Vadsø is a municipality in Finnmark County,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vadsø,which is also the administrative centre of Finnmark county. Other settlements in Vadsøinclude Ekkerøy,Kiby,Krampenes,Skallelv,Valen,and Vestre Jakobselv.
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland is a Norwegian teacher,politician and civil servant.
Knut Storberget is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Labour Party. He is currently serving as the county governor of Innlandet since 2019. He previously served as Minister of Justice under Jens Stoltenberg from 2005 to 2011. He was also an MP for Hedmark from 2001 to 2017,and deputy MP for the same constituency from 1993 to 2001.
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.
Elisabeth Vik Aspaker is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and she is the current county governor of Troms og Finnmark county. She was also the Minister of European Affairs from 2015 to 2016 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2013 to 2016. From 2013 to 2015,she also served as Minister of Fisheries.
Oddny Ballo Aleksandersen,is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions. These regions are purely geographical and cultural,and have no administrative purpose. However,in 2017 the government decided to abolish the current counties of Norway and to replace them with fewer,larger administrative regions. The first of these new areas came into existence on 1 January 2018,when Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag merged to form Trøndelag.
Else-May Botten is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. She was elected to the Storting from Møre og Romsdal county in 2009. She was deputy representative 2005–2009. In 2009,she was Møre og Romsdal Labour Party's 1st candidate to the Storting,and was elected as a representative. She was re-elected in 2013 and 2017.
Cecilie Myrseth is a Norwegian psychologist and politician for the Labour Party. She is currently the minister of trade and industry since 2024. She also served as minister of fisheries between 2023 and 2024. She is also a member of the Storting for Troms since 2017,and previously chaired the Troms county cabinet from 2015 to 2017.
Rigmor Brøste is a Norwegian politician and civil servant. She is the acting County Governor of Møre og Romsdal.
Marianne Sivertsen Næss is a Norwegian school principal and politician for the Labour Party. She is currently minister of fisheries and ocean policy since 2024 and a member of parliament for Finnmark since 2021. She previously served as mayor of Hammerfest between 2019 and 2021,and deputy mayor between 2011 and 2019.
