Bjørn Arild Gram
Bjørn Arild Gram | |
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Gram in 2022 | |
| First Deputy Leader of the Centre Party | |
| Assumed office 29 March 2025 | |
| Leader | Trygve Slagsvold Vedum |
| Preceded by | Ola Borten Moe |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 12 April 2022 – 4 February 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Odd Roger Enoksen |
| Succeeded by | Tore O. Sandvik |
| Minister of Local Government | |
| In office 14 October 2021 – 12 April 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Astrup |
| Succeeded by | Sigbjørn Gjelsvik |
| Chair of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities | |
| In office 12 February 2020 – 14 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Gunn Marit Helgesen |
| Succeeded by | Gunn Marit Helgesen |
| Mayor of Steinkjer Municipality | |
| In office 3 October 2007 – 16 March 2020 | |
| Deputy | Aud Gaundal May Britt Lagesen Grete Bækken Mollan Ida Bruheim Derås Øyvind Geving Bjørnes |
| Preceded by | Per Sverre Rannem |
| Succeeded by | Anne Berit Lein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 May 1972 Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway |
| Political party | Centre |
| Education | Nord-Trøndelag University College Bodø University College |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Home Guard |
Bjørn Arild Gram (born 7 May 1972 in Steinkjer) is a Norwegian politician who has served as the first deputy leader of the Centre Party since 2025 and previously the minister of defence from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Centre Party, he also previously served as the minister of local government from 2021 to 2022.
Gram started his as the leader of the Centre Youth and logos politics before his election as a deputy representative to the Storting from Nord-Trøndelag, and went on to serve in said position on two more occasions. He served as a state secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 2005 to 2007, when he became mayor of Steinkjer. He stepped down as mayor in 2020 when he was appointed chair of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, a position he held until his ministerial appointment in 2021.