Minister of Climate and the Environment (Norway)

Minister of Climate and the Environment of Norway
Klima- og miljøvernministeren
Incumbent Andreas Bjelland Eriksen since 16 October 2023
Ministry of the Environment
Member of	Council of State
Seat	Oslo
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	Monarch with approval of Parliament
Term length	No fixed length
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Norway
Formation	8 May 1972
First holder	Olav Gjærevoll
Deputy	State secretaries at the Ministry of the Environment
Website	regjeringen.no/

The Minister of Climate and the Environment (Norwegian: Klima- og miljøministeren) is a Councilor of State and Chief of Norway's Ministry of the Environment. The current minister is Andreas Bjelland Eriksen. The ministry is responsible for environmental issues, including influencing environmental impacts on other ministries.^[1] Subordinate agencies include the Directorate for Cultural Heritage, the Polar Institute, the Environment Agency and the Mapping Authority.^[2]

The minister and minister post were established on 8 May 1972. The title was known as the Minister of the Environment until 2013.^[3] Nineteen people from six parties have held the position. Thorbjørn Berntsen of the Labour Party has held the position the longest, a week short of seven years. Gro Harlem Brundtland, who held the position for five years, later became Prime Minister. Erik Solheim of the Socialist Left Party held the position concurrently with being Minister of International Development.^[4]