# Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion

The Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion (Bokmål: Arbeids- og inkluderingsminister) is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion. The position has existed since 1 January 1846, when the Ministry of the Interior was created. Several different names have been used since then, with three name changes after 2000. The incumbent minister is Tonje Brenna of the Labour Party since 2023. From 1992 to 2001 there was also a Minister of Health position in the ministry.

## List of ministers

Parties  Agrarian / Centre Party  Christian Democratic Party  Conservative Party  Communist Party  Free-minded Liberal Party  Independent  Labour Party  Labour Democrats  Liberal Party
 Progress Party

### Ministry of the Interior (1846–1903)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Frederik Stang | Independent | 1 January 1846 | 15 July 1848 | 2 years, 196 days | Løvenskiold-Vogt |
| Hans Christian Petersen | Independent | 15 July 1848 | 15 July 1849 | 1 year, 0 days | Løvenskiold-Vogt |
| Frederik Stang | Independent | 15 July 1849 | 15 June 1854 | 4 years, 335 days | Løvenskiold-Vogt |
| Christian Zetlitz Bretteville | Independent | 15 June 1854 | 15 August 1858 | 4 years, 61 days | Løvenskiold-Vogt Vogt |
| August Christian Manthey | Independent | 15 August 1858 | 15 July 1859 | 334 days | Vogt Sibbern-Birch-Motzfeldt |
| Christian Zetlitz Bretteville | Independent | 15 July 1859 | 12 August 1861 | 2 years, 28 days | Sibbern-Birch-Motzfeldt |
| August Christian Manthey | Independent | 17 December 1861 | 22 October 1862 | 309 days | F. Stang |
| Christian Zetlitz Bretteville | Independent | 22 October 1862 | 15 August 1865 | 2 years, 297 days | F. Stang |
| August Christian Manthey | Independent | 15 August 1865 | 15 August 1866 | 1 year, 0 days | F. Stang |
| Christian Zetlitz Bretteville | Independent | 15 August 1866 | 15 June 1868 | 1 year, 305 days | F. Stang |
| Frederik Stang | Independent | 17 June 1868 | 15 October 1869 | 1 year, 120 days | F. Stang |
| Christian Zetlitz Bretteville | Independent | 15 October 1869 | 24 February 1871 | 1 year, 132 days | F. Stang |
| Henrik Laurentius Helliesen | Independent | 24 February 1871 | 13 May 1871 | 78 days | F. Stang |
| Niels Petersen Vogt | Independent | 13 May 1871 | 15 September 1872 | 1 year, 125 days | F. Stang |
| Johan Collett Falsen | Independent | 15 September 1872 | 15 September 1873 | 1 year, 0 days | F. Stang |
| Niels Petersen Vogt | Independent | 15 September 1873 | 15 July 1875 | 1 year, 303 days | F. Stang |
| Christian August Selmer | Independent | 15 July 1875 | 15 August 1876 | 1 year, 31 days | F. Stang |
| Niels Petersen Vogt | Independent | 15 August 1876 | 15 August 1878 | 2 years, 0 days | F. Stang |
| Christian August Selmer | Independent | 15 August 1878 | 15 August 1879 | 1 year, 0 days | F. Stang |
| Niels Petersen Vogt | Independent | 15 August 1879 | 15 September 1882 | 3 years, 31 days | F. Stang Selmer |
| Christian Jensen | Independent | 15 September 1882 | 15 September 1883 | 1 year, 0 days | Selmer |
| Niels Petersen Vogt | Independent | 15 September 1883 | 21 March 1884 | 188 days | Selmer |
| Thomas Cathinco Bang | Independent | 3 April 1884 | 26 June 1884 | 84 days | Schweigaard |
| Sofus Arctander | Free-minded Liberal | 26 June 1884 | 15 August 1885 | 1 year, 50 days | Sverdrup |
| Jacob Stang | Liberal | 15 August 1885 | 15 August 1886 | 1 year, 0 days | Sverdrup |
| Sofus Arctander | Free-minded Liberal | 15 August 1886 | 17 February 1888 | 1 year, 186 days | Sverdrup |
| Walter Scott Dahl | Liberal | 5 March 1888 | 15 September 1888 | 194 days | Sverdrup |
| Lars Knutson Liestøl | Liberal | 15 September 1888 | 29 December 1888 | 105 days | Sverdrup |
| Georg August Thilesen | Liberal | 29 December 1888 | 13 July 1889 | 196 days | Sverdrup |
| Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne | Conservative | 13 July 1889 | 7 July 1890 | 359 days | Stang I |
| Ole Andreas Furu | Conservative | 7 July 1890 | 6 March 1891 | 242 days | Stang I |
| Wollert Konow (H) | Liberal | 6 March 1891 | 2 May 1893 | 2 years, 57 days | Steen I |
| Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne | Conservative | 2 May 1893 | 3 March 1894 | 305 days | Stang II |
| Peter Birch-Reichenwald | Conservative | 3 March 1894 | 14 October 1895 | 1 year, 225 days | Stang II |
| Thomas von Westen Engelhart | Liberal | 14 October 1895 | 15 August 1897 | 1 year, 305 days | Hagerup I |
| Olaj Olsen | Liberal | 15 August 1897 | 17 February 1898 | 186 days | Hagerup I |
| Georg August Thilesen | Liberal | 17 February 1898 | 29 April 1899 | 1 year, 71 days | Steen II |
| Ole Anton Qvam | Liberal | 29 April 1899 | 24 March 1900 | 329 days | Steen II |
| Johannes Steen | Liberal | 24 March 1900 | 21 April 1902 | 2 years, 28 days | Steen II |
| Otto Blehr | Liberal | 21 April 1902 | 1 January 1903 | 255 days | Blehr I |

