# Minister of Trade and Industry (Norway)

The Minister of Trade and Industry (Norwegian: Næringsminister) is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. The incumbent minister is Cecilie Myrseth of the Labour Party which served since April 2024.
The position was created 1 January 1903 as Minister of Trade and has changed name several times throughout its history. The position has since kept its current title since 1997.
The Ministry of Trade and Industry was abolished in January 2014, but the minister post was kept, and now heads responsibilities for trade and industry in the new Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, alongside the Minister of Fishieries and Ocean Policy.

## Ministers

Key  Conservative Party
 Agrarian Party  Free-minded Liberal Party
 Labour Party  Labour Democrats  Liberal Party

### Ministers of Trade (1903–1945)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Otto Blehr | Liberal | 1 January 1903 | 22 October 1903 | 294 days | Blehr I |
| Jacob Schøning | Liberal | 22 October 1903 | 1 September 1904 | 315 days | Hagerup II |
| Paul B. Vogt | Conservative | 1 September 1904 | 11 March 1905 | 191 days | Hagerup II |
| Sofus Arctander | Liberal | 11 March 1905 | 19 March 1908 | 3 years, 8 days | Michelsen Løvland |
| Lars Abrahamsen | Liberal | 19 March 1908 | 2 February 1910 | 1 year, 320 days | Knudsen I |
| Sofus Arctander | Free-minded Liberal | 2 February 1910 | 11 June 1910 | 129 days | Konow |
| Bernhard Brænne | Conservative | 11 June 1910 | 20 February 1912 | 1 year, 254 days | Konow |
| Ambortius Lindvig | Free-minded Liberal | 20 February 1912 | 31 January 1913 | 346 days | Bratlie |
| Johan Castberg | Labour Democrats | 31 January 1913 | 1 July 1913 | 151 days | Knudsen II |
| Kristian Friis Petersen | Liberal | 1 October 1916 | 20 February 1919 | 2 years, 142 days | Knudsen II |
| Birger Stuevold-Hansen | Liberal | 20 February 1919 | 21 June 1920 | 1 year, 122 days | Knudsen II |
| Gerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun | Conservative | 21 June 1920 | 22 June 1921 | 1 year, 1 day | Bahr Halvorsen I |
| Johan Ludwig Mowinckel | Liberal | 22 June 1921 | 20 October 1922 | 1 year, 120 days | Blehr II |
| Lars Oftedal | Liberal | 20 October 1922 | 6 March 1923 | 135 days | Blehr II |
| Johan Rye Holmboe | Free-minded Liberal | 6 March 1923 | 25 July 1924 | 1 year, 141 days | Bahr Halvorsen II Berge |
| Lars O. Meling | Liberal | 25 July 1924 | 5 March 1926 | 1 year, 223 days | Mowinckel I |
| Charles Robertson | Conservative | 5 March 1926 | 28 January 1928 | 1 year, 329 days | Lykke |
| Anton L. Alvestad | Labour | 28 January 1928 | 15 February 1928 | 18 days | Hornsrud |
| Lars Oftedal | Liberal | 15 February 1928 | 12 May 1931 | 3 years, 86 days | Mowinckel II |
| Per Larssen | Agrarian | 12 May 1931 | 14 March 1932 | 307 days | Kolstad |
| Ivar Kirkeby-Garstad | Agrarian | 14 March 1932 | 3 March 1933 | 354 days | Hundseid |
| Lars O. Meling | Liberal | 3 March 1933 | 20 March 1935 | 2 years, 17 days | Mowinckel III |
| Alfred Madsen | Labour | 20 March 1935 | 1 July 1939 | 4 years, 103 days | Nygaardsvold |
| Trygve Lie | Labour | 1 July 1939 | 2 October 1939 | 93 days | Nygaardsvold |
| Anders Frihagen | Labour | 2 October 1939 | 7 June 1940 | 249 days | Nygaardsvold |
| Terje Wold | Labour | 7 June 1940 | 15 April 1942 | 1 year, 312 days | Nygaardsvold |
| Anders Frihagen | Labour | 15 April 1942 | 1 October 1942 | 169 days | Nygaardsvold |
| Olav Hindahl | Labour | 1 October 1942 | 12 March 1945 | 2 years, 162 days | Nygaardsvold |
| Sven Nielsen | Conservative | 12 March 1945 | 25 June 1945 | 105 days | Nygaardsvold |

