Hammerfest is a municipality in Finnmark county,Norway. Hammerfest is the northernmost town in the world with more than 10,000 inhabitants,with the administrative centre of the municipality being the town of Hammerfest. Some of the main villages in the municipality include Rypefjord,Kvalsund,Forsøl,Hønsebybotn,Akkarfjord i Kvaløya,Akkarfjord i Sørøya,and Kårhamn.
Annemarie Røstvik Lorentzen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was the first female Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications,in addition to being Minister of Consumer Affairs and Administration and Norwegian ambassador to Iceland. Lorentzen played a major role in the post-World War II reconstruction of her Hammerfest after it was razed by the fleeing Nazi occupiers.
Helga Pedersen is a Norwegian politician,former Minister,and member of the Storting,who served as the deputy leader for the Labour Party from 2007 to 2015. A native of Sør-Varanger,she served between 2003 and 2005 as the County Mayor of the northernmost Finnmark county. From 2005 to 2009 she served as Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs,becoming the youngest member of the Labour-led Red-Green Coalition headed by Jens Stoltenberg.
Alf Ivar Samuelsen was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He is currently the Auditor General of Norway since 2022. He was a parliamentary representative for Finnmark from 1985 to 2009. He served as Minister of Fisheries from 1996 to 1997 and Minister of Finance from 2000 to 2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Pedersen was Chief of Staff at the Office of the Prime Minister and a member of the Cabinet from 2006 to 2013. From 2015 to 2020 he was the CEO at Norwegian Oil and Gas.
Sørøysund is a former municipality in Finnmark county,Norway. The 826-square-kilometre (319 sq mi) municipality existed from 1852 until its dissolution in 1992. It is located in the present-day municipality of Hammerfest. The former municipality encompassed the eastern part of the island of Sørøya,the northern part of the island of Seiland,and the northern part of Kvaløya. The administrative centre of Sørøysund was the town of Hammerfest,even though the town was not part of Sørøysund.
Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was the Government of Norway from 17 October 2005 to 16 October 2013. It was a coalition between the Labour Party,the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party,known as the Red–Green Coalition. On 9 September 2013,the coalition was defeated in the 2013 election.
Bodil Aakre was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party. She was also known for her involvement with the Brønnøysund Register Centre.
Thor-Eirik Gulbrandsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Knut Severin Jakobsen Vik was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Sigurd Pedersen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
The Office of the Auditor General of Norway is the state auditor of the Government of Norway and directly subordinate of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for auditing,monitoring and advising all state economic activities,including financial audits,performance audits and corporate control. Located in Oslo,it is led by a board of five auditors general elected for four years and from 2014 it has been led by Per-Kristian Foss. It is regulated by the Auditor General Act of June 1,2005.
Rigmor Aasrud is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Anne Rygh Pedersen is a Norwegian politician. She is a member of the Labour Party.
Karin Kjølmoen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Lars Erik Flatø is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Terje Granerud is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Frank Bakke-Jensen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He served as minister of defence from 2017 to 2021,and minister of European affairs from 2016 to 2017. He was mayor of Båtsfjord from 2007 until his election to the Storting from Finnmark in 2009. Bakke-Jensen formerly worked as a ship's electrician between Hammerfest and Tromsø,and has also worked as a teacher and self-employed pilot at Båtsfjord Airport. He has also performed military service in the UN Lebanon conflict.
The 2005 Sámi parliamentary election was held in Norway on September 12,2005. Voters elected 43 members for the Sámi Parliament of Norway.
Gunnar Mathisen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected deputy representative to the Storting for the period 1992–1997 from the constituency of Finnmark. From 1996 to 1997 he met regularly in the Storting replacing Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen who was Minister of Fisheries. In the Storting,he was a member of the Standing Committee on Family,Cultural Affairs and Administration from 1996 to 1997.
