List of presidents of the Storting


The president of the Storting is the presiding officer of the Storting legislature of Norway. The position was created in 1814, when the country received its constitution.

List of presidents of the Norwegian Parliament

Below is a list of the Storting's office-holders:
PeriodNameParty
2021-Masud GharahkhaniLabour
2021Eva Kristin HansenLabour
2018-2021Tone W. TrøenConservative
2013-2018Olemic ThommessenConservative
2009-2013Dag Terje AndersenLabour
2005-2009Torbjørn JaglandLabour
2001-2005Jørgen KosmoLabour
1993-2001Kirsti Kolle GrøndahlLabour
1985-1993Jo BenkowConservative
1981-1985Per Hysing-DahlConservative
1973-1981Guttorm HansenLabour
1972-1973Leif GranliLabour
1965-1972Bernt IngvaldsenConservative
1961-1965Nils LanghelleLabour
1958-1961Nils Langhelle,
Oscar Torp		Labour
1953-1957Oscar Torp,
Einar Gerhardsen		Labour
1949-1953Gustav Natvig-PedersenLabour
1945-1949Gustav Natvig-Pedersen,
Fredrik Monsen		Labour
1945Carl Joachim HambroConservative
1940-1945vacantsee Occupation of Norway
1937-1940Carl Joachim HambroConservative
1934-1936Carl Joachim Hambro,
Johan Nygaardsvold		Conservative
Labour
1931-1933Carl Joachim HambroConservative
1928-1930Carl Joachim HambroConservative
1925-1927Carl Joachim Hambro,
Gunder A. J. Jahren,
Ivar Lykke		Conservative
1922-1924Ivar Lykke,
Otto B. Halvorsen		Conservative
1919-1921Gunnar Knudsen,
Ivar Lykke,
Anders Buen,
Ivar Petterson Tveiten,
Otto B. Halvorsen		Liberal
Conservative
Labour
Liberal
Conservative
1916-1918Ivar Petterson Tveiten,
Martin Olsen Nalum,
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel		Liberal
1913-1915Søren Tobias Årstad,
Jørgen Løvland,
Gunnar Knudsen		Liberal
1910-1912Magnus Halvorsen,
Wollert Konow (SB),
Jens K. M. Bratlie		Liberal
Liberal
Conservative
1906-1909Edvard A. Liljedahl,
Gunnar Knudsen,
Carl Berner		Liberal
1903-1906Carl Berner,
Johan H. P. Thorne,
Francis Hagerup		Liberal
Conservative
Conservative
1900-1903Edvard A. Liljedahl,
Carl Berner		Liberal
1898-1900Viggo Ullmann,
Carl Berner,
Johannes Steen		Liberal
1895-1897Viggo Ullmann,
Sivert A. Nielsen,
Johannes Steen		Liberal
1892-1894Viggo Ullmann,
Sivert A. Nielsen		Liberal
1889-1891Thomas Cathinco Bang,
Sivert A. Nielsen,
Olaus Olsen Eskeland,
Emil Stang		n/a
Liberal
Moderate Liberal
Conservative
1886-1888Wollert Konow,
Sivert A. Nielsen,
Johannes Steen		Liberal
1883-1885Johannes Steen,
Johan Sverdrup		n/a
1882Johannes Steenn/a
1880-1882Johannes Steen,
Johan Sverdrup;
Bernhard L. Essendrop		n/a
1877-1879Bernhard L. Essendrop,
Johan Sverdrup		n/a
1874-1876Bernhard L. Essendrop,
Johan Sverdrup		n/a
1871-1873P. Daniel B. W. Kildal,
Johan Sverdrup		n/a
1868-1869Hans Jørgen C. Aall,
Georg Prahl Harbitz		n/a
1865-1866Nils Vogt,
Georg Prahl Harbitz		n/a
1864Georg Prahl Harbitzn/a
1862-1863Hans Jørgen C. Aall,
Georg Prahl Harbitz		n/a
1859-1860Hans Jørgen C. Aall,
Georg Prahl Harbitz		n/a
1858Ulrik Motzfeldt,
Georg Prahl Harbitz		n/a
1857Ulrik Motzfeldt,
Georg Prahl Harbitz		n/a
1854Hans Jørgen C. Aall,
Georg Prahl Harbitz		n/a
1851Hans Jørgen C. Aall,
Georg Prahl Harbitz		n/a
1848Halvor Olaus Christensen,
Georg Prahl Harbitz,
Hans Riddervold,
Carl Valentin Falsen		n/a
1845Niels Arntzen Sem,
Søren A. W. Sørenssen,
Carl Valentin Falsen		n/a
1842Hans Riddervold,
Søren A. W. Sørenssen		n/a
1839Hans Riddervold,
Søren A. W. Sørenssen		n/a
1836-1837Johan Henrik Rye,
Søren A. W. Sørenssen		n/a
1836Hans Riddervold,
Søren A. W. Sørenssen,		n/a
1833Søren A. W. Sørenssen,
Carl Valentin Falsen,
Hans Riddervold		n/a
1830Hans Riddervold,
Søren A. W. Sørenssen,
Niels Arntzen Sem,
J. C. Herman Wedel Jarlsberg,
Carl Valentin Falsen		n/a
1828Herman Wedel Jarlsbergn/a
1827Niels Stockfleth Schultz,
Lauritz Weidemann,
J. C. Herman Wedel Jarlsberg,
Christian Krohg		n/a
1824Herman Wedel Jarlsberg,
Christian Krohg,
Georg Sverdrup,
Valentin C. W. Sibbern
n/a
1822Carl Valentin Falsen,
Valentin C. W. Sibbern		n/a
1821Ingelbrecht Knudssøn,
Carsten Tank,
Christian Magnus Falsen,
Andreas Arntzen,
Valentin C. W. Sibbern		n/a
1818Valentin C. W. Sibbern,
Wilhelm F. K. Christie,
Georg Sverdrup		n/a
1815-1816Wilhelm F. K. Christien/a
1814Wilhelm F. K. Christie,
Christian A. Diriks		n/a
Eidsvold Georg Sverdrup,
Christian Magnus Falsen,
Christian A. Diriks,
Jens S. Fabricius,
Diderik Hegermann,
Peder Anker		n/a