Solberg's Cabinet
Cabinet ofNorway
Date formed	16 October 2013
Date dissolved	14 October 2021
People and organisations
Head of state	Harald V of Norway
Head of government	Erna Solberg
No. of ministers	20
Ministers removed	22
Member party	Conservative Party Liberal Party (from 2018) Christian Democratic Party (from 2019) Progress Party (2013–2020)
Status in legislature	Coalition majority government (2019–2020) Coalition minority government (2013–2019; 2020–2021)
History
Elections	2013 2017
Legislature terms	2013–2017 2017–2021
Predecessor	Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet
Successor	Støre's Cabinet

TheSolberg Cabinet was thegovernment of theKingdom of Norway, headed byConservative Party leaderErna Solberg asPrime Minister from 16 October 2013 to 14 October 2021. The government was appointed byKing Harald V on 16 October 2013 following theparliamentary election on 9 September, consisting of the Conservative Party and theProgress Party as aminority government. On 16 December 2015, the cabinet was re-shuffled. The government secured renewed support following the2017 parliamentary election. It was expanded on 14 January 2018, when an agreement was reached to include theLiberal Party,^[1][2] and further expanded on 22 January 2019 when theChristian Democratic Party joined the coalition. On 20 January 2020, the Progress Party announced that it would withdraw from the government, citing the decision to bring home the family of a sick child from Syria, which included the child's mother, a Norwegian citizen who had volunteered for the Islamic State.^[3]

On 12 October 2021, Solberg handed the government's resignation as a result of the majority against it following the2021 election. The cabinet functioned as an interim government until theStøre Cabinet was sworn in.^[4]

The Government is acentre-rightcoalition. At its formation in 2013, it consisted of theConservative Party and theProgress Party, relying on parliamentary support from theLiberal Party and theChristian Democratic Party through a separate agreement giving them influence on policy.^[5] The Liberal Party entered the government in January 2018, and so did the Christian Democratic Party in January 2019. The Progress Party left the coalition, the first Government in which it had participated, in January 2020.^[6] From January 2018 to January 2020 the coalition held a majority in the Parliament. The government is the first in Norway since 1986 in which centre-right parties have participated in a majority coalition.

By convention, a Norwegian government is usually named after the Prime Minister, in casu theSolberg Cabinet. The Government, however, has officially referred to itself (until the Liberal Party's entering) as theHøyre Frp Cabinet. Informally, it is called theBlue Cabinet and even theBlue Blue Cabinet, referring to Høyre's light blue and the Progress Party's dark blue party colour, respectively.

On 16 October 2013,Erna Solberg'scabinet ministers were formally appointed by KingHarald V.^[7]

The Cabinet had 18 ministers; two fewer than the previous Stoltenberg cabinet. It had eleven ministers from the Conservatives and seven from Progress, reflecting the parties' numerical strength in Parliament.^[8]

The cabinet had nine men and nine women. Their average age on taking office was 43. Six ministers had studies in economics, four werejurists and four had studies in thehumanities orsocial sciences.^[9]

Seven ministers hailed fromWestern Norway,^[9] including Listhaug who now represented Oslo. Seven ministers (including Listhaug) representedEastern Norway, three ministers representedTrøndelag, oneNorthern Norway and oneSørlandet. Siv Jensen was the only minister who was born and grew up inOslo.^[9]

On 16 December 2015, Solberg made a cabinet reshuffle. The reshuffle increased the number of cabinet ministers from 18 to 20.

Three cabinet ministers were replaced on 20 December 2016.

A minor reshuffle happened on 20 October 2017 following the 2017 election.

The Liberal Party joined the coalition on 17 January 2018.

On 22 January 2019, with the Christian Democratic Party entering the coalition, the government consisted of 22 ministers, the greatest number ever in a Norwegian government.

• 2013 establishments in Norway
• Cabinet of Norway
• Cabinets involving the Conservative Party (Norway)
• Cabinets involving the Progress Party (Norway)
• Cabinets involving the Liberal Party (Norway)

• CS1 Norwegian-language sources (no)
• Articles with Norwegian-language sources (no)
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option