Harlem19631965
Otto Grieg Tidemand19651970
Gunnar Hellesen19701971
Alv Fostervoll19711972
Johan Kleppe19721973
Alv Fostervoll19731976
Rolf Arthur Hansen19761979
Thorvald Stoltenberg19791981
Anders C. Sjaastad19811986
Rolf Presthus19861986
Johan Jørgen Holst19861989
Per Ditlev-Simonsen19891990
Johan Jørgen Holst19901993
Jørgen Kosmo19931997
Dag Jostein Fjærvoll19971999
Eldbjørg Løwer19992000
Bjørn Tore Godal20002001
Kristin Krohn Devold20012005
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen20052009
Grete Faremo20092011
Espen Barth Eide20112012
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen20122013
Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide20132017
Frank Bakke Jensen2017present

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