| No. | Minister | Position | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Prime Minister |
|---|
| 1 | | Per Kleppe
(1923–2021) | Minister of Trade and Shipping | 24 September 1971 | 18 October 1972 | 1 year, 24 days | Labour | Trygve Bratteli (Labour) |
| 2 | | Hallvard Eika
(1920–1989) | Minister of Trade and Shipping | 18 October 1972 | 16 October 1973 | 363 days | Liberal | Lars Korvald (Christian Democratic) |
| 3 | | Bjartmar Gjerde
(1931–2009) | Minister of Education and Church Affairs
(1973-1976)
Minister of Industry (1976-1978)
Minister of Petroleum and Energy (1978-1980) | 16 October 1973 | 3 October 1980 | 6 years, 353 days | Labour | Trygve Bratteli
Odvar Nordli (Labour) |
| 4 | | Rolf Hansen
(1920–2006) | Minister of the Environment | 3 October 1980 | 14 October 1981 | 1 year, 11 days | Labour | Odvar Nordli
Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour) |
| 5 | | Arne Skauge
(born 1948) | Minister of Trade and Shipping | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | 1 year, 237 days | Conservative | Kåre Willoch (Conservative) |
| 6 | | Asbjørn Haugstvedt
(1926–2008) | Minister of Trade and Shipping | 8 June 1983 | 9 May 1986 | 2 years, 335 days | Christian Democratic | Kåre Willoch (Conservative) |
| 7 | | Bjarne Mørk-Eidem
(born 1936) | Minister of Fisheries | 9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3 years, 160 days | Labour | Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour) |
| 8 | | Tom Vraalsen
(born 1936) | Minister of International Development | 16 October 1989 | 3 November 1990 | 1 year, 18 days | Centre | Jan P. Syse (Conservative) |
| 9 | | Kjell Borgen
(1939–1996) | Minister of Local Government | 3 November 1990 | 4 September 1992 | 1 year, 306 days | Labour | Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour) |
| 10 | | Gunnar Berge
(born 1940) | Minister of Local Government | 4 September 1992 | 25 October 1996 | 4 years, 51 days | Labour | Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour) |
| 11 | | Grete Knudsen
(born 1940) | Minister of Trade and Industry
(Jan. - Oct. 1997) | 25 October 1996 | 17 October 1997 | 357 days | Labour | Thorbjørn Jagland (Labour) |
| 12 | | Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad
(1939–2017) | Minister of Local Government | 17 October 1997 | 16 March 1999 | 1 year, 150 days | Centre | Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic) |
| 13 | | Peter Angelsen
(born 1935) | Minister of Fisheries | 16 March 1999 | 21 January 2000 | 311 days | Centre | Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic) |
| 14 | | Kåre Gjønnes
(1942–2021) | Minister of Agriculture | 21 January 2000 | 17 March 2000 | 56 days | Christian Democratic | Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic) |
| 15 | | Jørgen Kosmo
(1947–2017) | Minister of Labour and Administration | 17 March 2000 | 5 October 2001 | 1 year, 202 days | Labour | Jens Stoltenberg (Labour) |
| – | | Sylvia Brustad
(born 1966)
Acting | Minister of Local Government | 5 October 2001 | 19 October 2001 | 14 days | Labour | Jens Stoltenberg (Labour) |
| 16 | | Svein Ludvigsen
(born 1946) | Minister of Fisheries | 19 October 2001 | 17 October 2005 | 3 years, 363 days | Conservative | Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic) |
| 17 | | Heidi Grande Røys
(born 1967) | Minister of Labour and Administration | 17 October 2005 | 20 October 2009 | 4 years, 3 days | Socialist Left | Jens Stoltenberg (Labour) |
| 18 | | Rigmor Aasrud
(born 1960) | Minister of Labour and Administration | 20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | 3 years, 361 days | Labour | Jens Stoltenberg (Labour) |
| 19 | | Elisabeth Aspaker
(born 1962) | Minister of Fisheries
(2013-2015)
Minister of European Affairs
(2015-2016) | 16 October 2013 | 20 December 2016 | 3 years, 65 days | Conservative | Erna Solberg (Conservative) |
| 20 | | Frank Bakke-Jensen
(born 1965) | Minister of European Affairs
(2016-2017)
Minister of Defence
(2017-2021) | 20 December 2016 | 17 January 2018 | 1 year, 28 days | Conservative | Erna Solberg (Conservative) |
| 21 | | Jan Tore Sanner
(born 1965) | Minister of Education and Integration
(2018-2020)
Minister of Finance
(2020-2021) | 17 January 2018 | 14 October 2021 | 3 years, 270 days | Conservative | Erna Solberg (Conservative) |
| 22 | | Anne Beathe Tvinnereim
(born 1974) | Minister of International Development
(2021-) | 14 October 2021 | | 3 years, 184 days | Centre | Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour) |
