Minister of Transport of Norway

The Minister of Transport (Norwegian: Samferdelsministeren)^[1] is a Councillor of State and Chief of the Norwegian Ministry of Transport. The post has been held by Jon-Ivar Nygård of the Labour Party since 2021.^[2] The ministry is responsible for policy and public operations within postal services, telecommunications, civil aviation, public roads, rail transport, and public transport, including ferry services that are part of national roads and coastal transport infrastructure.^[3] The ministry has seven agencies and four limited companies, including the airport operator Avinor, railway operator Vy, the Norwegian National Rail Administration, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, and Norway Post. There are also inspectorates and authorities related to accident investigation, civil aviation, and railways.^[4][5]

Minister of Transport of Norway
Samferdselsministeren
Incumbent Jon-Ivar Nygård since 14 October 2021
Ministry of Transport
Member of	Council of State
Seat	Oslo
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	Monarch with approval of Parliament
Term length	No fixed length
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Norway
Precursor	Minister of the Interior
Formation	22 February 1946
First holder	Nils Langhelle
Deputy	State secretaries at the Ministry of Transport
Website	Official website

The position was created with the ministry on 22 February 1946, when Nils Langhelle (Labour) was appointed.^[6] The ministry and minister positions were split out from the Ministry of Labour.^[7] Twenty-eight people have held the position, representing six parties. Sixteen people have represented the Labour Party, five for the Centre Party, two for the Christian Democratic Party, the Conservative Party, and the Liberal Party, and one for the Progress Party. Kjell Opseth (Labour) is the longest-sitting minister, who sat a week short of six years.^[8] Lars Leiro (Centre) sat for only four weeks, giving him the shortest tenure.^[9] He both succeeded and preceded Trygve Bratteli,^[10][11] the only person to have held the position twice and the only officeholder to later become Prime Minister.^[12]

Key

The following lists the minister, their party, the date they assumed and left office, their tenure in years and days, and the cabinet they served in.

  Labour Party
  Centre Party
  Conservative Party
  Christian Democratic Party
  Liberal Party
  Progress Party

Ministers

Photo	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet	Ref
	Nils Langhelle	Labour	22 February 1946	5 January 1952	5 years, 317 days	Gerhardsen II Torp	[6][13]
—	Jakob Martin Pettersen	Labour	5 January 1952	22 January 1955	3 years, 17 days	Torp	[13]
—	Kolbjørn Varmann	Labour	22 January 1955	23 April 1960	5 years, 92 days	Gerhardsen III	[10]
	Trygve Bratteli	Labour	23 April 1960	28 August 1963	3 years, 127 days	Gerhardsen III	[10]
—	Lars Leiro	Centre	28 August 1963	25 September 1963	28 days	Lyng	[9]
	Trygve Bratteli	Labour	25 September 1963	20 January 1964	117 days	Gerhardsen IV	[11]
	Erik Himle	Labour	20 January 1964	12 October 1965	1 year, 265 days	Gerhardsen IV	[11]
	Håkon Kyllingmark	Conservative	12 October 1965	17 March 1971	5 years, 156 days	Borten	[14]
	Reiulf Steen	Labour	17 March 1971	18 October 1972	1 year, 215 days	Bratteli I	[12]
—	John Austrheim	Centre	18 October 1972	16 October 1973	363 days	Korvald	[15]
—	Annemarie Lorentzen	Labour	16 October 1973	15 January 1976	2 years, 91 days	Bratteli II	[16]
—	Ragnar Christiansen	Labour	15 January 1976	11 January 1978	1 year, 361 days	Nordli	[17]
—	Asbjørn Jordahl	Labour	11 January 1978	8 October 1979	1 year, 270 days	Nordli	[17]
—	Ronald Bye	Labour	8 October 1979	14 October 1981	2 years, 6 days	Nordli Brundtland I	[17][18]
—	Inger Koppernæs	Conservative	14 October 1981	8 June 1983	1 year, 237 days	Willoch I	[19]
	Johan J. Jakobsen	Centre	8 June 1983	9 May 1986	2 years, 335 days	Willoch II	[19]
—	Kjell Borgen	Labour	9 May 1986	13 June 1988	2 years, 35 days	Brundtland II	[20]
	William Engseth	Labour	13 June 1988	16 October 1989	1 year, 125 days	Brundtland II	[20]
—	Lars Gunnar Lie	Christian Democratic	16 October 1989	3 November 1990	1 year, 18 days	Syse	[21]
	Kjell Opseth	Labour	3 November 1990	25 October 1996	5 years, 357 days	Brundtland III	[8]
—	Sissel Rønbeck	Labour	25 October 1996	17 October 1997	357 days	Jagland	[22]
	Odd Einar Dørum	Liberal	17 October 1997	15 March 1999	1 year, 149 days	Bondevik I	[23]
—	Dag Jostein Fjærvoll	Christian Democratic	15 March 1999	17 March 2000	1 year, 2 days	Bondevik I	[23]
	Terje Moe Gustavsen	Labour	17 March 2000	19 October 2001	1 year, 216 days	Stoltenberg I	[24]
	Torild Skogsholm	Liberal	19 October 2001	17 October 2005	3 years, 363 days	Bondevik II	[25]
	Liv Signe Navarsete	Centre	17 October 2005	20 October 2009	4 years, 3 days	Stoltenberg II	[26]
	Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa	Centre	20 October 2009	18 June 2012	2 years, 242 days	Stoltenberg II	[26]
	Marit Arnstad	Centre	18 June 2012	16 October 2013	1 year, 120 days	Stoltenberg II	[26]
	Ketil Solvik-Olsen	Progress	16 October 2013	31 August 2018	4 years, 319 days	Solberg	[2]
	Jon Georg Dale	Progress	31 August 2018	24 January 2020	1 year, 146 days	Solberg	[27]
	Knut Arild Hareide	Christian Democratic	24 January 2020	14 October 2021	1 year, 263 days	Solberg	[28]
	Jon-Ivar Nygård	Labour	14 October 2021	present	3 years, 228 days	Støre	[29]