The Minister of Finance is a councilor of state and chief of the Ministry of Finance. The position is since October 2021 held by Trygve Slagsvold Vedum of the Centre Party who is a member of Støre's Cabinet. In coalition governments, the leader of the largest junior party is usually made Minister of Finance, and may serve, de jure or de facto, as Deputy Prime Minister.
Norwegian Ministers of Finance after 1945 |
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scope=col class=unsortable | Photo | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Party | scope=col | Took office | scope=col | Left office | scope=col | Tenure | scope=col | Cabinet |
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align=center | scope=row | Frederik von Haxthausen | 2 March 1814 | 20 August 1814 | Council of 1814 | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Carsten Tank | 2 March 1814 | 27 July 1814 | Council of 1814 | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Poul Christian Holst | 20 August 1814 | 7 October 1814 | Council of 1814 | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jørgen Herman Vogt | 7 October 1814 | 18 November 1814 | Council of 1814 | ||||||||
scope=col class=unsortable | Photo | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Party | scope=col | Took office | scope=col | Left office | scope=col | Tenure | scope=col | Cabinet |
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align=center | scope=row | Herman Wedel Jarlsberg | 18 November 1814 | 15 August 1816 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Christian Krohg | 15 August 1816 | 15 October 1816 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Herman Wedel Jarlsberg | 15 October 1816 | 15 October 1818 | Wedel I | ||||||||
scope=col class=unsortable | Photo | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Party | scope=col | Took office | scope=col | Left office | scope=col | Tenure | scope=col | Cabinet |
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align=center | scope=row | Jonas Collett | 15 October 1818 | 30 November 1818 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Herman Wedel Jarlsberg | 30 November 1818 | 1 January 1822 | Wedel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jonas Collett | 1 January 1822 | 17 December 1836 | Wedel I-II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jørgen Herman Vogt | 17 December 1836 | 15 May 1846 | Wedel II Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
scope=col class=unsortable | Photo | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Party | scope=col | Took office | scope=col | Left office | scope=col | Tenure | scope=col | Cabinet |
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align=center | scope=row | Olaus Michael Schmidt | 15 May 1846 | 15 July 1847 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jørgen Herman Vogt | 15 July 1847 | 29 August 1849 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Valentin Sibbern | 29 August 1849 | 30 April 1850 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Christian Z. Bretteville | 30 April 1850 | 10 July 1852 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Niels Andreas Thrap | 10 July 1852 | 20 September 1852 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jørgen Herman Vogt | 20 September 1852 | 29 June 1853 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Hans Riddervold | 29 June 1853 | 5 August 1853 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jørgen Herman Vogt | 5 August 1853 | 9 September 1853 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Christian Z. Bretteville | 9 September 1853 | 22 March 1854 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Niels Andreas Thrap | 22 March 1854 | 2 July 1854 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jørgen Herman Vogt | 2 July 1854 | 27 September 1855 | Løvenskiold/Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Otto Vincent Lange | 27 September 1855 | 26 June 1856 | Løvenskiold/Vogt Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Erik Røring Møinichen | 26 June 1856 | 11 August 1857 | Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Otto Vincent Lange | 11 August 1857 | 15 September 1858 | Vogt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Erik Røring Møinichen | 15 September 1858 | 15 October 1859 | Vogt Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Otto Vincent Lange | 15 October 1859 | 15 September 1861 | Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Erik Røring Møinichen | 15 September 1861 | 15 September 1862 | Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Otto Vincent Lange | 15 September 1862 | 22 June 1863 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Henrik L. Helliesen | 22 June 1863 | 15 October 1865 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Erik Røring Møinichen | 15 October 1865 | 15 October 1866 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Henrik L. Helliesen | 15 October 1866 | 15 October 1869 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Erik Røring Møinichen | 15 October 1869 | 1 February 1870 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | August Christian Manthey | 2 February 1870 | 20 September 1870 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Henrik L. Helliesen | 20 September 1870 | 6 July 1872 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | August Christian Manthey | 6 July 1872 | 15 June 1873 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Henrik L. Helliesen | 15 June 1873 | 24 February 1874 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | August Christian Manthey | 24 February 1874 | 7 April 1874 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Henrik L. Helliesen | 7 April 1874 | 26 May 1875 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jacob Aall jr. | 26 May 1875 | 5 June 1875 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Henrik L. Helliesen | 5 June 1875 | 6 July 1875 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jacob Aall jr. | 6 July 1875 | 21 July 1875 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Henrik L. Helliesen | 21 July 1875 | 15 October 1875 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jens Holmboe | 15 October 1875 | 15 November 1876 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Henrik L. Helliesen | 15 November 1876 | 15 September 1879 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jens Holmboe | 15 September 1879 | 15 September 1880 | F. Stang | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Henrik L. Helliesen | 15 September 1880 | 15 September 1883 | F. Stang Selmer | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Christian H. Schweigaard | 15 September 1883 | 3 April 1884 | Selmer | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Herman Reimers | 3 April 1884 | 26 June 1884 | Schweigaard | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Baard M. Haugland | 26 June 1884 | 16 July 1888 | Sverdrup | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Olaj Johan Olsen | 16 July 1888 | 1 May 1889 | Sverdrup | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Peter Olrog Schjøtt | 1 May 1889 | 8 July 1889 | Sverdrup | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Olaj Johan Olsen | 8 July 1889 | 13 July 1889 | Sverdrup | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Evald Rygh | 13 July 1889 | 6 March 1891 | Stang I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Johannes Steen | 6 March 1891 | 2 May 1893 | Steen I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Ole Furu | 2 May 1893 | 9 August 1895 | Stang II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Francis Hagerup | 9 August 1895 | 14 October 1895 | Stang II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Fredrik Stang Lund | 14 October 1895 | 15 November 1895 | Hagerup I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Birger Kildal | 15 November 1895 | 17 February 1898 | Hagerup I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Elias Sunde | 17 February 1898 | 19 May 1900 | Steen II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Georg August Thilesen | 19 May 1900 | 6 November 1900 | Steen II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Søren Tobias Årstad | 6 November 1900 | 8 June 1901 | Steen II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Elias Sunde | 8 June 1901 | 9 June 1903 | Steen II Blehr I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Gunnar Knudsen | 9 June 1903 | 22 October 1903 | Blehr I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Birger Kildal | 22 October 1903 | 1 September 1904 | Hagerup II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Christian Michelsen | 1 September 1904 | 11 March 1905 | Hagerup II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Gunnar Knudsen | 11 March 1905 | 31 October 1905 | Michelsen | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Christian Michelsen | 31 October 1905 | 27 November 1905 | Michelsen | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Edvard H. Bull | 27 November 1905 | 7 November 1906 | Michelsen | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Abraham Berge | 7 November 1906 | 23 October 1907 | Michelsen | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Magnus Halvorsen | 23 October 1907 | 19 March 1908 | Løvland | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Gunnar Knudsen | 19 March 1908 | 2 February 1910 | Knudsen I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Abraham Berge | 2 February 1910 | 20 February 1912 | Konow | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Fredrik Ludvig Konow | 20 February 1912 | 31 January 1913 | Bratlie | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Anton Omholt | 31 January 1913 | 16 June 1920 | Knudsen II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Edvard H. Bull | 21 June 1920 | 22 June 1921 | Halvorsen I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Otto Blehr | 22 June 1921 | 6 March 1923 | Blehr II | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Abraham Berge | 6 March 1923 | 25 July 1924 | Halvorsen II Berge | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Arnold Holmboe | 25 July 1924 | 5 March 1926 | Mowinckel I | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Fredrik Ludvig Konow | 5 March 1926 | 28 January 1928 | Lykke | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Christopher Hornsrud | 28 January 1928 | 15 February 1928 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Per Berg Lund | Mowinckel II | ||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Peder Kolstad | Kolstad | ||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jon Sundby | Kolstad Hundseid | ||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Per Berg Lund | Mowinckel III | ||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Gunnar Jahn | Mowinckel III | ||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Adolf Indrebø | 20 March 1935 | 13 November 1936 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Kornelius Bergsvik | 13 November 1936 | 1 July 1939 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Oscar Torp | 1 July 1939 | 28 November 1941 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Paul Hartmann | 28 November 1941 | 28 February 1942 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Oscar Torp | 28 February 1942 | 20 March 1942 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Paul Hartmann | 20 March 1942 | 25 June 1945 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Gunnar Jahn | Gerhardsen I | ||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Erik Brofoss | 5 November 1945 | 6 December 1947 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Olav Meisdalshagen | 6 December 1947 | 19 November 1951 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Trygve Bratteli | 19 November 1951 | 22 January 1955 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Mons Lid | 22 January 1955 | 28 December 1956 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Trygve Bratteli | 28 December 1956 | 23 April 1960 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Petter Jakob Bjerve | 23 April 1960 | 4 February 1963 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Andreas Cappelen | 4 February 1963 | 28 August 1963 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Dagfinn Vårvik | Lyng | ||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Andreas Cappelen | 25 September 1963 | 12 October 1965 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Ole Myrvoll | Borten | ||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Ragnar Christiansen | 17 March 1971 | 18 October 1972 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jon Ola Norbom | Korvald | ||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Per Kleppe | 16 October 1973 | 8 October 1979 | Bratteli II Nordli | ||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Ulf Sand | 8 October 1979 | 14 October 1981 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Rolf Presthus | |||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Arne Skauge | |||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Gunnar Berge | 9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | |||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Arne Skauge | |||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Sigbjørn Johnsen | Brundtland III | ||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jens Stoltenberg | Jagland | ||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Gudmund Restad | Bondevik I | ||||||||||
scope=col class=unsortable | Photo | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Party | scope=col | Took office | scope=col | Left office | scope=col | Tenure | scope=col | Cabinet |
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align=center | scope=row | Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen | |||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Per-Kristian Foss | Bondevik II | ||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Kristin Halvorsen | |||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Sigbjørn Johnsen | |||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Siv Jensen | |||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Jan Tore Sanner | |||||||||||
align=center | scope=row | Trygve Slagsvold Vedum | present | ||||||||||