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Minister of Transport and Communications of Norway Samferdselsministeren
Incumbent Ketil Solvik-Olsen since 16 October 2013
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Member of	Council of State
Seat	Oslo
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	Monarch with approval of Parliament
Term length	No fixed length
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Norway
Precursor	Minister of the Interior
Formation	22 February 1946
First holder	Nils Langhelle
Deputy	State secretaries at the Ministry of Transport and Communications
Website	Official website

The Minister of Transport and Communications (Norwegian: Samferdelsministeren)^[1] is a Councillor of State and Chief of the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. Since 16 October 2013, the position has been held by Ketil Solvik-Olsen of the Progress Party.^[2] The ministry is responsible for policy and public operations within postal services, telecommunications, civil aviation, public roads, rail transport and public transport, including ferry services that are part of national roads and coastal transport infrastructure.^[3] The ministry has seven agencies and four limited companies, including the airport operator Avinor, the Norwegian National Rail Administration, the Norwegian State Railways, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Norway Post. There are also inspectorates and authorities related to accident investigation, civil aviation, post and telecommunications, and railways.^[4][5]

The position was created with the ministry on 22 February 1946, when Nils Langhelle (Labour) was appointed.^[6] The ministry and minister position were split out from the Ministry of Labour.^[7] Twenty-eight people have held the position, representing six parties. Sixteen people have represented the Labour Party, five the Centre Party, two each the Christian Democratic Party, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party and one for the Progress Party. The longest-sitting minister is Kjell Opseth (Labour) who sat a week short of six years.^[8]Lars Leiro (Centre) sat for only four weeks, giving him the shortest tenure.^[9] He both succeeded and preceded Trygve Bratteli,^[10][11] the only person to have held the position twice and the only officeholder to later become Prime Minister.^[12]

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.

  Labour Party
  Centre Party
  Conservative Party
  Christian Democratic Party
  Liberal Party
  Progress Party

Ministers

Photo	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Cabinet	Ref
	Nils Langhelle	Labour	22 February 1946	5 January 1952	5 years, 318 days	Gerhardsen II Torp	[6][13]
—	Jakob Martin Pettersen	Labour	5 January 1952	22 January 1955	3 years, 17 days	Torp	[13]
—	Kolbjørn Varmann	Labour	22 January 1955	23 April 1960	5 years, 92 days	Gerhardsen III	[10]
	Trygve Bratteli	Labour	23 April 1960	28 August 1963	3 years, 128 days	Gerhardsen III	[10]
—	Lars Leiro	Centre	28 August 1963	25 September 1963	0 years, 28 days	Lyng	[9]
	Trygve Bratteli	Labour	25 September 1963	17 January 1964	0 years, 115 days	Gerhardsen IV	[11]
	Erik Himle	Labour	17 January 1964	12 October 1965	1 year, 269 days	Gerhardsen IV	[11]
	Håkon Kyllingmark	Conservative	12 October 1965	17 March 1971	5 years, 157 days	Borten	[14]
	Reiulf Steen	Labour	17 March 1971	18 August 1972	1 year, 155 days	Bratteli I	[12]
—	John Austrheim	Centre	18 August 1972	16 October 1973	1 year, 60 days	Korvald	[15]
—	Annemarie Lorentzen	Labour	16 October 1973	16 January 1976	2 years, 93 days	Bratteli II	[16]
—	Ragnar Christiansen	Labour	16 January 1976	11 October 1978	2 years, 269 days	Nordli	[17]
—	Asbjørn Jordahl	Labour	11 October 1978	8 October 1979	0 years, 363 days	Nordli	[17]
—	Ronald Bye	Labour	8 October 1979	14 October 1981	2 years, 7 days	Nordli Brundtland I	[17][18]
—	Inger Koppernæs	Conservative	14 October 1981	8 June 1983	1 year, 248 days	Willoch I	[19]
—	Johan J. Jakobsen	Centre	8 June 1983	9 May 1986	2 years, 336 days	Willoch II	[19]
—	Kjell Borgen	Labour	9 May 1986	13 June 1988	2 years, 36 days	Brundtland II	[20]
	William Engseth	Labour	13 June 1988	16 October 1989	1 year, 126 days	Brundtland II	[20]
—	Lars Gunnar Lie	Christian Democratic	16 October 1989	3 November 1990	1 year, 19 days	Syse	[21]
	Kjell Opseth	Labour	3 November 1990	25 October 1996	5 years, 357 days	Brundtland III	[8]
—	Sissel Rønbeck	Labour	25 October 1996	17 October 1997	0 years, 358 days	Jagland	[22]
	Odd Einar Dørum	Liberal	17 October 1997	15 March 1999	1 year, 150 days	Bondevik I	[23]
—	Dag Jostein Fjærvoll	Christian Democratic	15 March 1999	21 March 2000	1 year, 7 days	Bondevik I	[23]
	Terje Moe Gustavsen	Labour	21 March 2000	19 October 2001	1 year, 213 days	Stoltenberg I	[24]
	Torild Skogsholm	Liberal	19 October 2001	17 October 2005	3 years, 364 days	Bondevik II	[25]
	Liv Signe Navarsete	Centre	17 October 2005	20 October 2009	4 years, 4 days	Stoltenberg II	[26]
	Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa	Centre	20 October 2009	18 June 2012	2 years, 242 days	Stoltenberg II	[26]
	Marit Arnstad	Centre	18 June 2012	16 October 2013	1 year, 20 days	Stoltenberg II	[26]
	Ketil Solvik-Olsen	Progress	16 October 2013	31 August 2018	7003178000000000000♠4 years, 319 days	Solberg	[2]
	Jon Georg Dale	Progress	31 August 2018	present	7001660000000000000♠66 days	Solberg	[2]

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