Minister of Local Government and Regional Development

The Minister of Local Government and Modernisation (Norwegian: Kommunal- og moderniseringsministeren) is a Councillor of State and Chief of the Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Currently, Erling Sande of the Centre Party has held the post since 2023. The ministry is responsible for local administration, including municipalities and county municipalities, rural and regional policy, information technology, elections and government administration, including management of state real estate and government employment. Major subordinate agencies include the Government Administration Services, Statsbygg, the Competition Authority, the National Office of Building Technology and Administration, the State Housing Bank and the Data Protection Authority.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development of Norway
Kommunal- og distriktsministeren
Incumbent Erling Sande since 16 October 2023
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
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
Formation	20 December 1948
First holder	Ulrik Olsen
Deputy	State secretaries at the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
Website	Official website

The position was created in 1948 as a successor of the Minister of Labour, originally named the Minister of Local Government and Labour. The title changed to the Minister of Local Government. Labour issues were moved to the Minister of Government Administration and Labour in 1998 and the title was changed to the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development until 2013. During the government of Erna Solberg, the post was renamed into Minister of Local Government and Modernisation when the position took over part of the portfolio of the Minister of Public Administration from 2014 until 2021. In January 2022, the current name was reverted into the 1998 one.

Key

The following lists the minister, their party, date of assuming and leaving office, their tenure in years and days, and the cabinet they served in.

  Centre Party
  Conservative Party
  Christian Democratic Party
  Labour Party
  Liberal Party

Ministers

Photo	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet	Ref
	Ulrik Olsen	Labour	20 December 1948	1 September 1958	9 years, 255 days	Gerhardsen II Torp Gerhardsen III	[1][2][3]
	Andreas Zeier Cappelen	Labour	1 September 1958	4 February 1963	4 years, 156 days	Gerhardsen III	[3]
	Oskar Skogly	Labour	4 February 1963	28 August 1963	205 days	Gerhardsen III	[3]
	Bjarne Lyngstad	Liberal	28 August 1963	25 September 1963	28 days	Lyng	[4]
	Jens Haugland	Labour	25 September 1963	12 October 1965	2 years, 17 days	Gerhardsen IV	[5]
	Helge Seip	Liberal	12 October 1965	29 August 1970	4 years, 322 days	Borten	[6]
	Helge Rognlien	Liberal	29 August 1970	17 March 1971	200 days	Borten	[6]
	Odvar Nordli	Labour	17 March 1971	18 October 1972	1 year, 215 days	Bratteli I	[7]
	Johan Skipnes	Christian Democratic	18 October 1972	16 October 1973	363 days	Korvald	[8]
	Leif Jørgen Aune	Labour	16 October 1973	11 January 1978	4 years, 88 days	Bratteli II Nordli	[9][10]
	Arne Nilsen	Labour	11 January 1978	8 October 1979	1 year, 271 days	Nordli	[10]
	Inger Louise Valle	Labour	8 October 1979	3 October 1980	361 days	Nordli	[10]
	Harriet Andreassen	Labour	3 October 1980	14 October 1981	1 year, 11 days	Nordli Brundtland I	[10][11]
	Arne Rettedal	Conservative	14 October 1981	9 May 1986	4 years, 207 days	Willoch I–II	[12]
	Leif Haraldseth	Labour	9 May 1986	20 February 1987	287 days	Brundtland II	[13]
	William Engseth	Labour	20 February 1987	13 June 1988	1 year, 114 days	Brundtland II	[13]
	Kjell Borgen	Labour	13 June 1988	16 October 1989	1 year, 126 days	Brundtland II	[13]
	Johan J. Jakobsen	Centre	16 October 1989	3 November 1990	1 year, 19 days	Syse	[14]
	Kjell Borgen	Labour	3 November 1990	4 September 1992	1 year, 306 days	Brundtland III	[15]
	Gunnar Berge	Labour	4 September 1992	25 October 1996	4 years, 51 days	Brundtland III	[15]
	Kjell Opseth	Labour	25 October 1996	17 October 1997	357 days	Jagland	[16]
	Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad	Centre	17 October 1997	16 March 1999	1 year, 150 days	Bondevik I	[17]
	Odd Roger Enoksen	Centre	16 March 1999	17 March 2000	1 year, 1 day	Bondevik I	[17]
	Sylvia Brustad	Labour	17 March 2000	19 October 2001	1 year, 216 days	Stoltenberg I	[18]
	Erna Solberg	Conservative	19 October 2001	17 October 2005	3 years, 364 days	Bondevik II	[19]
	Åslaug Haga	Centre	17 October 2005	21 September 2007	1 year, 339 days	Stoltenberg II	[20]
	Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa	Centre	21 September 2007	20 October 2009	2 years, 29 days	Stoltenberg II	[20]
	Liv Signe Navarsete	Centre	20 October 2009	16 October 2013	3 years, 361 days	Stoltenberg II	[20]
	Jan Tore Sanner	Conservative	16 October 2013	17 January 2018	4 years, 93 days	Solberg	[21]
	Monica Mæland	Conservative	17 January 2018	24 January 2020	2 years, 7 days	Solberg	[22]
	Nikolai Astrup	Conservative	24 January 2020	14 October 2021	1 year, 263 days	Solberg	[22]
	Bjørn Arild Gram	Centre	14 October 2021	12 April 2022	180 days	Støre	[23]
	Sigbjørn Gjelsvik	Centre	12 April 2022	16 October 2023	1 year, 187 days	Støre	[24]
	Erling Sande	Centre	16 October 2023	present	1 year, 98 days	Støre	[25]

References

1. "Einar Gerhardsen's Second Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
2. "Oscar Torp's Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
3. "Einar Gerhardsen's Third Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
4. "John Lyng's Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
5. "Einar Gerhardsen's Fourth Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
6. "Per Borten's Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
7. "Trygve Bratteli's First Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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12. "Odvar Nordli's Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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14. "Jan Syse's Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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18. "Jens Stoltenberg's First Government". Government.no. 13 December 2006. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
19. "Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Government". Government.no. 13 December 2006. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
20. "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no. 15 February 2008. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
21. "Erna Solberg's Government". Government.no. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
22. "Her er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0" (in Norwegian). NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
23. "Norge har fått ny regjering" (in Norwegian). NRK. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
24. "Presenteres på Slottsplassen: Her er de to nye statsrådene" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
25. "Her er Støre sine nye statsrådar" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.