Solberg's Cabinet

Solberg's Cabinet
Cabinet of Norway
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

The Solberg Cabinet was the government of the Kingdom of Norway, headed by Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg as Prime Minister from 16 October 2013 to 14 October 2021. The government was appointed by King Harald V on 16 October 2013 following the parliamentary election on 9 September, consisting of the Conservative Party and the Progress Party as a minority government. On 16 December 2015, the cabinet was re-shuffled. The government secured renewed support following the 2017 parliamentary election. It was expanded on 14 January 2018, when an agreement was reached to include the Liberal Party,^[1][2] and further expanded on 22 January 2019 when the Christian 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 the 2021 election. The cabinet functioned as an interim government until the Støre Cabinet was sworn in.^[4]