List of mayors of Oslo

Mayor of Oslo
Incumbent
Anne Lindboe
since 25 October 2023
Government of Oslo
StyleThe Honourable
StatusHead of the City
SeatOslo City Hall
Appointer
  • Electorate of Oslo
Term length
  • Four years, renewable
Inaugural holderAndreas Tofte
Formation1837; 189 years ago (1837)
DeputyJulianne Ofstad
Websitewww.oslo.kommune.no/english/

The Mayor of Oslo (Bokmål: Oslos ordfører; Nynorsk: Oslos ordførar) is the chief executive of Oslo. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Oslo city.

List of mayors of Oslo

Oslo City Hall

This is a list of mayors of Oslo.

Term Image Mayor Party
1837Andreas Tofte Independent
1838Herman Foss
1839John Iverssøn Randklev
1840–1841Herman Foss
1841Christian Zetlitz Bretteville
1842John Iverssøn Randklev
1842Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt
1842–1843Erik Røring Møinichen
1843–1845Carl Andreas Fougstad
1845Lars Rasch
1846Christian Birch-Reichenwald
1847–1852Lars Rasch
1853–1860Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt
1861Frederik Stang
1862Christian Birch-Reichenwald
1863August Thomle
1864–1865Christian Birch-Reichenwald
1866–1868Carl Johan Michelet
1869–1876Otto Joachim Løvenskiold
1877–1878Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull
1879–1880Christian Homann Schweigaard
1881–1884Anton Blumenthal Petersen
1885–1889Christian Homann Schweigaard Conservative
1889Peter Birch-Reichenwald
1889–1890Karl Lous
1891Bernhard Getz
1892August Christian Baumann Bonnevie
1893–1894Evald Rygh
1895Fredrik Stang Lund Liberal
1895–1897Elias Sunde
1898Vollert Hille Bøgh
1899–1901Edmund Harbitz Conservative
1902–1904Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars
1905Johan Kristian Skougaard
1906–1908Fredrik Moltke Bugge
1909–1910Olaf Berg
1910Thomas Cathinco Bang, Jr.
1911Lyder Nicolaysen (1866–1927) [no]
1912–1914Hieronymus Heyerdahl
1915–1916Peter Meinich [no]
1917–1919Carl Jeppesen Labour
1920–1922Haavard Martinsen Conservative
1923–1928Borger With
1929–1931Adolf Indrebø Labour
1932–1934Eyvind Getz Conservative
1935Oscar Torp Labour
1935–1936Trygve Nilsen
(while Torp was acting Minister of Defence)
1936Oscar Torp
1936–1940Trygve Nilsen
1940Einar Gerhardsen
1940–1941Rolf Stranger Conservative
1941–1945German occupation of Norway
Fritz Jenssen installed as mayor		 Nasjonal Samling
1945Einar Gerhardsen Labour
1945Rolf Stranger Conservative
1945–1947Arnfinn Vik Labour
1948–1950Halvdan Eyvind Stokke
1951–1955Brynjulf Bull
1956–1959Rolf Stranger Conservative
1960–1961Brynjulf Bull Labour
1962–1963Rolf Stranger Conservative
1964–1975Brynjulf Bull Labour
1976–1990Albert Nordengen Conservative
1990–1991Peter N. Myhre Progress
1992–1995Ann-Marit Sæbønes Labour
1995–2007Per Ditlev-Simonsen Conservative
2007Svenn Erik Kristiansen
2007–2015Fabian Stang
2015–2023Marianne Borgen Socialist Left
2023–presentAnne Lindboe Conservative

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Ordførere i Christiania/Kristiania/Oslo". Oslo byleksikon (4 ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 318. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.