# Minister of Education (Norway)

The Minister of Education (Norwegian: Kunnskapsminister) is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Education and Research. The incumbent minister is Kari Nessa Nordtun of the Labour Party who has served since October 2023.
The position was created on 30 November 1814 as Minister for the 1st Ministry and has changed name several times throughout its history.

## Ministers

Key  Agrarian / Centre Party  Christian Democratic Party  Conservative Party  Free-minded Liberal Party  Independent  Labour Party  Liberal Party
 Socialist Left Party

### Ministers for the 1st Ministry (1814–1819)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Niels Treschow | Independent | 30 November 1814 | 15 September 1816 | 1 year, 290 days | Wedel I |
| Christian Krogh | Independent | 15 September 1816 | 15 September 1817 | 1 year, 0 days | Wedel I |
| Niels Treschow | Independent | 15 September 1817 | 1 January 1819 | 1 year, 108 days | Wedel I |

### Ministers of Education and Church Affairs (1819–1884)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Niels Treschow | Independent | 1 January 1819 | 15 October 1819 | 287 days | Wedel I |
| Jonas Collett | Independent | 15 October 1819 | 15 September 1820 | 336 days | Wedel I |
| Niels Treschow | Independent | 15 September 1820 | 9 July 1822 | 1 year, 297 days | Wedel I |
| Poul Christian Holst | Independent | 9 July 1822 | 15 April 1823 | 280 days | Wedel I |
| Niels Treschow | Independent | 15 April 1823 | 28 June 1825 | 2 years, 74 days | Wedel I |
| Poul Christian Holst | Independent | 28 June 1825 | 16 September 1825 | 80 days | Wedel I |
| Christian Adolph Diriks | Independent | 16 September 1825 | 10 November 1836 | 11 years, 55 days | Wedel I |
| Oluf Borch de Schouboe | Independent | 10 November 1836 | 15 December 1836 | 35 days | Wedel II |
| Andreas Arntzen | Independent | 15 December 1836 | 15 June 1837 | 182 days | Wedel II |
| Poul Christian Holst | Independent | 15 June 1837 | 15 September 1839 | 2 years, 92 days | Wedel II |
| Oluf Borch de Schouboe | Independent | 15 September 1839 | 10 October 1840 | 1 year, 25 days | Wedel II |
| Poul Christian Holst | Independent | 10 October 1840 | 15 September 1843 | 2 years, 340 days | Wedel II |
| Oluf Borch de Schouboe | Independent | 15 September 1843 | 15 September 1844 | 1 year, 0 days | Wedel II |
| Poul Christian Holst | Independent | 15 September 1844 | 19 April 1848 | 3 years, 217 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Hans Riddervold | Independent | 19 April 1848 | 15 September 1849 | 1 year, 149 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Jørgen Herman Vogt | Independent | 15 September 1849 | 15 September 1850 | 1 year, 0 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Hans Riddervold | Independent | 15 September 1850 | 7 September 1854 | 3 years, 357 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Jørgen Herman Vogt | Independent | 7 September 1854 | 7 October 1854 | 30 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Otto Vincent Lange | Independent | 7 October 1854 | 15 September 1855 | 343 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Hans Riddervold | Independent | 15 September 1855 | 1 July 1872 | 16 years, 290 days | Vogt |
| Carl Essendrop | Independent | 1 July 1872 | 28 November 1874 | 2 years, 150 days | F. Stang |
| Rasmus Tønder Nissen | Independent | 28 November 1874 | 15 October 1876 | 1 year, 322 days | F. Stang |
| Jens Holmboe | Independent | 15 October 1876 | 15 October 1877 | 1 year, 0 days | F. Stang |
| Rasmus Tønder Nissen | Independent | 15 October 1877 | 11 October 1880 | 2 years, 362 days | F. Stang |
| Jens Holmboe | Independent | 11 November 1880 | 15 October 1881 | 338 days | Selmer |
| Rasmus Tønder Nissen | Independent | 15 October 1881 | 19 January 1882 | 96 days | Selmer |
| Nils Hertzberg | Independent | 30 January 1882 | 21 March 1884 | 2 years, 51 days | Selmer |
| Henrik L. Helliesen | Independent | 21 March 1884 | 3 April 1884 | 13 days | Selmer |
| Nils Hertzberg | Independent | 3 April 1884 | 26 June 1884 | 84 days | Schweigaard |

