Hege Marie Norheim

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Hege Marie Norheim
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Speaking at a Norwegian Oil and Gas conference in 2011
Born1967 (age 57–58)
Education
Occupation(s)Businessperson, politician
Political party Labour

Hege Marie Norheim (born 1967) is a Norwegian businessperson. She is a former politician for the Labour Party.

Career

She grew up in Gjøvik and took her education at the Norwegian School of Economics and University of St. Gallen. In her younger days she played handball. [1] [2]

She was a civil servant in the Office of the Prime Minister for five years before being appointed to the political leadership. [3] That happened in March 2000, when Norheim was appointed as a State Secretary. She moved to the Ministry of Finance in October 2000, where she served until Stoltenberg's First Cabinet fell in October 2001. [4]

Norheim did not continue in politics after that, and was hired in Norsk Hydro, later merged into the company StatoilHydro, and later renamed Equinor. [5] In 2005 she was also elected as a vice president of the World Petroleum Congress, as the first woman ever. [1] In 2009 she was named as director of StatoilHydro's "initiative for the Northern areas", interpreted as the endeavor to open Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja for petroleum drilling. [5]

Norheim was the director of governmental contact and sustainability in Freyr  [ no ] until 2024, when she changed companies to Sopra Steria Footprint. [6]

She has been a board member of Det Norske Teatret, [2] the Norwegian Refugee Council, Tomra, Nordea and the Global Battery Alliance. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Første kvinne i internasjonalt oljestyre". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 29 September 2005. p. 18.
  2. 1 2 Jangås, Lasse (6 February 2010). "Olja lun". Nordlys (in Norwegian). pp. 48–51.
  3. ↑ "Hege Norheim er Jens' nye våpen". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 27 March 2000. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Hege Marie Norheim". Government.no . Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  5. 1 2 Gundersen, Ina (13 October 2009). "Hun skal åpne Lofoten og Vesterålen". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  6. 1 2 Høiby, Ellen (22 May 2024). "Ny tungvekter går til Sopra Steria Footprint" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 April 2025.
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