### Ministry of Social Affairs, Trade, Industry and Fisheries (1913–1916)

| Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| | Johan Castberg | Labour Democrats | 1 July 1913 | 22 April 1914 | 295 days | Knudsen II |
| | Kristian Friis Petersen | Liberal | 22 April 1914 | 1 October 1916 | 2 years, 162 days | Knudsen II |

### Ministry of Social Affairs (1916–2005)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Lars Abrahamsen | Liberal | 1 October 1916 | 20 February 1919 | 2 years, 142 days | Knudsen II |
| Paal Berg | Liberal | 20 February 1919 | 21 June 1920 | 1 year, 122 days | Knudsen II |
| Odd Klingenberg | Conservative | 21 June 1920 | 22 June 1921 | 1 year, 1 day | Bahr Halvorsen I |
| Lars Oftedal | Liberal | 22 June 1921 | 20 October 1922 | 1 year, 122 days | Blehr II |
| Rasmus O. Mortensen | Liberal | 20 October 1922 | 6 March 1923 | 135 days | Blehr II |
| Odd Klingenberg | Conservative | 6 March 1923 | 25 July 1924 | 1 year, 141 days | Bahr Halvorsen II Berge |
| Lars Oftedal | Liberal | 25 July 1924 | 5 March 1926 | 1 year, 223 days | Mowinckel I |
| Peter Morell | Conservative | 5 March 1926 | 28 January 1928 | 1 year, 329 days | Lykke |
| Alfred Madsen | Labour | 28 January 1928 | 15 February 1928 | 18 days | Hornsrud |
| Torjus Værland | Liberal | 15 February 1928 | 12 May 1931 | 3 years, 86 days | Mowinckel II |
| Jakob N. Vik | Agrarian | 12 May 1931 | 3 March 1933 | 1 year, 295 days | Kolstad Hundseid |
| Ole N. I. Strømme | Liberal | 3 March 1933 | 28 October 1933 | 239 days | Mowinckel III |
| Trygve Utheim | Liberal | 28 October 1933 | 20 March 1935 | 1 year, 143 days | Mowinckel III |
| Kornelius Bergsvik | Labour | 20 March 1935 | 13 November 1936 | 1 year, 238 days | Nygaardsvold |
| Oscar Torp | Labour | 13 November 1936 | 1 July 1939 | 2 years, 230 days | Nygaardsvold |
| Sverre Støstad | Labour | 1 July 1939 | 25 June 1945 | 5 years, 359 days | Nygaardsvold |
| Sven Oftedal | Labour | 25 June 1945 | 23 June 1948 | 2 years, 364 days | Gerhardsen I-II |
| Aaslaug Aasland | Labour | 20 December 1948 | 2 November 1953 | 4 years, 317 days | Gerhardsen II Torp |
| Rakel Seweriin | Labour | 2 November 1953 | 1 August 1955 | 1 year, 272 days | Torp Gerhardsen II |
| Gudmund Harlem | Labour | 1 August 1955 | 18 February 1961 | 5 years, 201 days | Gerhardsen II |
| Olav Bruvik | Labour | 18 February 1961 | 30 December 1962 | 1 year, 315 days | Gerhardsen II |
| Olav Gjærevoll | Labour | 4 February 1963 | 28 August 1963 | 205 days | Gerhardsen II |
| Kjell Bondevik | Christian Democratic | 28 August 1963 | 25 September 1963 | 28 days | Lyng |
| Olav Gjærevoll | Labour | 25 September 1963 | 12 October 1965 | 2 years, 17 days | Gerhardsen IV |
| Egil Aarvik | Christian Democratic | 12 October 1965 | 17 March 1971 | 5 years, 156 days | Borten |
| Odd Højdahl | Labour | 17 March 1971 | 18 October 1972 | 1 year, 215 days | Bratteli I |
| Bergfrid Fjose | Christian Democratic | 18 October 1972 | 16 October 1973 | 363 days | Korvald |
| Sonja Ludvigsen | Labour | 16 October 1973 | 12 July 1974 | 269 days | Bratteli II |
| Tor Halvorsen | Labour | 12 July 1974 | 15 January 1976 | 1 year, 187 days | Bratteli II |
| Ruth Ryste | Labour | 15 January 1976 | 8 October 1979 | 3 years, 266 days | Nordli |
| Arne Nilsen | Labour | 8 October 1979 | 14 October 1981 | 2 years, 6 days | Nordli Brundtland I |
| Leif Arne Heløe | Conservative | 14 October 1981 | 9 May 1986 | 4 years, 207 days | Willoch I-II |
| Tove Strand | Labour | 9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3 years, 160 days | Brundtland II |
| Wenche Frogn Sellæg | Conservative | 16 October 1989 | 3 November 1990 | 1 year, 18 days | Syse |
| Tove Veierød | Labour | 3 November 1990 | 4 September 1992 | 1 year, 306 days | Brundtland III |
| Grete Knudsen | Labour | 4 September 1992 | 24 January 1994 | 1 year, 142 days | Brundtland III |
| Hill-Marta Solberg | Labour | 24 January 1994 | 17 October 1997 | 3 years, 266 days | Brundtland III Jagland |
| Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa | Centre | 17 October 1997 | 17 March 2000 | 2 years, 152 days | Bondevik I |
| Guri Ingebrigtsen | Labour | 17 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 216 days | Stoltenberg I |
| Ingjerd Schou | Conservative | 19 October 2001 | 18 June 2004 | 2 years, 243 days | Bondevik II |
| Dagfinn Høybråten | Christian Democratic | 18 June 2004 | 17 October 2005 | 1 year, 121 days | Bondevik II |

