Thorbjørn Jagland is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He served as the secretary general of the Council of Europe from 2009 to 2019. He served as the 32nd prime minister of Norway from 1996 to 1997,as the minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2001 and as the president of the Storting from 2005 to 2009.
The Socialist Left Party is a democratic socialist political party in Norway. Positioned on the left-wing of the political spectrum,it is opposed to European Union and the European Economic Area membership. SV supports a strong public sector,stronger social welfare programs,environmentalism,and republicanism. As of 2018,the party has 11,385 members;the number has steadily increased since a low point in 2015. The party leader is Audun Lysbakken,who was elected on 11 March 2012.
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.
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.
Anne-Grete Hjelle Strøm-Erichsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as Minister of Defence from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2012 to 2013. She also served as Minister of Health and Care Services from 2009 to 2012. In local politics,she served as the Mayor of Bergen from 1999 to 2000 and its first Chief Commissioner from 2000 to 2003.
Olav Akselsen was a Norwegian politician,who served six terms in the Norwegian Parliament for the Norwegian Labour Party,and was Minister of Petroleum and Energy in the first cabinet Stoltenberg from 2000 to 2001. From 2010 to 2021,he worked for the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.
Liv Signe Navarsete is a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party. She has served as county governor of Vestland county since 2022. She previously served as Minister of Local Government from 2009 to 2013,Minister of Transport from 2005 to 2009 and party leader from 2008 to 2014. On 11 February 2014,she announced that she would retire as the leader of the party in April. She was succeeded by Trygve Slagsvold Vedum.
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.
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.
Trygve Magnus Slagsvold Vedum is a Norwegian politician who has served as Minister of Finance since 2021. A member of the Centre Party,which he has led since 2014,he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hedmark since 2005. Vedum also served as Minister of Agriculture and Food 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.
Raymond Johansen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party who has been Governing Mayor of Oslo since 2015. A former member of the Socialist Left Party,Johansen previously served as the Oslo city commissioner for transport and environment from 1992 to 1995,when his party withdrew from the city cabinet. After joining Labour,he served as the party secretary from 2009 to 2015.
Solveig Horne is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Children and Equality in the Solberg Cabinet from 2013 to 2018. She was also an MP for Rogaland from 2005 to 2021.
Audun Bjørlo Lysbakken is a Norwegian politician and the current leader of the Norwegian Socialist Left Party. His career in national politics began when he was elected to the Norwegian parliament in 2001. In 2006,he became deputy leader of the Socialist Left Party. He held the post as Minister of Children and Equality in Jens Stoltenberg's second government from October 2009 to March 2012,when he resigned due to a conflict of interest. Under his leadership,the Socialist Left Party had strong gains in its vote share in Parliamentary elections and membership.
Geir Pollestad is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Lars Egeland is a Norwegian librarian and politician for the Socialist Left Party.
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.
Ingrid Fiskaa is a Norwegian activist and politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Kaja Bordevich Ballo was a Norwegian university student who took her own life in Nice,France,on March 28,2008,shortly after taking an Oxford Capacity Analysis (OCA),a personality test administered by the Church of Scientology,earlier the same day. Family and friends state that Ballo was happy prior to taking the OCA,and that her mood dramatically shifted after receiving the results;she jumped from the fourth floor of her dorm room hours later. In addition to a suicide note,Ballo's family found the OCA among her belongings. French police investigated connections between Scientology and Ballo's death,and interviewed two leaders of the Church of Scientology in France;prosecutors stated in December 2008 that they were unable to establish a causative link.
Ahmad Ghanizadeh is a Norwegian-Iranian politician for the Socialist Left Party. From 23 March 2012 to 16 October 2013,he served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Children and Equality.
