Minister of Agriculture and Food (Norway)

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Minister of Agriculture and Food of Norway
Landbruks- og matministeren
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Geir Pollestad kandidater Sp, stortingsvalget 2013.jpg
Incumbent
Geir Pollestad
since 4 August 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member of Council of State
Seat Oslo
Nominator Prime Minister
Appointer Monarch
with approval of Parliament
Term length No fixed length
Constituting instrument Constitution of Norway
Precursor Minister of the Interior
Formation31 March 1900
First holder Ole Anton Qvam
DeputyState secretaries at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Website Official website

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]

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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

PhotoNamePartyTook officeLeft officeTenureCabinetRef
Oaqvam.jpg Ole Anton Qvam Liberal 1 April 19006 November 1900219 days Steen II [4]
Wollert SB Konow(cropped).jpg Wollert Konow (H) Liberal 6 November 19008 June 19032 years, 214 days Steen II
Blehr I
[5] [6]
Gunnar Knudsen 02.jpg Gunnar Knudsen Liberal 9 June 190322 October 1903135 days Blehr I [6]
Christian P. Mathiesen.jpg Christian Mathiesen Conservative 22 October 190326 September 1904340 days Hagerup II [7]
Johan Egeberg Mellbye.jpg Johan E. Mellbye Conservative 26 September 190411 March 1905166 days Hagerup II [7]
Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje.jpg Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje Moderate Liberal 11 March 19056 November 19061 year, 240 days Michelsen [8]
Sven Aarrestad.jpg Sven Aarrestad Liberal 6 November 190619 March 19081 year, 134 days Michelsen
Løvland
[8] [9]
Hans Konrad Foosnaes.jpg Hans Konrad Foosnæs Liberal 19 March 19082 February 19101 year, 320 days Knudsen I [10]
Wollert Konow (SB), Stortinget.jpg Wollert Konow (SB) Free-minded Liberal 2 February 19101 March 191027 days Konow [11]
Bernt Holtsmark.jpg Bernt Holtsmark Free-minded Liberal 1 March 191020 February 19121 year, 356 days Konow [11]
Erik Enge Free-minded Liberal 20 February 191231 January 1913346 days Bratlie [12]
Gunnar Knudsen 02.jpg Gunnar Knudsen Liberal 31 January 191312 December 19196 years, 315 days Knudsen II [13]
Hakon Five, Stortinget.jpg Håkon Five Liberal 12 December 191921 June 1920192 days Knudsen II [13]
Gunder Anton Jahren.jpg Gunder Anton Jahren Conservative 21 June 192022 June 19211 year, 1 day Bahr Halvorsen I [14]
Martin olsen nalum.jpg Martin Olsen Nalum Liberal 22 June 192126 July 192134 days Blehr II [15]
Hakon Five, Stortinget.jpg Håkon Five Liberal 26 July 19216 March 19231 year, 223 days Blehr II [15]
Anders Venger.jpg Anders Venger Conservative 6 March 192325 July 19241 year, 141 days Bahr Halvorsen II
Berge
[16] [17]
Hakon Five, Stortinget.jpg Håkon Five Liberal 25 July 19245 March 19261 year, 223 days Mowinckel I [18]
Ole Ludvig Baeroe.jpg Ole Bærøe Conservative 5 March 192628 January 19281 year, 323 days Lykke [19]
Johan Nygaardsvold 1934.jpeg Johan Nygaardsvold Labour 28 January 192815 February 192818 days Hornsrud [20]
Hans Jørgensen Aarstad Liberal 15 February 192812 May 19313 years, 86 days Mowinckel II [21]
Jon Sundby.jpg Jon Sundby Agrarian 12 May 193125 February 1932289 days Kolstad [22]
Ivar Kirkeby-Garstad.jpg Ivar Kirkeby-Garstad Agrarian 25 February 193214 March 193218 days Kolstad [22]
Jens Hundseid.jpeg Jens Hundseid Agrarian 14 March 19323 March 1933354 days Hundseid [23]
Hakon Five, Stortinget.jpg Håkon Five Liberal 3 March 193320 March 19352 years, 17 days Mowinckel III [24]
Hans Ystgaard Labour 20 March 193525 June 194510 years, 97 days Nygaardsvold [25]