### Ministry of Labour (1885–1946)

The labour tasks were transferred to the Ministry of Local Government in 1948, where it was until 1989 and again from 1992 to 1997. Labour responsibilities were returned to social affairs in 2002, and inclusion was added to the title in 2006.
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Hans Rasmus Astrup | Liberal | 1 September 1885 | 15 November 1887 | 2 years, 75 days | Sverdrup |
| Birger Kildal | Liberal | 15 November 1887 | 17 February 1888 | 94 days | Sverdrup |
| Aimar Sørenssen | Liberal | 17 February 1888 | 5 March 1888 | 17 days | Sverdrup |
| Oscar Jacobsen | Liberal | 5 March 1888 | 13 July 1889 | 1 year, 130 days | Sverdrup |
| Peter Birch-Reichenwald | Conservative | 13 July 1889 | 6 March 1891 | 1 year, 140 days | Stang I |
| Hans Nysom | Liberal | 6 March 1891 | 2 May 1893 | 2 years, 57 days | Steen I |
| Peder Nilsen | Conservative | 2 May 1893 | 15 August 1897 | 4 years, 105 days | Stang II Hagerup I |
| Fredrik Stang Lund | Liberal | 15 August 1897 | 17 February 1898 | 186 days | Hagerup I |
| Jørgen Løvland | Liberal | 17 February 1898 | 28 February 1899 | 1 year, 11 days | Steen II |
| Hans Nysom | Liberal | 28 February 1899 | 5 June 1900 | 1 year, 97 days | Steen II |
| Jørgen Løvland | Liberal | 5 June 1900 | 22 October 1903 | 3 years, 139 days | Steen II Blehr I |
| Albert Hansen | Conservative | 22 October 1903 | 11 March 1905 | 1 year, 140 days | Hagerup II |
| Kristofer Lehmkuhl | Conservative | 11 March 1905 | 28 September 1907 | 2 years, 201 days | Michelsen |
| Jørgen Brunchorst | Independent | 28 September 1907 | 19 March 1908 | 173 days | Michelsen Løvland |
| Nils Claus Ihlen | Liberal | 19 March 1908 | 2 February 1910 | 1 year, 320 days | Knudsen I |
| Bernhard Brænne | Conservative | 2 February 1910 | 11 June 1910 | 129 days | Konow |
| Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen | Free-minded Liberal | 11 June 1910 | 20 February 1912 | 1 year, 254 days | Konow |
| Bernhard Brænne | Conservative | 20 February 1912 | 23 August 1912 | 185 days | Bratlie |
| Nils Olaf Hovdenak | Conservative | 23 August 1912 | 31 January 1913 | 161 days | Bratlie |
| Andreas Urbye | Liberal | 31 January 1913 | 26 July 1916 | 3 years, 177 days | Knudsen II |
| Martin Olsen Nalum | Liberal | 26 July 1916 | 10 May 1920 | 3 years, 289 days | Knudsen II |
| Ole Monsen Mjelde | Liberal | 10 May 1920 | 21 June 1920 | 42 days | Knudsen II |
| Cornelius Middelthon | Conservative | 21 June 1920 | 22 June 1921 | 1 year, 1 day | Halvorsen I |
| Ole Monsen Mjelde | Liberal | 22 June 1921 | 6 March 1923 | 1 year, 257 days | Blehr II |
| Cornelius Middelthon | Conservative | 6 March 1923 | 25 July 1924 | 1 year, 141 days | Halvorsen II Berge |
| Ole Monsen Mjelde | Liberal | 25 July 1924 | 5 March 1926 | 1 year, 223 days | Mowinckel I |
