Standing Committee on Transport and Communications

The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications (Norwegian: Transport- og kommunikasjonskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to transport, postal services, telecommunications, electronic communication and the responsibilities of the Norwegian National Coastal Administration. It corresponds to the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the coastal transport portfolio of the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs.^[1] The committee has 15 members and is chaired by Sigbjørn Gjelsvik of the Centre Party.^[2]

Leadership

The committee is headed by a chair and two vice chairs. There was only one vice chair between 1950 and 2001.

Key
  Agrarian/Centre Party
  Christian Democratic Party
  Conservative Party
  Labour Party
  Liberal Party
  Progress Party
  Socialist Left Party

Chairs

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure
Einar Frogner	Agrarian	23 January 1950	10 July 1955	5 years, 168 days
Trond Halvorsen Wirstad	Agrarian	16 January 1956	10 January 1958	1 year, 359 days
Lars Elisæus Vatnaland	Agrarian/Centre	27 January 1958	30 September 1961	3 years, 246 days
Trond Halvorsen Wirstad	Centre	13 October 1961	30 September 1965	3 years, 352 days
Nils Kristen Jacobsen	Labour	15 October 1965	13 November 1969	4 years, 29 days
Peter Kjeldseth Moe	Labour	13 November 1969	30 June 1973	3 years, 229 days
Arnold Weiberg-Aurdal	Centre	18 October 1973	30 September 1981	7 years, 347 days
Kjell Borgen	Labour	21 October 1981	30 September 1985	3 years, 344 days
Oddrunn Pettersen	Labour	23 October 1985	28 April 1989	3 years, 187 days
Solveig Torsvik	Labour	8 May 1989	30 September 1989	145 days
John S. Tveit	Christian Democratic	23 October 1989	30 September 1993	3 years, 342 days
Magnus Stangeland	Centre	21 October 1993	30 September 1997	3 years, 344 days
Oddvard Nilsen	Conservative	21 October 1997	30 September 2001	3 years, 344 days
Petter Løvik	Conservative	22 October 2001	30 September 2005	3 years, 343 days
Per Sandberg	Progress	19 October 2005	30 September 2009	3 years, 346 days
Knut Arild Hareide	Christian Democratic	20 October 2009	30 September 2013	3 years, 345 days
Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland	Conservative	22 October 2013	16 December 2015	2 years, 55 days
Nikolai Astrup (politician)	Conservative	12 January 2016	30 September 2017	1 year, 261 days
Helge Orten	Conservative	18 October 2017	30 September 2021	3 years, 347 days
Erling Sande	Centre	21 October 2021	16 October 2023	1 year, 360 days
Sigbjørn Gjelsvik	Centre	19 October 2023	present	1 year, 61 days

Vice chairs

First vice chairs

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure
Anton Ludvik Alvestad	Labour	23 January 1950	2 July 1956	6 years, 161 days
Arne Torolf Strøm	Labour	5 October 1956	30 September 1961	4 years, 360 days
Isak Larsson Flatabø	Labour	13 October 1961	30 September 1965	3 years, 352 days
Trond Halvorsen Wirstad	Centre	15 October 1965	30 September 1969	3 years, 350 days
Erling Engan	Centre	14 October 1969	30 September 1973	3 years, 351 days
Rolf Fjeldvær	Labour	18 October 1973	30 September 1981	7 years, 347 days
Lars Lefdal	Conservative	21 October 1981	30 September 1989	7 years, 344 days
Harry Jensen (Norwegian politician)	Progress	23 October 1989	21 December 1990	1 year, 59 days
Lodve Solholm	Progress	11 January 1991	30 September 1993	2 years, 262 days
Inge Myrvoll	Socialist Left	21 October 1993	30 September 1997	3 years, 344 days
Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen	Labour	21 October 1997	17 March 2000	2 years, 148 days
Ola Røtvei	Labour	23 March 2000	30 September 2001	1 year, 191 days
Jorunn Ringstad	Centre	22 October 2001	30 September 2005	3 years, 343 days
Borghild Tenden	Liberal	19 October 2005	30 September 2009	3 years, 346 days
Anne Marit Bjørnflaten	Labour	20 October 2009	30 September 2013	3 years, 345 days
Eirin Sund	Labour	22 October 2013	17 June 2015	1 year, 238 days
Eirik Sivertsen	Labour	18 June 2015	30 September 2017	2 years, 104 days
Morten Stordalen	Progress	18 October 2017	11 February 2020	2 years, 116 days
Bård Hoksrud	Progress	11 February 2020	30 September 2021	1 year, 231 days
Terje Halleland	Progress	21 October 2021	17 February 2022	119 days
Frank Edvard Sve	Progress	1 March 2022	present	2 years, 293 days

Second vice chairs

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure
Geir-Ketil Hansen	Socialist Left	22 October 2001	30 September 2005	3 years, 343 days
Torstein Rudihagen	Labour	19 October 2005	30 September 2009	3 years, 346 days
Bård Hoksrud	Progress	20 October 2009	30 September 2013	3 years, 345 days
Abid Raja	Liberal	22 October 2013	30 September 2017	3 years, 343 days
Jon Gunnes	Liberal	18 October 2017	30 September 2021	3 years, 347 days
Trond Helleland	Conservative	21 October 2021	present	3 years, 59 days

References

^ Parliament of Norway. "The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications". Retrieved 23 October 2009.
^ The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications Stortinget.no. Retrieved 8 November 2013

[1] Parliament of Norway. "The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications". Retrieved 23 October 2009.

[2] The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications Stortinget.no. Retrieved 8 November 2013

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