Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Utenriksministeren
Incumbent Espen Barth Eide since 16 October 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member of	Council of State
Seat	Victoria Terrasse, Oslo
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	Monarch With approval of Parliament
Term length	No fixed length
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Norway
Formation	7 June 1905
First holder	Jørgen Løvland
Succession	Second to Prime Minister
Deputy	State secretaries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Website	Official website

The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bokmål: Utenriksministeren, Nynorsk: Utanriksministeren) is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 16 October 2023, the position has been held by Espen Barth Eide of the Labour Party.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, based at Victoria Terrasse, Oslo, is responsible for Norway's relation with foreign countries, including diplomacy and diplomatic missions, trade, foreign aid and cooperation with international organisations. Except during the four in which a Deputy of the Prime Minister of Norway was appointed, the Minister of Foreign Affairs ranks second in the cabinet after the Prime Minister and is his deputy.^[1]