Employment rate, 15 to 74 during each prime minister's tenure
Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the employment rate, 15 to 74 changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Prime minister | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Gro Harlem Brundtland | 3 Nov 1990 – 25 Oct 1996 from Q1 1991 | +4.8 pp Q1 1991 → Q3 1996 | +0.9 pp/yr | |
| 2 | Thorbjørn Jagland | 25 Oct 1996 – 17 Oct 1997 | +1.8 pp Q3 1996 → Q3 1997 | +1.8 pp/yr | |
| 3 | Jonas Gahr Støre | 14 Oct 2021 – now | +0.6 pp Q3 2021 → Q3 2026 | +0.1 pp/yr | |
| 4 |  Kjell Magne Bondevik | 17 Oct 1997 – 17 Mar 2000 | +0.4 pp Q3 1997 → Q4 1999 | +0.2 pp/yr | |
| 5 |  Erna Solberg | 16 Oct 2013 – 14 Oct 2021 | +0.2 pp Q3 2013 → Q3 2021 | 0.0 pp/yr | |
| 6 | Jens Stoltenberg | 17 Mar 2000 – 19 Oct 2001 | +0.2 pp Q4 1999 → Q3 2001 | +0.1 pp/yr | |
| 7 | Jens Stoltenberg | 17 Oct 2005 – 16 Oct 2013 | 0.0 pp Q3 2005 → Q3 2013 | 0.0 pp/yr | |
| 8 | Kjell Magne Bondevik | 19 Oct 2001 – 17 Oct 2005 | −1.5 pp Q3 2001 → Q3 2005 | −0.4 pp/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of the population aged 15 to 74 · Statistics Norway, Labour Force Survey, persons aged 15 to 74 (16 to 74 before 2006), not seasonally adjusted: table 05110 as first published to 2008, table 13619 (adjusted by SSB for the survey's redesign of January 2021) from 2009 · Norway data · as of Oct 2026.