Kjell Magne Bondevik is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. As leader of the Christian Democratic Party,he served as the 33rd prime minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000,and from 2001 to 2005,making him,after Erna Solberg,Norway's second longest serving non-Labour Party prime minister since World War II. Currently,Bondevik is president of the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights.
A referendum on joining the European Union was held in Norway on 27 and 28 November 1994. After a long period of heated debate,the "no" side won with 52.2 per cent of the vote,on a turnout of 88.6 per cent. Membership of what was then the European Community had previously been rejected in a 1972 referendum,and by French veto in 1962.
Kristin Halvorsen is a Norwegian politician of the Socialist Left Party. She served as Minister of Finance from 2005 to 2009 and as Minister of Education from 2009 to 2013. She also served as the party's leader from 1997 to 2012 and a member of parliament representing Oslo,from 1989 to 2013.
Marit Arnstad is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Centre Party. She is currently the party's parliamentary leader since 2014,having previously held the office from 2003 to 2005. Arnstad was the Norwegian Minister of Transport from 2012 to 2013 and Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1997 to 2000.
Eva Severine Lundegaard Kolstad was a Norwegian politician and government minister for the Liberal Party. A major figure in the history of liberal feminism and the development of state feminism in the Nordic countries,she pioneered gender equality policies in Norway and at the United Nations. She served as president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (1956–1968),member and vice chairman of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (1969–1975),Minister of Government Administration and Consumer Affairs of Norway in Korvald's Cabinet (1972–1973),leader of the Liberal Party (1974–1976) and as Norwegian Gender Equality Ombudsman (1978–1988),the first gender equality ombudsman worldwide.
Inger S. Enger is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party (SP). She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 2001.
Barbra Mette Stockfleth "Babben" Enger-Damon is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 3 ×5 km relay and finished eighth in the 10 km in 1968. Domestically she won the 10 km Norwegian title in 1963 and 1964.
Bondevik's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 October 1997 to 17 March 2000. It was led by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik,and consisted of the Christian Democratic Party,the Centre Party and the Liberal Party. There was a major reshuffle in March 1999. It had the following composition:
Berit Reiss-Andersen is a Norwegian lawyer,author and former politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. She is chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee,the 5-member committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize. She is also a board member of the Nobel Foundation,which has the overall responsibility for all the five Nobel Prizes. She served as state secretary for the Minister of Justice and Police from 1996 to 1997 and as president of the Norwegian Bar Association from 2008 to 2012. She has co-authored two crime novels with former Minister of Justice Anne Holt. She is currently a partner at DLA Piper's Oslo office.
Erik Lahnstein is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
These events took place in the year 1949 in Norway.
Anne Tingelstad Wøien is a Norwegian politician from Oppland representing the Centre Party. She was a member of parliament for Oppland between 2009 and 2017. She sat on the Standing Committee on Education,Research and Church Affairs.
Per Engebret Stockfleth Enger was a Norwegian zoophysiologist.
Sveinung Stensland is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. A deputy to the Storting from Rogaland from 2013,he met as deputy for Bent Høie during the 2013–2017 Storting period. He was elected as an ordinary member of the Storting from 2017,and was re-elected in 2021.
Cecilie Enger is a Norwegian journalist,novelist and children's writer.
Emilie Enger Mehl is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She has served as minister of justice since 2021 and member of parliament for Hedmark since 2017.
Hans Sverre Sjøvold is a Norwegian civil servant and former police chief. He served as the director of the Norwegian Police Security Service from 2019 until his resignation in 2022 following an illegal weapons storage scandal. He had previously served as the Oslo Chief of Police from 2012 to 2019.
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the prime minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation,and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea." The award was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on 11 October 2019.
Libya–Norway relations are the bilateral and diplomatic relations between Libya and Norway. While neither country has an embassy in the other—Libya has its closest embassy in Stockholm,whereas Norway has an embassy in Cairo—the economic relations have been more significant. Notably,Norway also took part in the bombing campaign against Libya in 2011.
