People employed during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how people employed 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	Jens Stoltenberg	17 Oct 2005 – 16 Oct 2013	+15.1% Q3 2005 → Q3 2013	+1.8%/yr
2	Erna Solberg	16 Oct 2013 – 14 Oct 2021	+6.5% Q3 2013 → Q3 2021	+0.8%/yr
3	Jonas Gahr Støre	14 Oct 2021 – now	+6.4% Q3 2021 → Q2 2026	+1.3%/yr
4	Kjell Magne Bondevik	17 Oct 1997 – 17 Mar 2000	+3.9% Q3 1997 → Q4 1999	+1.7%/yr
5	Thorbjørn Jagland	25 Oct 1996 – 17 Oct 1997	+3.1% Q3 1996 → Q3 1997	+3.1%/yr
6	Kjell Magne Bondevik	19 Oct 2001 – 17 Oct 2005	+0.6% Q3 2001 → Q3 2005	+0.1%/yr
7	Jens Stoltenberg	17 Mar 2000 – 19 Oct 2001	−0.0% Q4 1999 → Q3 2001	0.0%/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 %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. thousands, employees and self-employed · Statistics Norway, national accounts, employed persons (employees and self-employed, every industry, the domestic concept): quarterly and seasonally adjusted from 1995 (table 09175), yearly before (table 09174) · Norway data · as of Oct 2026.