### Ministers of Industry (1945–1993)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Lars Evensen | Labour | 25 June 1945 | 2 November 1953 | 8 years, 130 days | Gerhardsen I-II Torp |
| Nils Handal | Labour | 2 November 1953 | 22 January 1955 | 1 year, 81 days | Torp |
| Gustav Sjaastad | Labour | 22 January 1955 | 9 April 1959 | 4 years, 77 days | Gerhardsen III |
| Kjell Holler | Labour | 9 April 1959 | 4 July 1963 | 4 years, 86 days | Gerhardsen III |
| Trygve Lie | Labour | 4 July 1963 | 28 August 1963 | 55 days | Gerhardsen III |
| Kaare Meland | Conservative | 28 August 1963 | 25 September 1963 | 28 days | Lyng |
| Trygve Lie | Labour | 25 September 1963 | 20 January 1964 | 117 days | Gerhardsen IV |
| Karl Trasti | Labour | 20 January 1964 | 12 October 1965 | 1 year, 265 days | Gerhardsen IV |
| Sverre W. Rostoft | Conservative | 12 October 1965 | 17 March 1971 | 5 years, 156 days | Borten |
| Finn Lied | Labour | 17 March 1971 | 18 October 1972 | 1 year, 215 days | Bratteli I |
| Ola Skjåk Bræk | Liberal | 18 October 1972 | 16 October 1973 | 363 days | Korvald |
| Ingvald J. Ulvseth | Labour | 16 October 1973 | 15 January 1976 | 2 years, 91 days | Bratteli II |
| Bjartmar Gjerde | Labour | 15 January 1976 | 11 January 1978 | 1 year, 361 days | Nordli |
| Olav Haukvik | Labour | 11 January 1978 | 8 October 1979 | 1 year, 270 days | Nordli |
| Lars Skytøen | Labour | 8 October 1979 | 4 February 1981 | 1 year, 119 days | Nordli |
| Finn Kristensen | Labour | 4 February 1981 | 14 October 1981 | 252 days | Brundtland I |
| Jens-Halvard Bratz | Conservative | 14 October 1981 | 16 September 1983 | 1 year, 337 days | Willoch I–II |
| Jan P. Syse | Conservative | 16 September 1983 | 4 October 1985 | 2 years, 18 days | Willoch II |
| Petter Thomassen | Conservative | 4 October 1985 | 9 May 1986 | 217 days | Willoch II |
| Finn Kristensen | Labour | 9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3 years, 160 days | Brundtland II |
| Petter Thomassen | Conservative | 16 October 1989 | 3 November 1990 | 1 year, 18 days | Syse |
| Ole Knapp | Labour | 3 November 1990 | 4 September 1992 | 1 year, 306 days | Brundtland III |
| Finn Kristensen | Labour | 4 September 1992 | 1 January 1993 | 119 days | Brundtland III |

### Ministers of Industry and Energy (1993–1997)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Finn Kristensen | Labour | 1 January 1993 | 7 October 1993 | 273 days | Brundtland III |
| Jens Stoltenberg | Labour | 7 October 1993 | 25 October 1996 | 3 years, 18 days | Brundtland III |
| Grete Knudsen | Labour | 25 October 1996 | 1 January 1997 | 68 days | Jagland |

### Ministers of Trade and Industry (1997–present)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Grete Knudsen | Labour | 1 January 1997 | 17 October 1997 | 289 days | Jagland |
| Lars Sponheim | Liberal | 17 October 1997 | 17 March 2000 | 2 years, 152 days | Bondevik I |
| Grete Knudsen | Labour | 17 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 216 days | Stoltenberg I |
| Ansgar Gabrielsen | Conservative | 19 October 2001 | 18 June 2004 | 2 years, 243 days | Bondevik II |
| Børge Brende | Conservative | 18 June 2004 | 17 October 2005 | 1 year, 121 days | Bondevik II |
| Odd Eriksen | Labour | 17 October 2005 | 29 September 2006 | 347 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Dag Terje Andersen | Labour | 29 September 2006 | 20 June 2008 | 1 year, 273 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Sylvia Brustad | Labour | 20 June 2008 | 20 October 2009 | 1 year, 122 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Trond Giske | Labour | 20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | 3 years, 361 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Monica Mæland | Conservative | 16 October 2013 | 17 January 2018 | 4 years, 93 days | Solberg |
| Torbjørn Røe Isaksen | Conservative | 17 January 2018 | 24 January 2020 | 2 years, 7 days | Solberg |
| Iselin Nybø | Liberal | 24 January 2020 | 14 October 2021 | 1 year, 263 days | Solberg |
| Jan Christian Vestre | Labour | 14 October 2021 | 19 April 2024 | 2 years, 188 days | Støre |
| Cecilie Myrseth | Labour | 19 April 2024 | present | 240 days | Støre |