The Minister of Finance is a
councilor of state
A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, ...
and chief of the
Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the finance.
Lists of current ministries of finance
Named "Ministry"
* Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan)
* Ministry of Finance and Ec ...
. The position is since October 2021 held by
Trygve Slagsvold Vedum
Trygve Magnus Slagsvold Vedum (born 1 December 1978) is a Norwegian politician who has served as Minister of Finance since 2021. A member of the Centre Party, which he has led since 2014, he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hedmark since ...
of the
Centre Party who is a member of
Støre's Cabinet.
List of ministers
Key
1st Ministry (finance affairs) (March–November 1814)
5th Ministry (finance affairs) (November 1814-1818)
Ministry of Finance, Trade and Customs (1818-1846)
Ministry of Finance and Customs (1846-2000)
Ministry of Finance (2000-)
See also
*
Norwegian Ministry of Finance
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Finance (Norwegian: Finansdepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1814. The ministry is responsible for state finance, including the state budget, taxation and economic policy in Norway. It is led by T ...
Notes
References
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Finance
Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...
1814 establishments in Norway