### Ministers of Education and Church Affairs (1884–1945)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Elias Blix | Liberal | 26 June 1884 | 15 August 1885 | 1 year, 50 days | Sverdrup |
| Jakob Sverdrup | Liberal | 15 August 1885 | 1 November 1886 | 1 year, 78 days | Sverdrup |
| Elias Blix | Liberal | 1 November 1886 | 24 February 1888 | 1 year, 115 days | Sverdrup |
| Jakob Sverdrup | Liberal | 24 February 1888 | 13 July 1889 | 1 year, 139 days | Sverdrup |
| Jacob Aall Bonnevie | Conservative | 13 July 1889 | 6 March 1891 | 1 year, 236 days | Stang I |
| Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen | Liberal | 6 March 1891 | 15 July 1892 | 1 year, 131 days | Steen I |
| Carl Berner | Liberal | 15 July 1892 | 2 May 1893 | 291 days | Steen I |
| Anton Christian Bang | Conservative | 2 May 1893 | 27 April 1895 | 1 year, 360 days | Stang II |
| Emil Stang | Conservative | 27 April 1895 | 14 October 1895 | 170 days | Stang II |
| Jakob Sverdrup | Liberal | 14 October 1895 | 17 February 1898 | 2 years, 126 days | Hagerup I |
| Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen | Liberal | 17 February 1898 | 22 October 1903 | 5 years, 247 days | Steen II Blehr I |
| Hans Nilsen Hauge | Conservative | 22 October 1903 | 11 March 1905 | 1 year, 140 days | Hagerup II |
| Christopher Knudsen | Conservative | 11 March 1905 | 27 January 1906 | 322 days | Michelsen |
| Otto Jensen | Independent | 27 January 1906 | 23 October 1907 | 1 year, 269 days | Michelsen |
| Abraham Berge | Liberal | 23 October 1907 | 19 March 1908 | 148 days | Løvland |
| Karl Seip | Liberal | 19 March 1908 | 8 July 1909 | 1 year, 111 days | Knudsen I |
| Johannes Hougen | Liberal | 8 July 1909 | 2 February 1910 | 209 days | Knudsen I |
| Just Qvigstad | Conservative | 2 February 1910 | 20 February 1912 | 2 years, 18 days | Konow |
| Edvard Liljedahl | Free-minded Liberal | 20 February 1912 | 31 January 1913 | 346 days | Bratlie |
| Aasulv Bryggesaa | Liberal | 31 January 1913 | 26 October 1915 | 2 years, 296 days | Knudsen II |
| Jørgen Løvland | Liberal | 26 October 1915 | 21 June 1920 | 4 years, 239 days | Knudsen II |
| Nils Riddervold Jensen | Conservative | 21 June 1920 | 22 June 1921 | 1 year, 1 day | B. Halvorsen I |
| Martin Olsen Nalum | Liberal | 22 June 1921 | 6 March 1923 | 1 year, 257 days | Blehr II |
| Ivar B. Sælen | Conservative | 6 March 1923 | 24 November 1923 | 263 days | B. Halvorsen II Berge |
| Karl Sanne | Conservative | 12 December 1923 | 25 July 1924 | 226 days | Berge |
| Ivar P. Tveiten | Liberal | 25 July 1924 | 5 March 1926 | 1 year, 223 days | Mowinckel I |
| Wilhelm Christian Magelssen | Conservative | 5 March 1926 | 25 December 1927 | 1 year, 295 days | Lykke |
| Ole Bærøe | Conservative | 25 December 1927 | 28 January 1928 | 34 days | Lykke |
| Olav Steinnes | Labour | 28 January 1928 | 15 February 1928 | 18 days | Hornsrud |
| Sigvald M. Hasund | Liberal | 15 February 1928 | 12 May 1931 | 3 years, 86 days | Mowinckel II |
| Nils Trædal | Agrarian | 12 May 1931 | 3 March 1933 | 1 year, 295 days | Kolstad Hundseid |
| Knut Liestøl | Liberal | 3 March 1933 | 20 March 1935 | 2 years, 17 days | Mowinckel III |
| Nils Hjelmtveit | Labour | 20 March 1935 | 25 June 1945 | 10 years, 97 days | Nygaardsvold |

