Kåre Isaachsen Willoch was a Norwegian politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Norway from 1981 to 1986 and as leader of the Conservative Party from 1970 to 1974. He previously served as the Minister of Trade and Shipping from August to September 1963 and 1965 to 1970,and as the president of the Nordic Council in 1973.
The Christian Democratic Party is a Christian-democratic political party in Norway founded in 1933. The party is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP). It currently holds three seats in the Parliament,having won 3.8% of the vote in the 2021 parliamentary election. The current leader of the party is Olaug Bollestad.
Dagfinn Høybråten is a Norwegian politician. He was the leader of the Christian Democratic Party 2004–2011. He was also Parliamentary leader from 2005 when he was elected as Member of Parliament representing Rogaland. He was Vice President of the Norwegian Parliament from 2011 to 2013. He was President of the Nordic Council in 2007. Høybråten was granted leave from his duty as Member of Parliament from March 2013 to take up the position as Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers. He was elected board member of the GAVI Alliance in 2006 and chair of the board from 2011 to 2015.
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 2005. The result was a victory for the opposition centre-left Red-Green Coalition,which received 48.0% of the votes and won 87 out of 169 seats,dominated by the Labour Party's 61 seats. The three-party centre-right government coalition won 44 seats and the right wing Progress Party won 38,becoming the largest opposition party. Voter turnout was 77.1%,an increase of 2 percentage points compared to the 2001 elections.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 14 October 2021,the position has been held by Anniken Huitfeldt of the Labour Party.
Odd Bondevik was a Norwegian theologian who was the Bishop of the Diocese of Møre in the Church of Norway from 17 November 1991 until retirement in 2008. He also served as Preses of the Bishop's Conference of the Church of Norway from 1998 until 2002.
Tore Austad is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Born in Skedsmo,Akershus,he received a cand. philol. degree in 1962,and worked as a professor of Norwegian at the University of Chicago from 1964 to 1966. Returning to Norway he worked at various academic institutions,before being elected to the Storting from the county of Vest-Agder in 1977,where he sat for three periods,until 1989.
Kjell Bondevik was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Bondevik's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 October 1997 to 17 March 2000. It was led by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik,and consisted of the Christian Democratic Party,the Centre Party and the Liberal Party. There was a major reshuffle in March 1999. It had the following composition:
The Minister of Petroleum and Energy is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The current minister is Terje Aasland. The ministry is responsible for the government's energy policy,including management of Norway's energy resources,including the valuable deposits of petroleum and hydroelectricity. Major subordinate agencies and companies include the Water Resources and Energy Directorate,the Petroleum Directorate,Petoro,Gassnova,Gassco,Enova,Statnett and a partial ownership of Statoil. The position was created on 11 January 1978 as a response to the increased importance of oil on the Norwegian continental shelf. The position was merged with the Minister of Trade and Industry between 1992 and 1996.
The Minister of Transport is a Councillor of State and Chief of the Norwegian Ministry of Transport. The post has been held by Jon-Ivar Nygård of the Labour Party since 2021. The ministry is responsible for policy and public operations within postal services,telecommunications,civil aviation,public roads,rail transport and public transport,including ferry services that are part of national roads and coastal transport infrastructure. The ministry has seven agencies and four limited companies,including the airport operator Avinor,railway operator Vy,the Norwegian National Rail Administration,the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Norway Post. There are also inspectorates and authorities related to accident investigation,civil aviation,and railways.
The Minister of Children and Families is a Councilor of State and Chief of Norway's Ministry of Children and Family Affairs. Since 14 October 2021,Kjersti Toppe has held the position. The ministry is responsible for policy and public operations related to children,youth and families as well as consumer rights. Major agencies subordinate to the ministry include the Consumer Council and the Directorate for Children,Youth and Family Affairs.
Events in the year 2001 in Norway.
In Norway,a state secretary is a partisan political position within the executive branch of government. Contrary to the position secretary of state in many other countries,a Norwegian state secretary does not head his or her ministry,rather,they are second in rank to a minister. Resembling a de facto vice minister,the state secretary,however,cannot attend a Council of State,and does not act as a temporary minister in case of illness or other leave of absence.
Olav Versto was a Norwegian journalist and editor,primarily known for his work for the newspaper Verdens Gang.
Olav Kjørven is a Norwegian UN official and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
A suicide paragraph,sometimes referred to as a suicide clause,is an important term in the politics of Norway. It is a part of the formal agreements between political parties on forming a coalition government. It states that if a certain political case is brought up,the coalition is considered dissolved.
The Minister of Fisheries is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs (Norway). The incumbent minister is Bjørnar Skjæran of the Labour Party.
The Deputy to the Prime Minister of Norway was an office in the second cabinet of Kåre Willoch (1985-1986) and the first cabinet of Kjell Magne Bondevik (1997-2000).
The Minister of International Development is a councillor of state and the chief of the international development portfolio of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway. The ministry was responsible for the foreign service,the country's international interests and foreign policy. Most of the ministry's portfolio is subordinate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The prime operating agency for international development is the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. The position has been held by ten people representing five parties.
listen );born 3 September 1947) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. As leader of the Christian Democratic Party,he served as the 33rd prime minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000,and from 2001 to 2005, [1] making him,after Erna Solberg,Norway's longest serving non-Labour Party prime minister since World War II. [2] Currently,Bondevik is president of the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights. [3] 
