The Progress Party is a libertarian right-wing political party in Norway. The party values are focused on civil liberties, individualism, and limited government. It is the country's third largest political party, with 26 representatives in the Norwegian Storting. The party was a partner in Norway's centre-right government coalition from 2013 until they withdrew from the government in January 2020. Its leader, Siv Jensen, served as Norway's Minister of Finance in the government.
Hedmark was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west and Akershus to the south. The county administration is in Hamar.
The Centre Party is an agrarian centrist political party in Norway. Founded in 1920 as a Nordic agrarian party, the Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.
The Red Party is a Norwegian political party. The party was founded in March 2007 by a merger of the Workers' Communist Party and the Red Electoral Alliance. Bjørnar Moxnes is the Red Party's current leader.
Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 10 September 2007, with some areas polling on 9 September as well. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently. In addition, several municipalities held direct mayoral elections.
Kjell Ingolf Ropstad is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party, who is the Minister of Children, Family and Church Affairs and the leader of the Christian Democratic Party since 2019. He has been a member of the Norwegian Parliament Stortinget since 2009.
Åge Starheim is a Norwegian politician, formerly for the Progress Party.
Ingrid Heggø is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
The Terra Securities scandal was a scandal that became public in November 2007. It involved highly speculative investments by eight municipalities of Norway in various hedge funds in the United States bond market. The funds were sold by Terra Securities to the municipalities, while the products were delivered by Citigroup. The municipalities involved were Narvik, Rana, Hattfjelldal and Hemnes in Nordland, Vik and Bremanger in Sogn og Fjordane, Haugesund in Rogaland, and Kvinesdal in Vest-Agder, all large producers of hydroelectricity.
Kjell-Idar Juvik is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.
Torstein Olav Kuvaas was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
Nils Aage Jegstad is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Ingunn Foss is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Hans Fredrik Grøvan is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He has served as the party’s parliamentary leader since 2019.
Thorsten is a Scandinavian given name. The Old Norse name was Þórsteinn. It is a compound of the theonym Thor and sten "stone".
Svein Harberg is a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Conservative Party of Norway (Høyre). He was mayor of the municipality Grimstad from 2003 to 2007.
Kåre Simensen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Frank Bakke-Jensen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party of Norway. He became the Norwegian Defense Minister on 20 October 2017. He was minister of EEC- and EU affairs between 2016 and 2017. He was mayor of Båtsfjord from 2007 until his election to the Stortinget from Finnmark in 2009. Bakke-Jensen formerly worked as a ship's electrician between Hammerfest and Tromsø, and has also worked as a teacher and self-employed pilot at Båtsfjord Airport. He has also performed military service in the UN Lebanon conflict.
Olaug Vervik Bollestad is a Norwegian nurse and politician for the Christian Democratic Party who is an MP for Rogaland since 2013 and Minister of Agriculture and Food since 2019.
Frank Josef Jenssen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway for Sør-Trøndelag in 2013 and in 2018, he became the first County Governor of the new Trøndelag county.