Tormod Hustad National Unification 9 April 194015 April 19406 days Quisling I [26]
Rasmus Mork Independent 15 April 194025 September 1940163 days Administrative Council [26]
Thorstein Fretheim National Unification 25 September 194021 April 19454 years, 208 days Terboven
Quisling II
[26]
Trygve Dehli Laurantzon National Unification 21 April 19458 May 194517 days Quisling II [26]
51382 Einar Frogner.jpg Einar Frogner Agrarian 25 June 19455 November 1945133 days Gerhardsen I [27]
Kristian Fjeld Labour 5 November 194519 November 19516 years, 14 days Gerhardsen II [28]
Rasmus Nordbø Labour 19 November 195122 January 19553 years, 64 days Torp [29]
29044 Olav Meisdalshagen.jpg Olav Meisdalshagen Labour 22 January 195514 May 19561 year, 113 days Gerhardsen III [30]
Ordforer i Trysil Harald Lobak.jpg Harald Johan Løbak Labour 14 May 195624 April 19603 years, 346 days Gerhardsen III [30]
Einar Wøhni Labour 24 April 196028 August 19633 years, 126 days Gerhardsen III [30]
Hans Borgen Centre 28 August 196325 September 196328 days Lyng [31]
Leif Granli Labour 25 September 196312 October 19652 years, 17 days Gerhardsen IV [32]
- Bjarne Lyngstad Liberal 12 October 196521 August 19704 years, 313 days Borten [33]
Hallvard Eika Liberal 21 August 197017 March 1971208 days Borten [33]
Thorstein Treholt Labour 17 March 197118 October 19721 year, 215 days Bratteli I [34]
Einar Moxnes.jpg Einar Moxnes Centre 18 October 197216 October 1973363 days Korvald [35]
Thorstein Treholt Labour 16 October 197315 January 19762 years, 91 days Bratteli II [36]
Oskar Øksnes Labour 15 January 197614 October 19815 years, 272 days Nordli
Brundtland I
[37] [38]
Johan C. Løken Conservative 14 October 19818 June 19831 year, 237 days Willoch I [39]
Finn T. Isaksen Centre 8 June 19834 October 19852 years, 118 days Willoch II [39]
Svein Sundsbø Centre 4 October 19859 May 1986217 days Willoch II [39]
Gunhild Øyangen Labour 9 May 198616 October 19893 years, 160 days Brundtland II [40]
Anne Vik Centre 16 October 19893 November 19901 year, 18 days Syse [41]
Gunhild Øyangen Labour 3 November 199025 October 19965 years, 357 days Brundtland III [42]
Dag Terje Andersen2.jpg Dag Terje Andersen Labour 25 October 199617 October 1997357 days Jagland [43]
Kare Gjonnes (cropped).jpg Kåre Gjønnes Christian Democratic 17 October 199717 March 20002 years, 152 days Bondevik I [44]
Bjarne Hakon Hanssen 2009 04 19 B.jpg Bjarne Håkon Hanssen Labour 17 March 200019 October 20011 year, 216 days Stoltenberg I [45]
Lars Sponheim 1.jpg Lars Sponheim Liberal 19 October 200117 October 20053 years, 364 days Bondevik II [46]
Terje Riis-Johansen (cropped).jpg Terje Riis-Johansen Centre 17 October 200520 June 20082 years, 247 days Stoltenberg II [47]
Lars Peder Brekk.jpg Lars Peder Brekk Centre 20 June 200818 June 20123 years, 364 days Stoltenberg II [47]
Trygve S Vedum kandidater Sp, stortingsvalget 2013.jpg Trygve Slagsvold Vedum Centre 18 June 201216 October 20131 year, 120 days Stoltenberg II [47]
Sylvi Listhaug 2261 (edit).jpg Sylvi Listhaug Progress 16 October 201316 December 20152 years, 61 days Solberg [1]
Jon Georg Dale.jpg Jon Georg Dale Progress 16 December 201531 August 20182 years, 258 days Solberg [48]
Bard Hoksrud (5165966215).jpg Bård Hoksrud Progress 31 August 201822 January 2019145 days Solberg [49]
Olaug Bollestad (KrF).JPG Olaug Bollestad Christian Democratic 22 January 201914 October 20212 years, 265 days Solberg [50]
Borch, Sandra (23892297490).jpg Sandra Borch Centre 14 October 20214 August 20231 year, 294 days Støre [51]
Geir Pollestad kandidater Sp, stortingsvalget 2013.jpg Geir Pollestad Centre 4 August 2023present281 days Støre [52]

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