The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Provisioning and Reconstruction was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 ministry

Ministry (government department)

A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...

 that existed from 1939 to 1950.

It was established on 1 October 1939 as the Ministry of Provisioning, though having no relation to the Ministry of Provisioning

Norwegian Ministry of Provisioning

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Industrial Provisioning was a Norwegian ministry that existed from 1917 to 1922.It was established on 26 August 1916, during the first World War. It ceased to exist on 31 October 1922...

 which existed from 1916 to 1922. The name was changed to the Ministry of Provisioning and Reconstruction in 1942. It ceased to exist on 30 June 1950. Its tasks were transferred to various ministries.

From the beginning in 1939 the ministry consisted of four directorates and one department . The directorates were led by Nikolai Schei

Nikolai Schei

Nikolai Andreas Schei was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.He was born in Førde as the son of Per Schei and Johanne Schei . He was a brother of Andreas Schei, and through him an uncle of Chief Justice Tore Schei.He took his examen artium in 1925, and took the cand.jur. degree in 1928...

, Jens Bache-Wiig

Jens Bache-Wiig

Jens Bache-Wiig was a Norwegian engineer and industrialist.-Early life and education:He was born at Bøn, Eidsvoll to factory owner Hartwig Bache-Wiig and his wife Amalie Kristine Holt...

, Per Prebensen and Øivind Lorentzen

Øivind Lorentzen

-Pre-war life and career:He was born in Holmestrand as a son of ship-owner Hans Ludvig Lorentzen and Thala Margrethe Bredrup . His family lived in Argentina and Brazil between 1891 and 1895. Lorentzen finished his secondary education in 1901, and studied shipbuilding at Berlin Institute of...

. The department was led by Alf Frydenberg

Alf Frydenberg

Alf Birger Frydenberg was a Norwegian civil servant.He was born in Furnes as a son of Bernt Frydenberg and Benedicte Charlotte Christiansen . In 1931 he married Major's daughter Marie Catharina Knap. He studied from 1917 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree...

 with Erling Mossige

Erling Mossige

Erling Mossige was a Norwegian banker.He was born in Målselv as a son of district physician Rasmus Mossige and Aagot Koller. In 1936 he married Hanne Margrethe Rode. He studied from 1924 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1928...

 and Andreas Schei

Andreas Schei

Andreas Olai Schei was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.He was born in Førde as the son of Per Schei and Johanne Schei . He was a younger brother of Nikolai Schei. In 1936 he married Karin Randi Bache-Wiig...

 as heads of office.

Ministers

Ministers of Provisioning and Reconstruction

Name	Party	Cabinet	Term
Trygve Lie Trygve Lie Trygve Halvdan Lie was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian Foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first Secretary-General of the United...	Norwegian Labour Party Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....	Nygaardsvold	1939-1940
Arne Sunde Arne Sunde Arne Toralf Sunde was a Norwegian politician, Olympic shooter and army officer. He is best known for his participation in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign, his participation in Nygaardsvold's Cabinet during its 1940–1945 exile in London and three years as an United Nations ambassador...	Liberal Party	Nygaardsvold	1940-1942
Anders Frihagen	Norwegian Labour Party	Nygaardsvold	1942-1945
Egil Offenberg Egil Offenberg Egil Offenberg was a Norwegian businessman and politician, a member of the Conservative party.He was the chief executive officer at Schous brewery from 1932 to 1967. He was active in the Norwegian resistance movement and became part of its leadership in 1942...	Conservative party	Gerhardsen I	1945-1945
Oscar Torp Oscar Torp was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was party leader from 1923 to 1945, and mayor of Oslo in 1935 and 1936. In 1935 he became acting Minister of Defence in the government of Johan Nygaardsvold. He was also Minister of Social Affairs from 1936 to 1939, and then Minister of...	Norwegian Labour Party	Gerhardsen II Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 5 November 1945 and 19 November 1951. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Einar Gerhardsen....	1945-1948
Nils Hønsvald Nils Hønsvald Nils Hønsvald was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He was one of the leading figures in Norwegian politics from 1945 to 1969.Hønsvald was born in Horten, Vestfold County, Norway...	Norwegian Labour Party	Gerhardsen II	1948-1950

Also, Jens Bache-Wiig was acting minister in 1940, on behalf of the Administrative Council

Administrative Council (Norway)

The Administrative Council was a council established by the Supreme Court to govern Norway. The council was established on 15 April 1940, replacing Quisling's First Cabinet, and sat until 25 September, when it was replaced by the Reichskommissariat Norwegen headed by Josef Terboven. The council...

 in Oslo. Nikolai Schei and Sverre Støstad were acting ministers in 1945.