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05/07/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/07/2026 04:27
Changes among the state secretaries
In today's Council of State, the King has appointed Mr. Ole Martin Juul Slyngstadli as acting state secretary to Minister of Health and Care services, Mr. Jan Christian Vestre, in the period that state secretary, Mr. Karl Kristian Bekeng, settles parental leave.
Mr. Emil Raaen has been honourably discharged as state secretary to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr. Bjørnar Skjæran.
The government consists of members from the Labour Party. The state secretaries are:
To Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
Mr. Halvard Ingebrigtsen
Mr. Wegard Håkon Harsvik
Mr. Thomas Boe Hornburg
Mr. Halvard Hølleland - Leave of absence 01.03.26-30.06.26
Mr. Kristoffer Thoner
Ms. Hannah Gitmark
Ms. Bhanuja Rasiah
Ms. Elisabeth Sæther
Mr. Øyvind Grøslie Wennesland - Acting 27.02.26-05.07.26
To Minister of Health and Care services Jan Christian Vestre
Mr. Karl Kristian Bekeng - Leave of absence 11.05.26-16.10.26
Ms. Ellen Rønning-Arnesen
Mr. Usman Ahmad Mushtaq
Ms. Renate Tårnes
Mr. Ole Martin Juul Slyngstadli - Acting 11.05.26-16.10.26
To Minister of Finance Jens Stoltenberg
Ms. Ellen Reitan
Ms. Astrid Scharning Huitfeldt
Ms. Sissel Kruse Larsen - Leave of absence 20.05.26-06.09.26
Mr. Torgeir Micaelsen
Mr. Bård Flaarønning - Acting 27.04.26-06.09.26
To Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide
Mr. Eivind Vad Petersson
Mr. Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik
Ms. Astrid Bergmål
To Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård
Ms. Abel Cecilie Knibe Kroglund
Mr. Jakob Vorren
To Minister of Energy Terje Aasland
Mr. Snorre Erichsen Skjevrak
Ms. Marte Haabeth Grindaker
To Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery
Mr. Erlend Kaldestad Hanstveit
Ms. Trude Storheim
To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Bjørnar Skjæran
Mr. Martin Østtveit-Moe
Ms. Agnete Masternes Hanssen - Leave of absence 18.03.26-31.07.26
Ms. Sigris Ina Simonsen - Acting 06.03.26-02.08.26
To Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance Karianne Oldernes Tung
Ms. Anette Kristine Davidsen
Ms. Marianne Wilhelmsen - Leave of absence 05.01.26-31.07.26
Ms. Marte Ingul - Acting 12.01.26-31.07.26
To Minister of Trade and Industry Cecilie Myrseth
Mr. Vegard Grøslie Wennesland
Ms. Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad
Ms. Sigrid Hagerup Melhuus - Leave of absence 26.01.26-18.09.26
Ms. Siri Martinsen - Acting 06.02.26-20.09.26
To Minister of Education Kari Nessa Nordtun
Mr. Sindre Lysø
Ms. Synnøve Mjeldheim Skaar - Leave of absence 26.09.25-21.05.26
Mr. Øyvind Jacobsen
To Minister of Climate and Environment Andreas Bjelland Eriksen
Mr. Kristoffer André Hansen
Ms. Astrid Hoem
To Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Marianne Sivertsen Næss
Ms. Kristina Sigurdsdottir Hansen
Mr. Even Tronstad Sagebakken
To Minister of Defence Tore O. Sandvik
Mr. Andreas Flåm
Ms. Marte Gerhardsen
To Minister of Justice and Public Security Astri Aas-Hansen
Ms. Kristine Joy Nordenson Kallset
Mr. Joakim Sevrin Tranvåg Øren
Ms. Gunn Karin Gjul
To Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Kjersti Stenseng
Mr. Kjetil Vevle
Mr. Edvin Søvik
Ms. Line Eldring
To Minister of Research and Higher Education Sigrun Aasland
Ms. Eileen Fugelsnes
To Minister of International Development Åsmund Grøver Aukrust
Ms. Stine Renate Håheim
To Minister of Children and Families Lene Vågslid
Mr. Helge Flø Kvamsås
Ms. Siri Storstein Hytten
To Minister of Agriculture and Food Nils Kristen Sandtrøen
Ms. Anette Stegegjerdet Norberg
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