Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance

Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance of Norway
Digitaliserings- og forvaltningsminister
Incumbent Karianne Tung since 16 October 2023
Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance
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
Formation	22 January 2019
First holder	Nikolai Astrup
Deputy	State secretaries at the Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance
Website	Official website

The Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance (Norwegian : Digitaliserings- og forvaltningsminister) is a ministerial position in the Norwegian government responsible for the government's digitalisation policies and coordinating its UN sustainability goals. Furthermore, the position's responsibilities are related to work and issues related to electronic communication, state building, property management, and the administrative responsibility for the county governors. ^[1] In 2020, the title was changed to Minister of Regional Development and Digitalisation. In addition to digitalization policies, the minister was also responsible for overlooking the regional and district policies, privacy and policies related to the Sami people and other minorities in the country. ^[2] The position was re-established in 2023, with Karianne Tung's appointment. It was also renamed Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance and given its own ministry, the Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance, from 1 January 2024. ^{[3] [4]}

Ministers

Key

   Conservative Party
   Labour Party

Minister

Photo	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet	Ref
	Nikolai Astrup	Conservative	22 January 2019	24 January 2020	1 year, 2 days	Solberg	[5]
	Linda Hofstad Helleland	Conservative	24 January 2020	14 October 2021	1 year, 263 days		[6]
Abolished between 2021 and 2023
	Karianne Tung	Labour	16 October 2023	present	2 years, 13 days	Støre	[3]

References

1. "Minister of Digitalisation Nikolai Astrup". Government.no. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
2. "Minister of Districts and Digitalisation Linda Hofstad Helleland". Government.no. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
3. "Her er Støre sine nye statsrådar" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
4. "Store ambisjoner for nytt departement" (in Norwegian). government.no. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
5. "Her er den nye regjeringen" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
6. "Her er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0" (in Norwegian). NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.