| Anders Venger | Conservative | 5 March 1926 | 26 July 1926 | 143 days | Lykke |
| Worm Darre-Jenssen | Conservative | 26 July 1926 | 28 January 1928 | 1 year, 186 days | Lykke |
| Magnus Nilssen | Labour | 28 January 1928 | 15 February 1928 | 18 days | Hornsrud |
| Ole Monsen Mjelde | Liberal | 15 February 1928 | 12 May 1931 | 3 years, 86 days | Mowinckel II |
| Rasmus Langeland | Agrarian | 12 May 1931 | 3 March 1933 | 1 year, 295 days | Kolstad Hundseid |
| Ole Monsen Mjelde | Liberal | 3 March 1933 | 20 March 1935 | 2 years, 17 days | Mowinckel III |
| Johan Nygaardsvold | Labour | 20 March 1935 | 2 October 1939 | 4 years, 196 days | Nygaardsvold |
| Olav Hindahl | Labour | 2 October 1939 | 25 June 1945 | 5 years, 266 days | Nygaardsvold |
| Johan Strand Johansen | Communist | 25 June 1945 | 5 November 1945 | 133 days | Gerhardsen I |
| Nils Langhelle | Labour | 5 November 1945 | 22 February 1946 | 109 days | Gerhardsen II |

### Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion (2006–present)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Bjarne Håkon Hanssen | Labour | 17 October 2005 | 20 June 2008 | 2 years, 247 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Dag Terje Andersen | Labour | 20 June 2008 | 20 October 2009 | 1 year, 122 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Hanne Bjurstrøm | Labour | 21 December 2009 | 21 September 2012 | 2 years, 275 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Anniken Huitfeldt | Labour | 21 September 2012 | 16 October 2013 | 1 year, 25 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Robert Eriksson | Progress | 16 October 2013 | 16 December 2015 | 2 years, 61 days | Solberg |
| Anniken Hauglie | Conservative | 16 December 2015 | 24 January 2020 | 4 years, 39 days | Solberg |
| Torbjørn Røe Isaksen | Conservative | 24 January 2020 | 14 October 2021 | 1 year, 263 days | Solberg |
| Hadia Tajik | Labour | 14 October 2021 | 4 March 2022 | 141 days | Støre |
| Marte Mjøs Persen | Labour | 7 March 2022 | 16 October 2023 | 1 year, 223 days | Støre |
| Tonje Brenna | Labour | 16 October 2023 | present | 1 year, 17 days | Støre |

## Consultative ministers

| Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| | Kirsten Hansteen | Communist | 25 June 1945 | 5 November 1945 | 133 days | Gerhardsen I |
| | Aaslaug Aasland | Labour | 5 November 1945 | 20 December 1948 | 3 years, 45 days | Gerhardsen II |

## List of Norwegian Ministers of Health within the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs

| Name | From | To |
| Werner Christie | 1992 | 1995 |
| Gudmund Hernes | 1995 | 1997 |
| Dagfinn Høybråten | 1997 | 2000 |
| Tore Tønne | 2000 | 2001 |
| Dagfinn Høybråten | 2001 | position defunct |
For later Ministers, see Minister of Health and Care Services (Norway).