53-672: The Støre Cabinet is the incumbent government of the Kingdom of Norway , headed by Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre as Prime Minister . The government was appointed by King Harald V on 14 October 2021, following the parliamentary election on 13 September , consisting of the Labour Party (Ap) and the Centre Party (Sp) as a minority government . On 14 October 2021, Jonas Gahr Støre 's cabinet ministers were appointed by King Harald V. The cabinet consists of 19 ministers; one fewer than
106-494: A friend to Wergelandsenteret, who supplies funds to Utøya AS. In her interim capacity, she was charged with evaluating matters that Brenna deemed herself not impartial in handling. This included ruling that the friend's seat at the board for Wergelandsenteret was void. In September, she and higher education minister Sandra Borch announced a new scholarship scheme for foreign students studying in Norway, who would have been effected by
159-493: A lawyer to represent her in the upcoming decision by the board. The lawyer hired by Kjerkol, Marianne Klausen was herself formerly a part of the Joint Complaints Board, which is the highest body ruling on cases pertaining to plagiarism and cheating by Norwegian students in higher education. Klausen served for two periods but was dismissed shortly after being appointed a third time, due to having been unlawfully appointed to
212-461: A policy to improve food self-sufficiency. While implementing the strategy, Norway has under Tvinnereim's leadership also joined the Alliance of Champions for Food Systems Transformation , hosted by CGIAR , as co-chair together with Brazil and Sierra Leone. The founding documents were signed during COP28 . Norway is also co-chairing a task force on food system transformation as part of G20 , where Norway
265-444: A scandal out of her usage of a parliamentary apartment in 2019. She said that Aftenposten had forced her to admit that she misused the system for three months in 2019 or openly discuss her security situation, the latter which she refused to discuss. Trine Eilertsen , the editor for Aftenposten , said in response that they had tried to get an interview with Tajik since 31 January, but Tajik had only wanted to give answers in writing. In
318-453: A virus is allowed to continue to develop in one country, it will threaten the health security of all of us". In the wake of the government's state budget for 2023, Tvinnereim sat down with international aid organisations to hear their opinions on the cuts for international aid. Dagbladet later revealed that Tvinnereim was working to find other means of money then the state budget for international aid. According to Dagbladet , Tvinnereim
371-564: Is a Norwegian politician and diplomat currently serving as the Minister of International Development and Minister of Nordic Cooperation since 2021. A member of the Centre Party , she has served as the party's second deputy leader since 2014. Born in Halden on 22 May 1974, Tvinnereim has studied political science at the University of Costa Rica and the University of Oslo . From 1998 to 2000 she
424-507: Is a guest country under the Brazilian presidency for 2024. In 2023, Norway launched its new action plan for international efforts to support women's rights and gender equality. The new plan includes a framework for incorporating gender equality as a priority in Norwegian foreign policy. In 2024, Norway will launch its new humanitarian strategy and new Africa strategy. When John-Arne Røttingen
477-608: Is also a godparent to her son. At a press conference the same day, Trettebergstuen announced that she would resign as culture minister. She formally resigned on 28 June and was succeeded by Lubna Jaffery . A month following the Brenna and Trettebergstuen cases, NRK revealed that Borten Moe had appointed "an old acquaintance", Karl Eirik Haug, to the board of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs in December 2021 and that
530-413: Is instead a result of having used similar methods to other researchers in the field. On 26 January, it was revealed that the university would examine the case in order to determine whether the paper contains plagiarised passages and on 8 March 2024, the case was reported to have been referred to Joint Complaints Board that will ultimately decide the case. On 2 April, it was revealed that Kjerkol had hired
583-662: The 59th Munich Security Conference in February 2023, Tvinnereim told media that "we should respect that the war in Ukraine looks different for other countries in the South", specifically referring to a military exercise conducted by South Africa and Russia. She also specified that contact with South African authorities would be maintained despite this. On 20 June, Tvinnereim was appointed interim education minister on request from Tonje Brenna , who admitted to not being impartial in an appointment of
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#1732851874488636-670: The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) as Deputy Director and served until 2018 when she joined the think tank Agenda where she stayed for a year. From 2019 to 2021 she was county commissioner for planning, climate and environment in Viken County. From 2006 to 2011 she was political adviser in the Ministry of Transport and Communications . She served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development from February 2011 to October 2013. In 2014 she
689-584: The United Nations with the intent of combating sexual violence against children and refugees. In February, she met with former Sudanese prime minister Abdalla Hamdok during an African Union summit in Adis Abeba , Ethiopia. They discussed humanitarian aid and the humanitarian situation in Sudan and the possibility of a ceasefire in the country for the ongoing conflict . In early March, Tvinnereim announced that
742-737: The de facto ruling body of Norway during the war, though the Cabinet Nygaardsvold still held the de jure office, in exile in London , United Kingdom . Conservative , Progress Party (2013–2018) Conservative , Progress, Liberal (2018–2019) Conservative , Progress, Liberal, Christian Democratic (2019–2020) Conservative , Liberal, Christian Democratic (2020–) The following parties have had cabinet seats. Anne Beathe Tvinnereim Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim (née Kristiansen , born 22 May 1974)
