Minister of Research and Higher Education

The Minister of Research and Higher Education (Bokmål: Forsknings- og høyere utdanningsminister, Nynorsk: Forskings- og høgare utdanningsminister) is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Education and Research. The incumbent minister is Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel of the Centre Party who has served since January 2024.

Minister of Research and Higher Education of Norway
Forsknings- og høyere utdanningsminister
Incumbent Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel since 23 January 2024
Ministry of Education and Research
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	18 October 2007
First holder	Tora Aasland
Deputy	State secretaries for the Minister of Research and Higher Education
Website	Official website

The post was originally established in 2007, before its responsibilities were transferred to the Ministry of Culture in 2012. The post was re-established when the Liberal Party joined the Solberg Cabinet in 2018.

Ministers

Key
  Centre Party
  Conservative Party
  Liberal Party
  Socialist Left Party

Photo	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet	Ref
	Tora Aasland	Socialist Left	18 October 2007	23 March 2012	4 years, 157 days	Stoltenberg II	[1]
Abolished between 2012 and 2018
	Iselin Nybø	Liberal	17 January 2018	24 January 2020	2 years, 7 days	Solberg	[2]
	Henrik Asheim	Conservative	24 January 2020	14 October 2021	1 year, 263 days	Solberg	[3]
	Ola Borten Moe	Centre	14 October 2021	4 August 2023	1 year, 294 days	Støre	[4]
	Sandra Borch	Centre	4 August 2023	23 January 2024	172 days	Støre	[5]
	Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel	Centre	23 January 2024	present	288 days	Støre	[6]

See also

• Minister of Education (Norway)

References

1. "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no. 15 February 2008. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
2. "Venstre i regjering" (in Norwegian). venstre.no. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
3. "Her er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0" (in Norwegian). NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
4. "Norge har fått ny regjering" (in Norwegian). NRK. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
5. "Borch blir ny forsknings- og høyere utdanningsminister – Pollestad blir landbruksminister" (in Norwegian). NRK. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
6. "Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel utnemnd til ny statsråd" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.