Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy

The Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy (Bokmål: Fiskeri- og havministeren) is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. The incumbent minister is Cecilie Myrseth of the Labour Party which served since October 2023.

Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy of Norway
Fiskeri- og havministeren
Incumbent
Cecilie Myrseth
since 16 October 2023
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
Member ofCouncil of State
SeatOslo
NominatorPrime Minister of Norway
AppointerMonarch
With approval of Parliament
Term lengthNo fixed length
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Norway
Formation1 July 1946
First holderReidar Carlsen
DeputyState secretaries for the Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy
WebsiteOfficial website

The position was created 1 July 1946. Between 2004 and 2013 the minister held the name of Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs reflecting a broadening in responsibility for the ministry. When Solberg's Cabinet took office, the minister was again called Minister of Fisheries and did no longer have responsibilities for coastal affairs.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs was abolished in January 2014, but the minister post was kept, and now heads responsibilities for fisheries in the new Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, alongside the Minister of Trade and Industry.[1]

Ministers edit

Key
  Conservative Party
  Centre Party
  Labour Party
  Progress Party

List of ministers edit

Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Ref
  Reidar Carlsen Labour 1 July 1946 19 November 1951 5 years, 141 days Gerhardsen II [2]
  Peder Holt Labour 19 November 1951 22 January 1955 3 years, 64 days Torp [3]
  Nils Lysø Labour 22 January 1955 28 August 1963 8 years, 218 days Gerhardsen III [4]
  Onar Onarheim Conservative 28 August 1963 25 September 1963 28 days Lyng [5]
  Magnus Andersen Labour 25 September 1963 12 October 1965 2 years, 17 days Gerhardsen IV [6]
  Oddmund Myklebust Centre 12 October 1965 8 November 1968 3 years, 27 days Borten [7]
  Einar Moxnes Centre 8 November 1968 17 March 1971 2 years, 129 days Borten [7]
  Knut Hoem Labour 17 March 1971 24 January 1972 313 days Bratteli I [8]
  Magnus Andersen Labour 24 January 1972 18 October 1972 268 days Bratteli I [8]
  Trygve Olsen Centre 18 October 1972 16 October 1973 363 days Korvald [9]
  Eivind Bolle Labour 16 October 1973 14 October 1981 7 years, 363 days Bratteli II
Nordli
Brundtland I
[10] [11]
[12]
  Thor Listau Conservative 14 October 1981 4 October 1985 3 years, 355 days Willoch I-II [13]
  Eivind Reiten Centre 4 October 1985 9 May 1986 217 days Willoch II [13]
  Bjarne Mørk-Eidem Labour 9 May 1986 10 October 1989 3 years, 154 days Brundtland II [14]
  Svein Munkejord Conservative 16 October 1989 3 November 1990 1 year, 18 days Syse [15]
  Oddrunn Pettersen Labour 3 November 1990 4 September 1992 1 year, 306 days Brundtland III [16]
  Jan Henry T. Olsen Labour 4 September 1992 25 October 1996 4 years, 51 days Brundtland III [16]
  Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen Labour 25 October 1996 17 October 1997 357 days Jagland [17]
  Peter Angelsen Centre 17 October 1997 21 January 2000 2 years, 96 days Bondevik I [18]
  Lars Peder Brekk Centre 21 January 2000 17 March 2000 56 days Bondevik I [18]
  Otto Gregussen Labour 17 March 2000 19 October 2001 1 year, 216 days Stoltenberg I [19]
  Svein Ludvigsen Conservative 19 October 2001 17 October 2005 3 years, 363 days Bondevik II [20]
  Helga Pedersen Labour 17 October 2005 2 October 2009 3 years, 350 days Stoltenberg II [21]
  Lisbeth Berg-Hansen Labour 20 October 2009 16 October 2013 3 years, 361 days Stoltenberg II [21]
  Elisabeth Aspaker Conservative 16 October 2013 16 December 2015 2 years, 61 days Solberg [22]
  Per Sandberg Progress 16 December 2015 13 August 2018 2 years, 240 days Solberg [23]
  Harald T. Nesvik Progress 13 August 2018 24 January 2020 1 year, 164 days Solberg [24]
  Geir-Inge Sivertsen Conservative 24 January 2020 2 March 2020 38 days Solberg [25] [26]
  Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen Conservative 13 March 2020 14 October 2021 1 year, 215 days Solberg [27]
  Bjørnar Skjæran Labour 14 October 2021 16 October 2023 2 years, 2 days Støre [28]
  Cecilie Myrseth Labour 16 October 2023 Incumbent 147 days Støre [29]

References edit

  1. ^ "Fields of responsibility in Erna Solberg's government". Office of the Prime Minister. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  2. ^ Fiskeri- og kystdepartementet. Statsråd 1946 - Retrieved 4 October 2013 (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ "Oscar Torps regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Einar Gerhardsens tredje regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  5. ^ "John Lyngs regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Einar Gerhardsens fjerde regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Per Bortens regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Trygve Brattelis første regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Lars Korvalds regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Trygve Brattelis andre regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Odvar Nordlis regjering" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Gro Harlem Brundtlands første regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Kåre Willochs regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Gro Harlem Brundtlands andre regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Jan P. Syses regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  16. ^ a b "Gro Harlem Brundtlands tredje regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Thorbjørn Jaglands regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  18. ^ a b "Kjell Magne Bondeviks første regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  19. ^ "Jens Stoltenbergs første regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Kjell Magne Bondeviks andre regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  21. ^ a b "Jens Stoltenbergs andre regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  22. ^ "Erna Solbergs regjering" (in Norwegian). government.no. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  23. ^ "Dette er Ernas nye statsråder" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  24. ^ "Per Sandberg går av som statsråd og Frp-nestleder" (in Norwegian). NRK. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  25. ^ "Slik er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0" (in Norwegian). NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  26. ^ "Torbjørn Røe Isaksen tar midlertidig over som fiskeriminister" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  27. ^ "Guri Melby (V) ny kunnskap- og integreringsminister og Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen ny fiskerminister" (in Norwegian). NRK. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  28. ^ "Norge har fått ny regjering" (in Norwegian). NRK. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  29. ^ "Her er Støre sine nye statsrådar" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.