795-427: The 12 April to respond to their questions regarding the matter. Mere 24 hours following the revelations about Tonje Brenna , Nettavisen revealed that Trettebergstuen had been involved in a similar case when she appointed two colleagues from the Labour Party to the board of Norsk Tipping , one of which was appointed chair of the board. Trettebergstuen confirmed that she had evaluated her impartiality when it came to
848-510: The Joint Complaints Board of Nord University confirmed that they had found the thesis to contain plagiarized sections. As a result of which, Kjerkol's degree will be revoked. She received the university's verdict on 12 April, which concluded that she had cheated with intent. Later that day, she and prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced that she would resign as minister. She was succeeded by trade minister Jan Christian Vestre on 19 April. On 2 May, her lawyer announced that Kjerkol would appeal
901-608: The Ministry of Education had considered him impartial in the issue. However the nature of the appointment is classified. Borten Moe knew both Haug and his wife Monica Rolfsen, with both he also served with in the Trondheim City Council, and Borten Moe had also attended their wedding. Later that month, on 21 July; E24 revealed that Borten Moe had bought weapons stocks in Kongsberg Gruppen. He also admitted that he had breached
954-595: The October 2023 reshuffle. In February 2024, Brenna was criticised by the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs for her mishandling of partiality in the distribution of monetary support to the Rafto foundation, Wergeland - centre and Utøya AS. She was also criticised for her appointment of a close friend to the board of the company. Her former spouse as well as two of her close friends were already members of
1007-562: The Storting's Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs and also asked for an interim minister to assume her duties while the matter is being investigated. International development minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim was appointed interim minister and handled cases were Brenna had not been impartial. Unlike other cabinet members who faced scandals, Brenna was kept in place until being appointed minister of labour and social inclusion in
1060-588: The agreement with the World Food Program today. Norway contributes with 50 million NOK to school food programs in three countries, and to strengthen WFP's cooperation with the African Union on this important work". On 16 December, a proposal to establish a new UNICEF office in Oslo was voted down in the Storting. Liberal Party leader Guri Melby criticised the government for removing help to "the most vulnerable of
1113-580: The appointment of one of them, Thomas Breen , but not the other, Sylvia Brustad . She reasoned that her relation to Brustad wasn't strong enough to warrant an impartiality assessment. Two days later, Aftenposten revealed that Trettebergstuen had earlier in June nominated close friend Renate Larsen to the board of the Oslo Opera House . The newspaper also revealed that she had made two other appointments as well without impartiality considerations, one of which
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#17328518744881166-402: The board by Sandra Borch. The hiring of Klausen was controversial not only due to the prior revocation of appointment but also due to Klausen's high fees as a lawyer. The controversy stemmed due to it first being reported that the university would pay for the representation. However, this was quickly corrected by Kjerkol who clarified that she would be paying for the lawyer herself. On 11 April,
1219-414: The board, in addition to the close friend she was in the process of appointing before recusing herself for not being impartial to the matter. On 3 April, the committee announced that it would be seeking to determine whether she had broken her duty to inform parliament in regards to providing accurate and relevant information pertaining to the case. According to Aftenposten , Brenna has been given until
1272-590: The cabinets were appointed by the King of Sweden , who was also King of Norway . In 1884 the parliamentary system was introduced in Norway. Since then, all governments had to have support in the Parliament of Norway , and consisted of party member ministers. During the German occupation of Norway during World War II there were four cabinets, that ruled as part of Josef Terbovens administration of Norway. These Governments were
1325-461: The country as a "beacon of light in a world of democratic backsliding" and that Norway would continue to provide aid to the country. Tvinnereim and foreign minister Espen Barth Eide announced in September that the government would be allocating 280 billion NOK to assist Palestine . 150 of these would be spent on supporting Palestinian institutions, health, energy, civil society and human rights, and
1378-523: The exception of the mentioned comment. He did however issue an apology for what happened. Despite his apology to Lengali, another woman, who remained anonymous, came forward with a similar story about a relationship with Enoksen when he was petroleum and energy minister. In the early hours of 9 April, Enoksen announced that he had asked to resign as defence minister. Later the same day, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced that he had accepted Enoksen's resignation. Enoksen left his position on 12 April, and
1431-405: The expertise it requires to continue the Norwegian commitment in global health and make a difference". Tvinnereim and the government announced an increased priority for food safety and smaller farmers in the south in the development budget. Tvinnereim stated that the government wanted to prioritise the environment and food a lot more than the previous government, and that the fight against hunger
