The Minister of Trade and Industry () is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. The incumbent minister is Cecilie Myrseth of the Labour Party which served since April 2024.
The position was created 1 January 1903 as Minister of Trade and has changed name several times throughout its history. The position has since kept its current title since 1997.
The Ministry of Trade and Industry was abolished in January 2014, but the minister post was kept, and now heads responsibilities for trade and industry in the new Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, alongside the Minister of Fishieries and Ocean Policy.
Ministers Key
Ministers of Trade (1903–1945) Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Otto Blehr Liberal Blehr I Jacob Schøning Liberal Hagerup II Paul B. Vogt Conservative Hagerup II Sofus Arctander Liberal Michelsen Løvland Lars Abrahamsen Liberal Knudsen I Sofus Arctander Free-minded Liberal Konow Bernhard Brænne Conservative Konow Ambortius Lindvig Free-minded Liberal Bratlie Johan Castberg Labour Democrats Knudsen II Kristian Friis Petersen Liberal Knudsen II Birger Stuevold-Hansen Liberal Knudsen II Gerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun Conservative Bahr Halvorsen I Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal Blehr II Lars Oftedal Liberal Blehr II Johan Rye Holmboe Free-minded Liberal Bahr Halvorsen II Berge Lars O. Meling Liberal Mowinckel I Charles Robertson Conservative Lykke Anton L. Alvestad Labour Hornsrud Lars Oftedal Liberal Mowinckel II Per Larssen Agrarian Kolstad Ivar Kirkeby-Garstad Agrarian Hundseid Lars O. Meling Liberal Mowinckel III Alfred Madsen Labour Nygaardsvold Trygve Lie Labour Nygaardsvold Anders Frihagen Labour Nygaardsvold Terje Wold Labour Nygaardsvold Anders Frihagen Labour Nygaardsvold Olav Hindahl Labour Nygaardsvold Sven Nielsen Conservative Nygaardsvold
Ministers of Industry (1945–1993) Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Ref Lars Evensen Labour Gerhardsen I-IITorp Nils Handal Labour Torp Gustav Sjaastad Labour Gerhardsen III Kjell Holler Labour Gerhardsen III Trygve Lie Labour Gerhardsen III Kaare Meland Conservative Lyng Trygve Lie Labour Gerhardsen IV Karl Trasti Labour Gerhardsen IV Sverre W. Rostoft Conservative Borten Finn Lied Labour Bratteli I Ola Skjåk Bræk Liberal Korvald Ingvald J. Ulvseth Labour Bratteli II Bjartmar Gjerde Labour Nordli Olav Haukvik Labour Nordli Lars Skytøen Labour Nordli Finn Kristensen Labour Brundtland I Jens-Halvard Bratz Conservative Willoch I–II Jan P. Syse Conservative Willoch II Petter Thomassen Conservative Willoch II Finn Kristensen Labour Brundtland II Petter Thomassen Conservative Syse Ole Knapp Labour Brundtland III Finn Kristensen Labour Brundtland III
Ministers of Industry and Energy (1993–1997) Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Ref Finn Kristensen Labour Brundtland III Jens Stoltenberg Labour Brundtland III Grete Knudsen Labour Jagland
Ministers of Trade and Industry (1997–present) Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Ref Labour Jagland Liberal Bondevik I Labour Stoltenberg I Conservative Bondevik II Conservative Bondevik II Odd Eriksen Labour Stoltenberg II Dag Terje Andersen Labour Stoltenberg II Sylvia Brustad Labour Stoltenberg II Trond Giske Labour Stoltenberg II Monica Mæland Conservative Solberg Torbjørn Røe Isaksen Conservative Solberg Iselin Nybø Liberal Solberg Jan Christian Vestre Labour Støre Cecilie Myrseth Labour present Støre
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See also Minister of Trade and Shipping (Norway)
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