Minister of Agriculture and Food (Norway)

The Minister of Agriculture and Food (Norwegian: Landbruks- og matministeren) is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Agriculture and Food.[1] The ministry is responsible for issues related to agriculture, forestry and food. Major subordinate agencies include the Norwegian Agriculture Authority, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority and Statskog.[2] The position was created on 31 March 1900, along with the ministry, and Ole Anton Qvam was the inaugural officeholder. Fifty people from eight parties have held the office. During the German occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945, the office was both held by a German puppet government and an elected government in London.[3]

Minister of Agriculture and Food of Norway
Landbruks- og matministeren
Incumbent
Geir Pollestad
since 4 August 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member ofCouncil of State
SeatOslo
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerMonarch
with approval of Parliament
Term lengthNo fixed length
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Norway
PrecursorMinister of the Interior
Formation31 March 1900
First holderOle Anton Qvam
DeputyState secretaries at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food
WebsiteOfficial website

Until 2004 the position was known as the Minister of Agriculture. The longest-serving officeholder is Hans Ystgaard, who served for more than ten years under Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold, who himself holds the shortest tenure, of sixteen days. Gunhild Øyangen has served for more than nine years, and was also the first female to hold the position; while Gunnar Knudsen held it for more than eight, both in the course of two terms. Håkon Five has been appointed a record four times, serving for nearly five years. Jens Hundseid served in the office while being Prime Minister.[3]

The current minister is Geir Pollestad, who assumed the position in 2023.

Ministers

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.

Parties
  Agrarian / Centre Party
  Christian Democratic Party
  Conservative Party
  Free-minded Liberal Party
  Independent
  Labour Party
  Liberal Party
  Moderate Liberal Party
  National Unification
  Progress Party

