Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)
List of Ministers
The following lists the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, their party, date of assuming and leaving office, their tenure in years and days, and the cabinet they served in.

Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)

Section Title: List of Ministers
Table Section Text: The following lists the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, their party, date of assuming and leaving office, their tenure in years and days, and the cabinet they served in.

Portrait	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet	Ref

-	Jørgen Løvland	Liberal	7 June 1905	19 March 1908	2 years, 258 days	Michelsen Løvland

-	Wilhelm Christopher Christophersen	Liberal	19 March 1908	2 February 1910	1 year, 321 days	Knudsen I

-	Johannes Irgens	Conservative	2 February 1910	20 February 1912	2 years, 19 days	Konow

-	Nils Claus Ihlen	Liberal	20 February 1912	21 June 1920	8 years, 121 days	Bratlie Knudsen II

-	Christian Fredrik Michelet	Conservative	21 June 1920	21 June 1921	1 year, 2 days	Bahr Halvorsen I

—	Arnold Christopher Ræstad	Liberal	21 June 1921	31 May 1922	0 years, 345 days	Blehr II

-	Johan Ludwig Mowinckel	Liberal	31 May 1922	6 March 1923	0 years, 280 days	Blehr II

-	Christian Fredrik Michelet	Conservative	6 March 1923	25 July 1924	1 year, 112 days	Bahr Halvorsen II Berge

-	Johan Ludwig Mowinckel	Liberal	25 July 1924	5 March 1926	1 year, 224 days	Mowinckel I

-	Ivar Lykke	Conservative	5 March 1926	28 January 1928	1 year, 323 days	Lykke

-	Edvard Bull, Sr.	Labour	28 January 1928	15 February 1928	0 years, 18 days	Hornsrud

-	Johan Ludwig Mowinckel	Liberal	15 February 1928	12 May 1931	1 year, 88 days	Mowinckel II

-	Birger Braadland	Agrarian	12 May 1931	3 March 1933	1 year, 296 days	Kolstad Hundseid

-	Johan Ludwig Mowinckel	Liberal	3 March 1933	20 March 1935	2 years, 20 days	Mowinckel III

-	Halvdan Koht	Labour	20 March 1935	19 November 1940	5 years, 245 days	Nygaardsvold

-	Trygve Lie	Labour	19 November 1940	2 February 1946	6 years, 76 days	Nygaardsvold Gerhardsen I Gerhardsen II

-	Halvard Lange	Labour	2 February 1946	28 August 1963	17 years, 208 days	Gerhardsen II Torp Gerhardsen III

-	Erling Wikborg	Christian Democratic	28 August 1963	25 September 1963	0 years, 28 days	Lyng

-	Halvard Lange	Labour	25 September 1963	12 October 1965	1 year, 18 days	Gerhardsen IV

John Lyng	Conservative	12 October 1965	22 May 1970	4 years, 66 days	Borten

-	Svenn Stray	Conservative	22 May 1970	17 March 1971	0 years, 300 days	Borten

—	Andreas Zeier Cappelen	Labour	17 March 1971	18 August 1972	1 year, 155 days	Bratteli I

—	Dagfinn Vårvik	Centre	18 August 1972	16 October 1973	1 year, 60 days	Korvald

-	Knut Frydenlund	Labour	16 October 1973	14 October 1981	7 years, 363 days	Bratteli II Nordli Brundtland I

-	Svenn Stray	Conservative	14 October 1981	9 May 1986	4 years, 219 days	Willoch I Willoch II

-	Knut Frydenlund	Labour	9 May 1986	26 February 1987	2 years, 36 days	Brundtland II

Johan Jørgen Holst, Pentagon 1993-03-16 (cropped).JPEG	Johan Jørgen Holst	Labour	26 February 1987	9 March 1987	0 years, 12 days	Brundtland II

-	Thorvald Stoltenberg	Labour	9 March 1987	16 October 1989	0 years, 179 days	Brundtland II

-	Kjell Magne Bondevik	Christian Democratic	16 October 1989	3 November 1990	1 year, 19 days	Syse

-	Thorvald Stoltenberg	Labour	3 November 1990	2 April 1993	2 years, 150 days	Brundtland III

Johan Jørgen Holst, Pentagon 1993-03-16 (cropped).JPEG	Johan Jørgen Holst	Labour	2 April 1993	13 January 1994	2 years, 287 days	Brundtland III

-	Bjørn Tore Godal	Labour	24 January 1994	17 October 1997	3 years, 267 days	Brundtland III Jagland

-	Knut Vollebæk	Christian Democratic	17 October 1997	21 March 2000	2 year, 156 days	Bondevik I

-	Torbjørn Jagland	Labour	21 March 2000	19 October 2001	1 year, 213 days	Stoltenberg I

-	Jan Petersen	Conservative	19 October 2001	17 October 2005	3 years, 364 days	Bondevik II

-	Jonas Gahr Støre	Labour	17 October 2005	21 September 2012	6 years, 340 days	Stoltenberg II

-	Espen Barth Eide	Labour	21 September 2012	16 October 2013	1 year, 25 days	Stoltenberg II

-	Børge Brende	Conservative	16 October 2013	20 October 2017	4 years, 4 days	Solberg

-	Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide	Conservative	20 October 2017	Incumbent	1 year, 101 days	Solberg

Sentence(s)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway) was created on 7 June 1905, with the Liberal Party's Jørgen Løvland as the inaugural.

final_sentence: The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway) was created on 7 June 1905, with the Liberal Party's Jørgen Løvland as the inaugural.