The Minister of Local Government and Modernisation () is a
Councillor of State and Chief of the
Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Currently,
Kjersti Stenseng of the
Labour Party has held the post since February 2025. The ministry is responsible for local administration, including
municipalities
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and
county municipalities, rural and regional policy, information technology,
elections
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and government administration, including management of state real estate and government employment. Major subordinate agencies include the
Government Administration Services,
Statsbygg
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Operation
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, the
Competition Authority, the
National Office of Building Technology and Administration, the
State Housing Bank and the
Data Protection Authority.
The position was created in 1948 as a successor of the
Minister of Labour Minister of labour (in British English) or labor (in American English) is typically a cabinet-level position with portfolio responsibility for setting national labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms, employment, workforce participation, traini ...
, originally named the Minister of Local Government and Labour. The title changed to the Minister of Local Government. Labour issues were moved to the
Minister of Government Administration and Labour in 1998 and the title was changed to the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development until 2013. During the government of
Erna Solberg
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, the post was renamed into Minister of Local Government and Modernisation when the position took over part of the portfolio of the Minister of Public Administration from 2014 until 2021. In January 2022, the current name was reverted into the 1998 one.
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.
Ministers
References
{{Minister of Local Government and Regional Development (Norway)
Lists of government ministers of Norway
1948 establishments in Norway