# Minister of Climate and the Environment (Norway)

The Minister of Climate and the Environment (Norwegian: Klima- og miljøministeren) is a Councilor of State and Chief of Norway's Ministry of the Environment. The current minister is Andreas Bjelland Eriksen. The ministry is responsible for environmental issues, including influencing environmental impacts on other ministries. Subordinate agencies include the Directorate for Cultural Heritage, the Polar Institute, the Environment Agency and the Mapping Authority.
The minister and minister post were established on 8 May 1972. The title was known as the Minister of the Environment until 2013. Nineteen people from six parties have held the position. Thorbjørn Berntsen of the Labour Party has held the position the longest, a week short of seven years. Gro Harlem Brundtland, who held the position for five years, later became Prime Minister. Erik Solheim of the Socialist Left Party held the position concurrently with being Minister of International Development.

## Key

The following lists the minister, their party, date of assuming and leaving office, their tenure in years and days, and the cabinet they served in.
Centre Party  Conservative Party  Christian Democratic Party  Labour Party  Liberal Party  Socialist Left Party

## Ministers

| Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| | Olav Gjærevoll | Labour | 8 May 1972 | 18 October 1972 | 163 days | Bratteli I |
| — | Trygve Haugeland | Centre | 18 October 1972 | 5 March 1973 | 138 days | Korvald |
| — | Helga Gitmark | Centre | 5 March 1973 | 16 October 1973 | 225 days | Korvald |
| — | Tor Halvorsen | Labour | 16 October 1973 | 6 September 1974 | 325 days | Bratteli II |
| | Gro Harlem Brundtland | Labour | 6 September 1974 | 8 October 1979 | 5 years, 32 days | Bratteli II Nordli |
| — | Rolf Arthur Hansen | Labour | 8 October 1979 | 14 October 1981 | 2 years, 6 days | Nordli Brundtland I |
| | Wenche Frogn Sellæg | Conservative | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | 1 year, 237 days | Willoch I |
| — | Rakel Surlien | Centre | 8 June 1983 | 9 May 1986 | 2 years, 335 days | Willoch II |
| — | Sissel Rønbeck | Labour | 9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3 years, 160 days | Brundtland II |
| — | Kristin Hille Valla | Centre | 16 October 1989 | 3 November 1990 | 1 year, 18 days | Syse |
| | Thorbjørn Berntsen | Labour | 3 November 1990 | 17 October 1997 | 6 years, 348 days | Brundtland III Jagland |
| — | Guro Fjellanger | Liberal | 17 October 1997 | 17 March 2000 | 2 years, 152 days | Bondevik I |
| | Siri Bjerke | Labour | 17 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 216 days | Stoltenberg I |
| | Børge Brende | Conservative | 19 October 2001 | 18 June 2004 | 2 years, 243 days | Bondevik II |
| | Knut Arild Hareide | Christian Democratic | 18 June 2004 | 17 October 2005 | 1 year, 121 days | Bondevik II |
| | Helen Bjørnøy | Socialist Left | 17 October 2005 | 18 October 2007 | 2 years, 1 day | Stoltenberg II |
| | Erik Solheim | Socialist Left | 18 October 2007 | 23 March 2012 | 4 years, 157 days | Stoltenberg II |
| | Bård Vegar Solhjell | Socialist Left | 23 March 2012 | 16 October 2013 | 1 year, 207 days | Stoltenberg II |
| | Tine Sundtoft | Conservative | 16 October 2013 | 16 December 2015 | 2 years, 61 days | Solberg |
| | Vidar Helgesen | Conservative | 16 December 2015 | 17 January 2018 | 2 years, 32 days | Solberg |
| | Ola Elvestuen | Liberal | 17 January 2018 | 24 January 2020 | 2 years, 7 days | Solberg |
| | Sveinung Rotevatn | Liberal | 24 January 2020 | 14 October 2021 | 1 year, 263 days | Solberg |
| | Espen Barth Eide | Labour | 14 October 2021 | 16 October 2023 | 2 years, 2 days | Støre |
| | Andreas Bjelland Eriksen | Labour | 16 October 2023 | present | 1 year, 118 days | Støre |