Norwegian Ministry of Provisioning
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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Industrial Provisioning 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 1917 to 1922.

It was established on 26 August 1916, during the first World War. It ceased to exist on 31 October 1922. Its tasks were mainly transferred to the Ministries of Social Affairs and Agriculture.

The heads of the Ministry of Provisioning were: Oddmund Jacobsøn Vik (1916-1917), Birger Stuevold-Hansen
Birger Stuevold-Hansen
Birger Stuevold-Hansen was the Norwegian Minister of Trade from 1919 to 1920....

 (1917-1919), Haakon Martin Five
Haakon Martin Five
Håkon Martin Henriksen Five was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Agriculture 1919–1920. 1921-1923, 1924-1926 and 1933-1935, and Minister of Provisioning 1919-1920....

 (1919-1920), Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe
Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe
Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Liberal Left Party. He was a city council member in Tromsø for 42 years, a three-term member of Parliament, Minister of Provisioning from 1920 to 1921, and Minister of Trade from 1923 to 1924.-Personal life:He was born...

 (1920-1921), Ole Monsen Mjelde
Ole Monsen Mjelde
Ole Monsen Mjelde was the Norwegian Minister of Labour 1920, 1921-1923, 1924-1926, 1928-1931 and 1933-1935, as well as head Ministry of Provisioning in 1921, ....

 (1921) and Rasmus Olai Mortensen
Rasmus Olai Mortensen
Rasmus Olai Mortensen was the Norwegian Minister of Provisioning 1921-1922, as well as head of the Ministry of Social Affairs in 1922, then Minister of Social Affairs 1922-1923....

 (1921-1922).

An unrelated Ministry of Provisioning was formed in 1939. This later changed its name to the Ministry of Provisioning and Reconstruction
Norwegian Ministry of Provisioning and Reconstruction
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Provisioning and Reconstruction was a Norwegian ministry 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 which existed from 1916 to 1922. The name was...

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