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 Municipality,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.
Truls Aronsen Wickholm is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as a deputy member of parliament for Oslo between 2005 and 2017 and later served as mayor of Nesodden between 2017 and 2021,when he became state secretary to minister of labour and social inclusion Hadia Tajik,a position he held until March 2022.
Thomas Breen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He represented Hedmark in the Norwegian Parliament from 2009 to 2013,where he was elected to deputise for Knut Storberget,who was appointed to a government position. He previously served as a deputy representative from 2005 to 2009,during which he deputised for Storberget.
Rigmor Aasrud is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She has served as member of parliament for Oppland since 2009,having previously been a deputy member between 1993 and 2005. She has also served as the party's parliamentary leader since 2021 and also held several government positions during Jens Stoltenberg's premiership between 2005 and 2013.
Knut Werner Hansen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Ivar Bühring Prestbakmo is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He currently serves as a deputy member of the Storting for Troms since 2021,having previously done so from 1993 to 2001. Prestbakmo was mayor of Salangen Municipality from 1999 to 2014,when he became county commissioner for transport and the environment until 2019.
Arne Bergsvåg is a Norwegian builder and politician for the Centre Party. He served as mayor of Ølen from 1999 to 2005 and then Vindafjord between 2005 and 2011. He later served as deputy county mayor of Rogaland between 2019 and 2023,and was also a deputy member of parliament for Rogaland between 2005 and 2013 and again from 2017 to 2021.
Oppland County Municipality was the regional governing administration of the old Oppland county in Norway. The county municipality was established in its most recent form on 1 January 1976 when the law was changed to allow elected county councils in Norway. The county municipality was dissolved on 1 January 2020,when Oppland was merged with the neighboring Hedmark county,creating the new Innlandet county which is led by the Innlandet County Municipality. The administrative seat is located in Lillehammer and the county mayor was Even Aleksander Hagen.
Roger Ryberg is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as county mayor of Viken from 2020 to 2023. He previously served as county mayor of Buskerud from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019.
Dagningen was a Norwegian newspaper,published in Lillehammer in Oppland county.
Tom Tvedt is a Norwegian politician and former handball player for the Labour Party.
Aksel Hagen is a Norwegian politician and member of the Storting,representing the Socialist Left Party (SV) in the county of Oppland. He was elected to parliament following the 2009 parliamentary election by winning Oppland's leveling seat. He sits on the Standing Committee on Education,Research and Church Affairs.
Kristina Torbergsen is a Norwegian politician representing the Labour Party.
Runar Sjåstad is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He currently serves as a member of parliament for Finnmark since 2017 and was previously a deputy member between 2001 and 2017. He also served as county mayor of Finnmark between 2007 and 2017.
Terje Halleland is a Norwegian builder and politician from the Progress Party. He has served as a member of parliament for Rogaland since 2017. He previously served as a deputy representative between 2005 and 2013.
Ragnhild Vassvik Kalstad is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She is currently serving as the mayor of Gamvik Municipality since 2023. Previously she served as county mayor of Finnmark between 2017 and 2019 and deputy county mayor from 2015 to 2017.
Local elections were held in Norway on 9 September 2019. Voters elected representatives to municipal and county councils,which are responsible for education,public transport,health,and elderly care,and for the levy of certain taxes.
Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark. The new county has an area of 52,113 square kilometres (20,121 sq mi),making it the largest county in Norway after Troms og Finnmark was split up in 2024.
The 2023 Norwegian local elections were held on 11 September 2023. Voters elected representatives to municipal and county councils,which are responsible for education,public transportation,healthcare,elderly care,waste disposal,the levy of certain taxes,and more. All council seats were up for election across the 15 counties and 357 municipalities of Norway.
Sunniva Flakstad Ihle is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
