The Minister of Climate and the Environment () is a Councilor of State and Chief of Norway's Ministry of the Environment. The current minister is Sigrun Gjerløw Aasland. The ministry is responsible for environmental issues, including influencing environmental impacts on other ministries. Subordinate agencies include the Directorate for Cultural Heritage, the Polar Institute, the Environment Agency and the Mapping Authority.
The minister and minister post were established on 8 May 1972. The title was known as the Minister of the Environment until 2013. Nineteen people from six parties have held the position. Thorbjørn Berntsen of the Labour Party has held the position the longest, a week short of seven years. Gro Harlem Brundtland, who held the position for five years, later became Prime Minister. Erik Solheim of the Socialist Left Party held the position concurrently with being Minister of International Development.
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.
Ministers Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Ref Labour Bratteli I — Centre Korvald — Centre — Labour Bratteli II Labour Bratteli IINordli — Labour NordliBrundtland I Conservative Willoch I — Centre Willoch II — Labour Brundtland II — Centre Syse Labour Brundtland IIIJagland — Liberal Bondevik I Labour Stoltenberg I Conservative Bondevik II Christian Democratic Socialist Left Stoltenberg II Socialist Left Socialist Left Conservative Solberg Conservative Liberal Liberal Espen Barth EideLabour Støre Andreas Bjelland EriksenLabour Sigrun Gjerløw AaslandLabourpresent
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