Standing Committee on Transport and Communications

The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications (Norwegian: Transport- og kommunikasjonskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to transport, postal services, telecommunications, electronic communication and the responsibilities of the Norwegian National Coastal Administration. It corresponds to the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the coastal transport portfolio of the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs.^[1] The committee has 15 members and is chaired by Sigbjørn Gjelsvik of the Centre Party.^[2]

Leadership

The committee is headed by a chair and two vice chairs. There was only one vice chair between 1950 and 2001.

Key
  Agrarian/Centre Party
  Christian Democratic Party
  Conservative Party
  Labour Party
  Liberal Party
  Progress Party
  Socialist Left Party

Chairs

Portrait	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure
	Einar Frogner	Agrarian	23 January 1950	10 July 1955	5 years, 168 days
	Trond Halvorsen Wirstad	Agrarian	16 January 1956	10 January 1958	1 year, 359 days
	Lars Elisæus Vatnaland	Agrarian/Centre	27 January 1958	30 September 1961	3 years, 246 days
	Trond Halvorsen Wirstad	Centre	13 October 1961	30 September 1965	3 years, 352 days
	Nils Kristen Jacobsen	Labour	15 October 1965	13 November 1969	4 years, 29 days
	Peter Kjeldseth Moe	Labour	13 November 1969	30 June 1973	3 years, 229 days
	Arnold Weiberg-Aurdal	Centre	18 October 1973	30 September 1981	7 years, 347 days
	Kjell Borgen	Labour	21 October 1981	30 September 1985	3 years, 344 days
	Oddrunn Pettersen	Labour	23 October 1985	28 April 1989	3 years, 187 days
	Solveig Torsvik	Labour	8 May 1989	30 September 1989	145 days
	John S. Tveit	Christian Democratic	23 October 1989	30 September 1993	3 years, 342 days
	Magnus Stangeland	Centre	21 October 1993	30 September 1997	3 years, 344 days
	Oddvard Nilsen	Conservative	21 October 1997	30 September 2001	3 years, 344 days
	Petter Løvik	Conservative	22 October 2001	30 September 2005	3 years, 343 days
	Per Sandberg	Progress	19 October 2005	30 September 2009	3 years, 346 days
	Knut Arild Hareide	Christian Democratic	20 October 2009	30 September 2013	3 years, 345 days
	Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland	Conservative	22 October 2013	16 December 2015	2 years, 55 days
	Nikolai Astrup (politician)	Conservative	12 January 2016	30 September 2017	1 year, 261 days
	Helge Orten	Conservative	18 October 2017	30 September 2021	3 years, 347 days
	Erling Sande	Centre	21 October 2021	16 October 2023	1 year, 360 days
	Sigbjørn Gjelsvik	Centre	19 October 2023	present	1 year, 213 days

Vice chairs

First vice chairs

Portrait	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure
	Anton Ludvik Alvestad	Labour	23 January 1950	2 July 1956	6 years, 161 days
	Arne Torolf Strøm	Labour	5 October 1956	30 September 1961	4 years, 360 days
	Isak Larsson Flatabø	Labour	13 October 1961	30 September 1965	3 years, 352 days
	Trond Halvorsen Wirstad	Centre	15 October 1965	30 September 1969	3 years, 350 days
	Erling Engan	Centre	14 October 1969	30 September 1973	3 years, 351 days
	Rolf Fjeldvær	Labour	18 October 1973	30 September 1981	7 years, 347 days
	Lars Lefdal	Conservative	21 October 1981	30 September 1989	7 years, 344 days
	Harry Jensen (Norwegian politician)	Progress	23 October 1989	21 December 1990	1 year, 59 days
	Lodve Solholm	Progress	11 January 1991	30 September 1993	2 years, 262 days
	Inge Myrvoll	Socialist Left	21 October 1993	30 September 1997	3 years, 344 days
	Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen	Labour	21 October 1997	17 March 2000	2 years, 148 days
	Ola Røtvei	Labour	23 March 2000	30 September 2001	1 year, 191 days
	Jorunn Ringstad	Centre	22 October 2001	30 September 2005	3 years, 343 days
	Borghild Tenden	Liberal	19 October 2005	30 September 2009	3 years, 346 days
	Anne Marit Bjørnflaten	Labour	20 October 2009	30 September 2013	3 years, 345 days
	Eirin Sund	Labour	22 October 2013	17 June 2015	1 year, 238 days
	Eirik Sivertsen	Labour	18 June 2015	30 September 2017	2 years, 104 days
	Morten Stordalen	Progress	18 October 2017	11 February 2020	2 years, 116 days
	Bård Hoksrud	Progress	11 February 2020	30 September 2021	1 year, 231 days
	Terje Halleland	Progress	21 October 2021	17 February 2022	119 days
	Frank Edvard Sve	Progress	1 March 2022	present	3 years, 80 days

Second vice chairs

Portrait	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure
	Geir-Ketil Hansen	Socialist Left	22 October 2001	30 September 2005	3 years, 343 days
	Torstein Rudihagen	Labour	19 October 2005	30 September 2009	3 years, 346 days
	Bård Hoksrud	Progress	20 October 2009	30 September 2013	3 years, 345 days
	Abid Raja	Liberal	22 October 2013	30 September 2017	3 years, 343 days
	Jon Gunnes	Liberal	18 October 2017	30 September 2021	3 years, 347 days
	Trond Helleland	Conservative	21 October 2021	present	3 years, 211 days