- Minister of Defence (Norway)
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Norwegian defence ministers after 1945 The Norwegian Minister of Defence is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. The position has existed since 1814.
Between 1819 and 1885 the Ministry was split into two different ministries, the Ministry of the Navy and the Army Ministry.
List of Norwegian Ministers of Defence
Name From To The position was named Chief of 6th Ministry from 1814 to 1818 Diderik Hegermann 1814 1816 Peter Motzfeldt 1816 1818 Mathias Sommerhielm 1818 1819 The position was named Minister of the Army from 1818 to 1885 Jonas Collett 1819 1819 Nicolai Krog 1822 1825 Jørgen Herman Vogt 1825 1826 Nicolai Krog 1826 1828 Thomas Fasting 1828 1829 Nicolai Krog 1839 1832 Thomas Fasting 1832 1833 Nicolai Krog 1833 1835 Valentin Sibbern 1835 1836 Nicolai Krog 1836 1837 Palle Rømer Fleischer 1837 1839 Oluf Borch de Schouboe 1839 1839 Valentin Sibbern 1839 1840 Palle Rømer Fleischer 1840 1842 Oluf Borch de Schouboe 1842 1843 Palle Rømer Fleischer 1843 1846 Valentin Sibbern 1846 1847 Palle Rømer Fleischer 1847 1848 Thomas Edvard von Westen Sylow 1848 1851 Hans Christian Petersen 1851 1852 Ole Wilhelm Erichsen 1852 1852 Hans Christian Petersen 1852 1853 Thomas Edvard von Westen Sylow 1852 1853 Hans Glad Bloch 1853 1856 Hans Christian Petersen 1856 1857 Harald Wergeland (acting) 1857 1857 Hans Christian Petersen 1857 1857 Hans Glad Bloch 1857 1860 Harald Wergeland 1860 1862 August Christian Manthey 1862 1863 Harald Wergeland 1863 1866 August Christian Manthey 1866 1867 Harald Wergeland 1867 1868 Niels Christian Irgens 1868 1872 August Christian Manthey 1872 1872 Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke 1872 1874 Christian Selmer 1874 1875 Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting) 1875 1875 Christian Selmer 1875 1875 Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting) 1875 1875 Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke 1875 1877 Adolph Frederik Munthe 1877 1879 Christian Selmer 1879 1880 Adolph Frederik Munthe 1880 1881 Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting) 1881 1881 Adolph Frederik Munthe 1881 1884 Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (acting) 1884 1884 Lars Christian Dahll 1884 1884 Ludvig Daae 1884 1885 The position was named Minister of Defence from 1885 to present Johan Sverdrup 1885 1889 Edvard Hans Hoff 1889 1891 Peter Theodor Holst 1891 1893 Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn 1893 1894 Johannes Winding Harbitz 1894 1895 Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn 1895 1898 Peter Theodor Holst 1898 1900 Georg Stang 1900 1903 Thomas Heftye 1903 1903 Oscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad 1903 1905 Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn 1905 1907 Christian Michelsen (acting) 1907 1907 Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes 1907 1908 Thomas Heftye 1908 1908 Haakon Ditlev Lowzow 1908 1909 August Geelmuyden Spørck 1909 1910 Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull 1910 1912 Jens Bratlie 1912 1913 Hans Vilhelm Keilhau 1913 1914 Christian Theodor Holtfodt 1914 1919 Rudolf Elias Peersen 1919 1919 Ivar Aavatsmark 1919 1920 Karl Wilhelm Wefring 1920 1921 Ivar Aavatsmark 1921 1923 Karl Wilhelm Wefring 1923 1924 Rolf Jacobsen 1924 1926 Karl Wilhelm Wefring 1926 1926 Ingolf Elster Christensen 1926 1928 Fredrik Monsen 1928 1928 Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst 1928 1931 Vidkun Quisling 1931 1933 Jens Isak de Lange Kobro 1933 1935 Fredrik Monsen 1935 1935 Adolf Indrebø 1935 1935 Oscar Torp (acting) 1935 1936 Fredrik Monsen 1936 1939 Birger Ljungberg 1939 1942 Oscar Torp (government in exile) 1942 1945 Alf Whist (Quisling puppet government)
(minister without portfolio with responsibility for the war effort of private businesses)1942 1945 Jens Christian Hauge 1945 1952 Nils Langhelle 1952 1954 Kai Birger Knudsen 1954 1955 Nils Handal 1955 1961 Gudmund Harlem 1961 1963 Håkon Kyllingmark 1963 1963 Gudmund Harlem 1963 1965 Otto Grieg Tidemand 1965 1970 Gunnar Hellesen 1970 1971 Alv Fostervoll 1971 1972 Johan Kleppe 1972 1973 Alv Fostervoll 1973 1976 Rolf Arthur Hansen 1976 1979 Thorvald Stoltenberg 1979 1981 Anders C. Sjaastad 1981 1986 Rolf Presthus 1986 1986 Johan Jørgen Holst 1986 1989 Per Ditlev-Simonsen 1989 1990 Johan Jørgen Holst 1990 1993 Jørgen Kosmo 1993 1997 Dag Jostein Fjærvoll 1997 1999 Eldbjørg Løwer 1999 2000 Bjørn Tore Godal 2000 2001 Kristin Krohn Devold 2001 2005 Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen 2005 2009 Grete Faremo 2009 present Se also
References
- Ministry of Defence. Councillor of State 1814-present - Government.no
- Norwegian Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs - Government.no
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