Government of Norway

01/13/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/13/2026 03:45

Changes among the political advisers

Ms. Petra Brinch is appointed as political adviser to Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Ms. Kjersti Stenseng.

The government represents the Labour Party (Lab.) The political advisers are:

To Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)
Ms. Sunniva Bjerkaas (Lab.)

To Minister of Health and Care services Jan Christian Vestre (Lab.)
Mr. Andreas Skretting Jansen (Lab.)

To Minister of Finance Jens Stoltenberg (Lab.)
Mr. Jakob Schram (Lab.)
Mr. Ola Helmich Borchgrevink Pedersen (Lab.)

To Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide (Lab.)
Ms. Milla Skaug Ødegaard (Lab.)

To Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård (Lab.)

To Minister of Energy Terje Aasland (Lab.)
Ms. Emilie Kleiven Græsli (Lab.)

To Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery (Lab.)
Ms. Signe Ramson Høie (Lab.)

To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Bjørnar Skjæran (Lab.)
Mr. Marius Meisfjord Jøsevold (Lab.)

To Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance Karianne Oldernes Tung (Lab.)
Mr. Audun Otterstad (Lab.)

To Minister of Trade and Industry Cecilie Myrseth (Lab.)
Mr. Thomas Bakkeli Birkeland (Lab)

To Minister of Education Kari Nessa Nordtun (Lab.)
Ms. Ingrid Tønseth Myhr (Lab.)

To Minister of Climate and Environment Andreas Bjelland Eriksen (Lab.)
Ms. Sofie Rosten Løvdahl (Lab.)

To Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Marianne Sivertsen Næss (Lab.)
Mr. Nicklas Simonsen (Lab.)

To Minister of Defence Tore O. Sandvik (Lab.)
Mr. Mathias Solli (Lab.)

To Minister of Justice and Public Security Astri Aas-Hansen (Lab.)
Mr. Herman Høgby Robertsen (Lab.)

To Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Kjersti Stenseng (Lab.)
Ms. Petra Brinch (Lab.)

To Minister of Research and Higher Education Sigrun Aasland (Lab.)
Mr. Munir Osman Humed Jaber (Lab.)

To Minister of International Development Åsmund Grøver Aukrust (Lab.)
Mr. Jafar Haidar (Lab.)

To Minister of Children and Families Lene Vågslid (Lab.)
Ms. Rikke Oline Grava (Lab.)

To Minister of Agriculture and Food Nils Kristen Sandtrøen (Lab.)
Mr. Anders Vissers Brabrand (Lab.)

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