1484-469: The field, the thesis may also allegedly constitute research fraud. This allegation was made by Hans Fredrik Marthinussen, a professor of law at the University of Bergen . Marthinussen contended that it may be fraudalent research if it was true that Kjerkol presented answers collected from participants in another research project as her own findings. Kjerkol has since the revelations vehemently denied any wrongdoing and insisted that what may appear as plagiarism
1537-607: The following weeks, it was also revealed that Tajik had been avoiding tax on a fringe benefit by having had a rental contract for an apartment in Rogaland in 2006, but never used or paid for it as she was at the time using a government apartment in Oslo . Both media analysts and legal experts concluded that the avoidance would count as both cheating and tax fraud, with calls for her to resign quickly following. Tajik ultimately announced her resignation on 2 March, formally doing so two days later. She
1590-421: The government would be moving the department responsible for evaluating international aid from Oslo to Førde . This was said to be a part of the government's aim to distribute more state levelled jobs to different parts of the country and she further sited that there had been desires for the department to not be subjected to the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation and be more independent from it. However,
1643-645: The government would spend the next year and a half to prioritise and work with said investment. She also emphasised how the issue effects smaller and poorer producers, and that she looked forward to enter dialog with civil society organisations and other actors about the issue for the next coming months. During a parliamentary session in March, Tvinnereim announced that with the exception of 250 million NOK would be given to humanitarian aid in Ukraine, and these would not be taken from other humanitarian aids. She also assured that it would not hinder humanitarian aid to other parts of
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1696-403: The government's guidelines for stock trading and had not considered impartiality in the matter. The National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime announced that they would open an investigation into his dealings. At a press conference the same day, Borten Moe announced that he would resign as higher education minister. He formally resigned on 4 August and
1749-552: The government's implementation of tuition fees for foreign students from the EU and EEA countries. In late October, Tvinnereim announced that the government would allocate an additional 40 million NOK to the existing 248 million NOK aid budget to humanitarian aid in the Sahel region of Africa. In mid-December, she announced that the government would be increasing their support spending to Sudan by 60 million kroner. The money would go through
1802-525: The importance of food security and Norway's efforts to combat the issue. Tvinnereim also thanked the host country for their inviative, while also expressing expectations for the G7 countries to take responsibility and action, and assured that Norway would follow up on the G7's proposals in the fight against world hunger. On 12 September, Tvinnereim announced that Norway would be strengthening its global pandemic efforts. Among
1855-431: The measures would be a seed means financial mechanism that would assist with pandemic readiness. She stated: "After more than two years with a pandemic, Norway is embarking on a new initiative to strengthen the world's pandemic preparedness. This will reduce the risk and consequences of a new pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown the importance of strengthening global health preparedness, particularly in poor countries. If
1908-420: The minister and expressed that he sees it as important that the case should be treated as that of any other student. In 2021, Kjerkol pursued a master's degree in knowledge management at Nord University . The thesis bears similarities to a case report in the same field that was not cited in the sources by Kjerkol and her undisclosed writing partner. In addition to bearing similarities to other papers and reports in
1961-627: The move was criticised by employee organisations as being expensive and lacking in quality. Later in March, she expressed concerns about the war in Sudan becoming a forgotten conflict and that it had ended up in the shadows of other global conflicts and called for it to receive better attention. She also expressed concerns about humanitarian aid into the country being weaponised against its population. She visited Guatemala in June and met with President Bernardo Arévalo and organisations specialising in environmental issues, human rights and improved living standards for native populations. She also hailed
2014-459: The previous Solberg cabinet. It has eleven ministers from Labour and eight from Centre, reflecting the parties' numerical strength in Parliament. The cabinet consists of ten women and nine men, two of whom ( Brenna and Vestre ) survived the 2011 Norway attacks . At age 28, Emilie Enger Mehl became the youngest person to serve as the minister of justice in the Norwegian government. This is also
2067-534: The third time in Norwegian history that a cabinet has a women majority. The coalition is politically centre-left . A cabinet reshuffle was held on 16 October 2023. The Minister of Digitalisation position was re-established, thereby increasing the number of ministers to 20. Throughout its tenure the Støre Cabinet has been marred by scandals that first began in 2022. In an 18 February 2022 post on her Facebook page, Tajik accused Aftenposten for wanting to make
2120-504: The verdict from Nord University . List of Norwegian governments This is a list of Norwegian governments with parties and Prime Ministers. Within coalition governments the parties are listed according to parliamentary representation with the most popular party first. The Prime Ministers' parties are italicized. With exception of the Cabinet of 1814 , that was appointed by the then Crown-Prince of Denmark , Christian Fredrik , all
