Hans Christian Holte

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Holte in 2016

Hans Christian Holte (born 11 March 1965) is a Norwegian civil servant. He most recently served as the Labour and Welfare Director from 2020 until his firing in 2025. [1]

Having graduated as cand.polit. in political science from the University of Oslo in 1992, [2] he became head of department in the Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs in 2002 and deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Education and Research. He also served as assisting permanent under-secretary of state. From 2008 to 2013 he was the director of the Agency for Public Management and eGovernment. From 2013 until 2020, he was the Director of the Norwegian Tax Administration and was succeeded by Nina Schanke Funnemark. [3] [4] That same year he was nominated as Labour and Welfare Director and assumed office on 1 August. [5] [6]

Following his firing as Labour and Welfare Director in November 2025, Holte joined the Norwegian Digitalisation Agrncy as an advisor. [7]

References

  1. Brekke, Anja A. T.; Røsvik, Eirik; Rønnfeldt, Anne Sofie; Johnsen, Alf Bjarne (11 November 2025). "Hans Christian Holte går av som Nav-sjef" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Verdens Gang . Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  2. "Holte utnevnt som skattedirektør" (Press release) (in Norwegian). Government.no . Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  3. "Hans Christian Holte blir ny skattedirektør" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Norwegian News Agency. 26 April 2013.
  4. Skaug, Ole Martin (11 September 2020). "Hun blir ny skattedirektør". e24.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  5. "Hans Christian Holte ny NAV-direktør". government.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. Odland, Anne Myklebust (4 August 2020). "Hans Christian Holte er ny NAV-sjef". FriFagbevegelse (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  7. Svendsen, Helle Lyng; Ripegutu, Halvor (20 November 2025). "Hans Christian Holte har fått ny jobb" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Nettavisen . Retrieved 20 November 2025.
Government offices
New office Director of the Agency for Public Management and eGovernment
2008–2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by Director of the Norwegian Tax Administration
2013–2020
Succeeded by
Preceded by Labour and Welfare Director
20202025
Succeeded by
TBD