List of mayors of Oslo

Not to be confused with Governing Mayor of Oslo.

The Mayor of Oslo (Bokmål: Oslos ordfører; Nynorsk: Oslos ordførar) is the chief executive of Oslo. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Oslo city.

Mayor of Oslo
Incumbent Anne Lindboe since 25 October 2023
Government of Oslo
Style	The Honourable
Status	Head of the City
Seat	Oslo City Hall
Appointer	Electorate of Oslo
Term length	Four years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Andreas Tofte
Formation	1837; 188 years ago (1837)
Deputy	Julianne Ofstad
Website	www.oslo.kommune.no/english/

List of mayors of Oslo

Oslo City Hall

This is a list of mayors of Oslo.^[1]

Term	Image	Mayor	Party
1837		Andreas Tofte	Independent
1838		Herman Foss
1839		John Iverssøn Randklev
1840–1841		Herman Foss
1841		Christian Zetlitz Bretteville
1842		John Iverssøn Randklev
1842		Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt
1842–1843		Erik Røring Møinichen
1843–1845		Carl Andreas Fougstad
1845		Lars Rasch
1846		Christian Birch-Reichenwald
1847–1852		Lars Rasch
1853–1860		Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt
1861		Frederik Stang
1862		Christian Birch-Reichenwald
1863		August Thomle
1864–1865		Christian Birch-Reichenwald
1866–1868		Carl Johan Michelet
1869–1876		Otto Joachim Løvenskiold
1877–1878		Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull
1879–1880		Christian Homann Schweigaard
1881–1884		Anton Blumenthal Petersen
1885–1889		Christian Homann Schweigaard	Conservative
1889		Peter Birch-Reichenwald
1889–1890		Karl Lous
1891		Bernhard Getz
1892		August Christian Baumann Bonnevie
1893–1894		Evald Rygh
1895		Fredrik Stang Lund	Liberal
1895–1897		Elias Sunde
1898		Vollert Hille Bøgh
1899–1901		Edmund Harbitz	Conservative
1902–1904		Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars
1905		Johan Kristian Skougaard
1906–1908		Fredrik Moltke Bugge
1909–1910		Olaf Berg
1910		Thomas Cathinco Bang, Jr.
1911		Lyder Nicolaysen (1866–1927) [no]
1912–1914		Hieronymus Heyerdahl
1915–1916		Peter Meinich [no]
1917–1919		Carl Jeppesen	Labour
1920–1922		Haavard Martinsen	Conservative
1923–1928		Borger With
1929–1931		Adolf Indrebø	Labour
1932–1934		Eyvind Getz	Conservative
1935		Oscar Torp	Labour
1935–1936		Trygve Nilsen (while Torp was acting Minister of Defence)
1936		Oscar Torp
1936–1940		Trygve Nilsen
1940		Einar Gerhardsen
1940–1941		Rolf Stranger	Conservative
1941–1945		German occupation of Norway Fritz Jenssen installed as mayor	Nasjonal Samling
1945		Einar Gerhardsen	Labour
1945		Rolf Stranger	Conservative
1945–1947		Arnfinn Vik	Labour
1948–1950		Halvdan Eyvind Stokke
1951–1955		Brynjulf Bull
1956–1959		Rolf Stranger	Conservative
1960–1961		Brynjulf Bull	Labour
1962–1963		Rolf Stranger	Conservative
1964–1975		Brynjulf Bull	Labour
1976–1990		Albert Nordengen	Conservative
1990–1991		Peter N. Myhre	Progress
1992–1995		Ann-Marit Sæbønes	Labour
1995–2007		Per Ditlev-Simonsen	Conservative
2007		Svenn Erik Kristiansen
2007–2015		Fabian Stang
2015–2023		Marianne Borgen	Socialist Left
2023–present		Anne Lindboe	Conservative

See also

• Timeline of Oslo