Kåre Isaachsen Willoch was a Norwegian politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Norway from 1981 to 1986 and as leader of the Conservative Party from 1970 to 1974. He previously served as the Minister of Trade and Shipping from August to September 1963 and 1965 to 1970,and as the president of the Nordic Council in 1973.
Erna Solberg is a Norwegian politician and the current Leader of the Opposition. She served as the 35th prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021,and has been Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004.
The red–green coalition was a centre-left coalition of parties in Norway,constituting the Labour Party (Ap),the Socialist Left Party (SV),and the Centre Party (Sp). Unlike many other Red-Green coalitions,the "green" here was the colour of a centrist eurosceptic Nordic agrarian party rather than an actual green political movement. It governed from 2005 until Labour Party leader Jens Stoltenberg resigned his cabinet on 16 October 2013 following the coalition's defeat in the 2013 elections.
Jonas Gahr Støre is a Norwegian politician who has served as the prime minister of Norway since 2021 and has been Leader of the Labour Party since 2014. He served under Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2012 and as Minister of Health and Care Services from 2012 to 2013. He has been a Member of the Storting for Oslo since 2009.
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.
Anniken Scharning Huitfeldt is a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party. She has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2021. She previously served as Minister of Children and Equality from 2008 to 2009,Minister of Culture from 2009 to 2012 and Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from 2012 to 2013.
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.
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen is a Norwegian politician,MP for the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from 2020 to 2021. He previously served as Minister of Trade and Industry from 2018 to 2020 and Minister of Education and Research from October 2013 to January 2018;except from September to November 2017 when he was on parental leave and his duties were undertaken by Henrik Asheim.
Sylvi Listhaug is a Norwegian politician serving as the leader of the Progress Party since 2021. She previously served as Minister for the Elderly and Public Health of Norway under Prime Minister Erna Solberg from May to December 2019. In addition,she has also served as the Minister of Petroleum and Energy of Norway from December 2019 to January 2020. Listhaug served as Norway's first Minister of Immigration and Integration from 2015 to 2018,a specially created cabinet position during the European migrant crisis,and Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2013 to 2015. She served as Minister of Justice,Public Security and Immigration from January 2018 until her resignation in March 2018. Originally from the rural municipality of Ørskog in Sunnmøre,she began her political career in Oslo as City Commissioner of Welfare and Social Services.
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is a Norwegian ministry established in 1916. It is responsible for the labour market,the working environment,pensions,welfare,social security,integration,immigration,asylum,minorities and the Sami. Since 24 January 2020 the department has been led by Torbjørn Røe Isaksen.
Hadia Tajik is a Pakistani-Norwegian jurist,journalist and politician from the Labour Party. She served as Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from 2021 to 2022. She previously served as Minister of Culture from 2012 to 2013. She was 29 years of age at the time and became the youngest minister to serve in the Norwegian government. She is the first Cabinet member that is a Muslim. Tajik has served as a Member of Parliament representing Rogaland since 2017,and Oslo from 2009 to 2017. She was also the party's deputy leader from 2015 until 2022.
Gunnar Ousland was the Norwegian editor,writer,trade unionist and politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties. He started out as a temperance activist and trade unionist before serving as a politician and in the party press. He edited several magazines and newspapers,including an illegal newspaper during World War II. He was later one of the proponents for the Common Program,and wrote historical books.
Irene Bauer was a Norwegian senior government official,Labour Party politician and feminist. She served as president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights from 1988 to 1990. She also served as a political adviser to the Parliamentary Group of the Labour Party and as the Private Secretary to Minister of Trade and Industry Finn Kristensen in 1989. She served as a Director in the Ministry of the Environment from 1997. She has also worked at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. She was the mother of the noted comedian Thomas Giertsen.
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.
Birgitte Jordahl is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Events in the year 2020 in Norway.
Bjørnar Selnes Skjæran is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He is currently serving as the party's deputy leader since 2019. He has also served as minister of fisheries since 2021. He previously served as mayor of Lurøy from 2011 to 2015.
Marte Mjøs Persen is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. She has served as minister of labour and social inclusion since 2022,and minister of petroleum and energy from 2021 to 2022. She served as the mayor of Bergen from 2015 until being elected to the Storting in 2021.
Jon-Ivar Nygård is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has served as minister of transport since 2021. He previously served as the mayor of Fredrikstad from 2011 to 2021.
Ragnhild Male Hartviksen is a Norwegian politician.
