Council of State (Norway)
Ministry Position Incumbent In office since
Office of the Prime Minister Statsministerens kontor Prime Minister Statsminister Erna Solberg 16 October 2013
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Arbeids- og sosialdepartementet Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Arbeids- og sosialminister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen 24 January 2020
Ministry of Children and Families Barne- og familiedepartementet Minister of Children and Families Barne- og familieminister Kjell Ingolf Ropstad 22 January 2019
Ministry of Finance Finansdepartementet Minister of Finance Finansminister Jan Tore Sanner 24 January 2020
Ministry of Defence Forsvarsdepartementet Minister of Defence Forsvarsminister Frank Bakke-Jensen 20 October 2017
Ministry of Health and Care Services Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet Minister of Health and Care Services Helse- og omsorgsminister Bent Høie 16 October 2013
Ministry of Justice and Public Security Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet Minister of Justice and Public Security Justis- og innvandringsminister Monica Mæland 24 January 2020
Ministry of Climate and Environment Klima- og miljødepartementet Minister of Climate and Environment Klima- og miljøminister Sveinung Rotevatn 24 January 2020
Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Kommunal- og moderniseringsminister Nikolai Eivindssøn Astrup 24 January 2020
Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet Minister of Regional Development and Digitalisation Distrikts- og digitaliseringsminister Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland 24 January 2020
Ministry of Culture Kulturdepartementet Minister of Culture and Equality Kultur- og likestillingsminister Abid Qayyum Raja 24 January 2020
Ministry of Education and Research Kunnskapsdepartementet Minister of Education and Integration Kunnskaps- og integreringsminister Trine Skei Grande 24 January 2020
Ministry of Education and Research Kunnskapsdepartementet Minister of Research and Higher Education Forsknings- og høyere utdanningsminister Henrik Asheim 24 January 2020
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Landbruks- og matdepartementet Minister of Agriculture and Food Landbruks- og matminister Olaug Johanna Vervik Bollestad 22 January 2019
Ministry of Trade , Industry and Fisheries Nærings- og fiskeridepartementet Minister of Trade and Industry Næringsminister Iselin Nybø 24 January 2020
Ministry of Trade , Industry and Fisheries Nærings- og fiskeridepartementet Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Fiskeri- og sjømatminister Geir Inge Sivertsen 24 January 2020
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy Olje- og energidepartementet Minister of Petroleum and Energy Olje- og energiminister Tina Bru 24 January 2020
Ministry of Transport Samferdselsdepartementet Minister of Transport Samferdselsminister Knut Arild Hareide 24 January 2020
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Utenriksdepartementet Minister of Foreign Affairs Utenriksminister Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide 20 October 2017
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Utenriksdepartementet Minister of International Development Utviklingsminister Dag-Inge Ulstein 22 January 2019
Current composition
The Council of State (Norwegian: Statsrådet), is a formal body composed of the most senior government ministers chosen by the Prime Minister, and functions as the collective decision-making organ constituting the executive branch of the Kingdom. The council simultaneously plays the role of privy council as well as government Cabinet. With the exception of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who retain their ministerial ranking in their own right, all the other members of the Cabinet concurrently hold the position of statsråd, meaning Councillor of State, and that of Chief of the various departments, not formally being considered 'ministers', although commonly addressed as such. The Cabinet normally convenes every week, usually on Fridays at 11:00 a.m. at the Royal Palace, Oslo, and is presided over by the Monarch.