2173-422: The vulnerable". Tvinnereim denied that there was a partisan issue, and stated that "the government reserves the right to adjust the instruments we use". She also said believed "it is a wrong use of development assistance funds to allocate half a billion kroner over ten years to manage a center in Oslo". At the annual Norad conference on 25 January 2022, Tvinnereim spoke critically of food safety. She announced that
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2226-647: The world. Ahead of the Our Ocean conference in April, Tvinnereim stressed the importance of maintaining healthy oceans for future generations: "The ocean is in crisis, and we must act now to ensure a healthy and productive sea. We are completely dependent on the sea for food, prosperity and jobs. The sea is a resource that must be managed in a sustainable way so that future generations can also benefit from it". She went on to talk about productive oceans, saying: "Healthy and productive oceans are fundamental to many communities around
2279-496: The world. And it is especially important in poor countries, and for small island states like Palau . Food from the sea is a crucial source of food security. Norway's efforts will contribute to ensuring good living conditions for communities living by and by the sea, and making them resistant to climate change". On 24 June, Tvinnereim attended the international Uniting for Global Food Security conference in Berlin , Germany. She emphasised
2332-552: Was a number one priority. On 9 December, Tvinnereim announced that Norway would enter an agreement with the World Food Programme to support locally produced school food in Ethiopia , Malawi and Niger . She went on to say: "Something as simple as a meal at school has countless ripple effects both for children's development and for local communities. We see that more people go to school when they get food. I'm very happy to sign
2385-509: Was elected second deputy leader of the Centre Party. On 14 October 2021, Tvinnereim was appointed minister of international development and minister of Nordic Cooperation in Støre's Cabinet . In her role, Tvinnereim has prioritised fighting hunger and improving food self-sufficiency in developing countries as a top priority. In 2022, Norway launched its strategy: Combining forces against hunger –
2438-514: Was elected to be one of the ten international members of the National Academy of Medicine , Tvinnereim issued her congratulations, saying: "It is nice to be able to congratulate Røttingen on this membership. We see that an important part of the solution to the global health challenges lies in international research collaboration. Norway has high confidence and the opportunity to act on complex global health issues. This appointment shows that we have
2491-463: Was kept as minister until the October 2023 cabinet reshuffle. Unlike Brenna, Huitfeldt was dismissed and replaced with Espen Barth Eide as foreign minister. In January 2024, E24 revealed that parts of Borch's master's thesis had been plagiarised ten years prior. The case led to multiple calls for her resignation by both academic and legal experts, and she ultimately announced her intention to do so on 19 January. She formally resigned on 23 January and
2544-672: Was member of the Centre Party's international committee and served as the leader. From 2000 to 2002 she was leader of the Centre Youth , and she was political advisor for the Centre Party's parliamentarians at the Storting from 2002 to 2005. She was assigned as second secretary at the Norwegian embassy in Maputo , Mozambique (2007–2011). From 2013 to 2014 she was senior advisor in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs . The year after she joined
2597-551: Was said to have become furious and tearful when it was revealed that the government was planning to remove billions of NOK from international aid in the 2023 state budget. In early August, she had been assured of the opposite by prime minister Støre, while during the budget conference on 31 August, no money was announced to be allocated to international aid. Tvinnereim visited Somalia in early December, and also announced that Norway would spend 25 million NOK in development aid to help Somalia combat drought. During her attendance at
2650-618: Was succeeded by agriculture minister Sandra Borch . In late August 2023, Huitfeldt informed Verdens Gang that she had breached several impartiality rules with her husband Ola Flem having bought stocks in several weapons and fisheries companies. Both Huitfeldt and her husband apologised for the situation, while prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre expressed that he still had trust in her based on her apology. The Progress Party later asked her to consider resigning when discrepancies in her public revealed and undisclosed information were revealed to contradict each other. Similar to Tonje Brenna, Huitfeldt
2703-475: Was succeeded by her state secretary, Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel . In March of the same year, the University of Tromsø announced that her thesis would be annulled and Borch confirmed that she wouldn't object to the decision. In January 2024, it was revealed that the master's thesis of Kjerkol had similarities to other papers. The story broke shortly after the case involving Borch and placed the minister under heavy scrutiny. On 21 January, Støre affirmed his trust in
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#17328518744882756-509: Was succeeded by local government minister Bjørn Arild Gram . In June 2023, Verdens Gang revealed that Brenna had approved in May for a close friend, Frode Elgesem, to become a member of the central board of Wergelandsenteret who provides funds to Utøya AS, where her former spouse Martin Henriksen sits as a member. Brenna admitted to not having considered her impartiality, and reported the matter to
2809-468: Was succeeded by petroleum and energy minister Marte Mjøs Persen on 7 March. In early April, Hilde Lengali [ no ] a former deputy leader of the Nordland Centre Party, delivered a formal complaint against Enoksen, alleging that he had inappropriately touched her and commented on her look about 20 years prior. Enoksen responded saying that he had no recollections of said events with
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