### Ministers of Education and Church Affairs (1945–1990)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Kaare Fostervoll | Labour | 25 June 1945 | 28 June 1948 | 3 years, 3 days | Gerhardsen I-II |
| Lars Moen | Labour | 28 June 1948 | 9 December 1953 | 5 years, 164 days | Gerhardsen II Torp |
| Birger Bergersen | Labour | 9 December 1953 | 23 April 1960 | 6 years, 136 days | Torp Gerhardsen III |
| Helge Sivertsen | Labour | 23 April 1960 | 28 August 1963 | 3 years, 127 days | Gerhardsen III |
| Olaf Kortner | Liberal | 28 August 1963 | 25 September 1963 | 28 days | Lyng |
| Helge Sivertsen | Labour | 25 September 1963 | 12 October 1965 | 2 years, 17 days | Gerhardsen IV |
| Kjell Bondevik | Christian Democratic | 12 October 1965 | 17 March 1971 | 5 years, 156 days | Borten |
| Bjartmar Gjerde | Labour | 17 March 1971 | 18 October 1972 | 1 year, 215 days | Bratteli I |
| Anton Skulberg | Centre | 18 October 1972 | 16 October 1973 | 363 days | Korvald |
| Bjartmar Gjerde | Labour | 16 October 1973 | 15 January 1976 | 2 years, 91 days | Bratteli II |
| Kjølv Egeland | Labour | 15 January 1976 | 8 October 1979 | 3 years, 266 days | Nordli |
| Einar Førde | Labour | 8 October 1979 | 14 October 1981 | 2 years, 6 days | Nordli Brundtland I |
| Tore Austad | Conservative | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | 1 year, 237 days | Willoch I |
| Kjell Magne Bondevik | Christian Democratic | 8 June 1983 | 9 May 1986 | 2 years, 335 days | Willoch II |
| Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl | Labour | 9 May 1986 | 13 June 1988 | 2 years, 35 days | Brundtland II |
| Mary Kvidal | Labour | 13 June 1988 | 16 October 1989 | 1 year, 125 days | Brundtland II |
| Einar Steensnæs | Christian Democratic | 16 October 1989 | 1 January 1990 | 77 days | Syse |

### Ministers of Education and Research (1990–present)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Einar Steensnæs | Christian Democratic | 1 January 1990 | 3 November 1990 | 306 days | Syse |
| Gudmund Hernes | Labour | 3 November 1990 | 22 December 1995 | 5 years, 52 days | Brundtland III |
| Reidar Sandal | Labour | 22 December 1995 | 17 October 1997 | 1 year, 299 days | Brundtland III Jagland |
| Jon Lilletun | Christian Democratic | 17 October 1997 | 17 March 2000 | 2 years, 152 days | Bondevik I |
| Trond Giske | Labour | 17 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 216 days | Stoltenberg I |
| Kristin Clemet | Conservative | 19 October 2001 | 17 October 2005 | 3 years, 363 days | Bondevik II |
| Øystein Djupedal | Socialist Left | 17 October 2005 | 18 October 2007 | 2 years, 1 day | Stoltenberg II |
| Bård Vegar Solhjell | Socialist Left | 18 October 2007 | 20 October 2009 | 2 years, 2 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Kristin Halvorsen | Socialist Left | 20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | 3 years, 361 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Torbjørn Røe Isaksen | Conservative | 16 October 2013 | 17 January 2018 | 4 years, 93 days | Solberg |
| Jan Tore Sanner | Conservative | 17 January 2018 | 24 January 2020 | 2 years, 7 days | Solberg |
| Trine Skei Grande | Liberal | 24 January 2020 | 13 March 2020 | 49 days | Solberg |
| Guri Melby | Liberal | 13 March 2020 | 14 October 2021 | 1 year, 215 days | Solberg |
| Tonje Brenna | Labour | 14 October 2021 | 16 October 2023 | 2 years, 2 days | Støre |
| Kari Nessa Nordtun | Labour | 16 October 2023 | present | 1 year, 53 days | Støre |