Torbjørn Røe Isaksen (born 28 July 1978) is a Norwegian politician, MP for the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from 2020 to 2021.

[6] Isakaen was appointed minister of labour and social inclusion on 24 January 2020 after the Progress Party withdrew from government.

[9] On 6 October, an article from NRK revealed that in a meeting, a few[10] days after 10 July 2019, Isaksen gave an exception to a regulation when he was minister of trade and industry.

The day after, the trade unions LO, Sjømannsforbundet and Norsk Sjøoffisersforbund requested an urgent meeting with Iselin Nybø, Isaksen’s successor.

[11] Hege-Merethe Bengtsson, a lawyer and a leader of the trade union Det norske maskinistforbund, claimed that Isaksen had no authority to make that exception to rules and regulations.

[11] On 20 September 2021, Røe Isaksen condemned a knife attack at Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration offices in Bergen.

[12] After Jonas Gahr Støre formed his cabinet in the aftermath of the 2021 election, Røe Isaksen was succeeded by Hadia Tajik.