Ministers
Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Ref
Ole Anton Qvam Liberal1 April 19006 November 1900219 daysSteen II[4]
Wollert Konow (H) Liberal6 November 19008 June 19032 years, 214 daysSteen II
Blehr I		[5][6]
Gunnar Knudsen Liberal9 June 190322 October 1903135 daysBlehr I[6]
Christian Mathiesen Conservative22 October 190326 September 1904340 daysHagerup II[7]
Johan E. Mellbye Conservative26 September 190411 March 1905166 daysHagerup II[7]
Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje Moderate Liberal11 March 19056 November 19061 year, 240 daysMichelsen[8]
Sven Aarrestad Liberal6 November 190619 March 19081 year, 134 daysMichelsen
Løvland		[8][9]
Hans Konrad Foosnæs Liberal19 March 19082 February 19101 year, 320 daysKnudsen I[10]
Wollert Konow (SB) Free-minded Liberal2 February 19101 March 191027 daysKonow[11]
Bernt Holtsmark Free-minded Liberal1 March 191020 February 19121 year, 356 daysKonow[11]
— Erik Enge Free-minded Liberal20 February 191231 January 1913346 daysBratlie[12]
Gunnar Knudsen Liberal31 January 191312 December 19196 years, 315 daysKnudsen II[13]
Håkon Five Liberal12 December 191921 June 1920192 daysKnudsen II[13]
Gunder Anton Jahren Conservative21 June 192022 June 19211 year, 1 dayBahr Halvorsen I[14]
Martin Olsen Nalum Liberal22 June 192126 July 192134 daysBlehr II[15]
Håkon Five Liberal26 July 19216 March 19231 year, 223 daysBlehr II[15]
Anders Venger Conservative6 March 192325 July 19241 year, 141 daysBahr Halvorsen II
Berge		[16][17]
Håkon Five Liberal25 July 19245 March 19261 year, 223 daysMowinckel I[18]
Ole Bærøe Conservative5 March 192628 January 19281 year, 323 daysLykke[19]
Johan Nygaardsvold Labour28 January 192815 February 192818 daysHornsrud[20]
— Hans Jørgensen Aarstad Liberal15 February 192812 May 19313 years, 86 daysMowinckel II[21]
Jon Sundby Agrarian12 May 193125 February 1932289 daysKolstad[22]
Ivar Kirkeby-Garstad Agrarian25 February 193214 March 193218 daysKolstad[22]
Jens Hundseid Agrarian14 March 19323 March 1933354 daysHundseid[23]
Håkon Five Liberal3 March 193320 March 19352 years, 17 daysMowinckel III[24]
— Hans Ystgaard Labour20 March 193525 June 194510 years, 97 daysNygaardsvold[25]
— Tormod Hustad National Unification9 April 194015 April 19406 daysQuisling I[26]
— Rasmus Mork Independent15 April 194025 September 1940163 daysAdministrative Council[26]
— Thorstein Fretheim National Unification25 September 194021 April 19454 years, 208 daysTerboven
Quisling II		[26]
— Trygve Dehli Laurantzon National Unification21 April 19458 May 194517 daysQuisling II[26]
Einar Frogner Agrarian25 June 19455 November 1945133 daysGerhardsen I[27]
— Kristian Fjeld Labour5 November 194519 November 19516 years, 14 daysGerhardsen II[28]
— Rasmus Nordbø Labour19 November 195122 January 19553 years, 64 daysTorp[29]
Olav Meisdalshagen Labour22 January 195514 May 19561 year, 113 daysGerhardsen III[30]
Harald Johan Løbak Labour14 May 195624 April 19603 years, 346 daysGerhardsen III[30]
— Einar Wøhni Labour24 April 196028 August 19633 years, 126 daysGerhardsen III[30]
— Hans Borgen Centre28 August 196325 September 196328 daysLyng[31]
— Leif Granli Labour25 September 196312 October 19652 years, 17 daysGerhardsen IV[32]
- Bjarne Lyngstad Liberal12 October 196521 August 19704 years, 313 daysBorten[33]
– Hallvard Eika Liberal21 August 197017 March 1971208 daysBorten[33]
– Thorstein Treholt Labour17 March 197118 October 19721 year, 215 daysBratteli I[34]
Einar Moxnes Centre18 October 197216 October 1973363 daysKorvald[35]
– Thorstein Treholt Labour16 October 197315 January 19762 years, 91 daysBratteli II[36]
— Oskar Øksnes Labour15 January 197614 October 19815 years, 272 daysNordli
Brundtland I		[37][38]
— Johan C. Løken Conservative14 October 19818 June 19831 year, 237 daysWilloch I[39]
— Finn T. Isaksen Centre8 June 19834 October 19852 years, 118 daysWilloch II[39]
— Svein Sundsbø Centre4 October 19859 May 1986217 daysWilloch II[39]
— Gunhild Øyangen Labour9 May 198616 October 19893 years, 160 daysBrundtland II[40]
— Anne Vik Centre16 October 19893 November 19901 year, 18 daysSyse[41]
— Gunhild Øyangen Labour3 November 199025 October 19965 years, 357 daysBrundtland III[42]
Dag Terje Andersen Labour25 October 199617 October 1997357 daysJagland[43]
Kåre Gjønnes Christian Democratic17 October 199717 March 20002 years, 152 daysBondevik I[44]
Bjarne Håkon Hanssen Labour17 March 200019 October 20011 year, 216 daysStoltenberg I[45]
Lars Sponheim Liberal19 October 200117 October 20053 years, 364 daysBondevik II[46]
Terje Riis-Johansen Centre17 October 200520 June 20082 years, 247 daysStoltenberg II[47]
Lars Peder Brekk Centre20 June 200818 June 20123 years, 364 daysStoltenberg II[47]
Trygve Slagsvold Vedum Centre18 June 201216 October 20131 year, 120 daysStoltenberg II[47]
Sylvi Listhaug Progress16 October 201316 December 20152 years, 61 daysSolberg[1]
Jon Georg Dale Progress16 December 201531 August 20182 years, 258 daysSolberg[48]
Bård Hoksrud Progress31 August 201822 January 2019145 daysSolberg[49]
Olaug Bollestad Christian Democratic22 January 201914 October 20212 years, 265 daysSolberg[50]
Sandra Borch Centre14 October 20214 August 20231 year, 294 daysStøre[51]
Geir Pollestad Centre4 August 2023present82 daysStøre[52]

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