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 Municipality,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.
Kirsti Bergstø is a Norwegian politician serving as the leader of the Socialist Left Party since March 2023. She previously served as one of the party's deputy leaders from 2017 to 2023.
Knut Werner Hansen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Ivar Bühring Prestbakmo is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He currently serves as a deputy member of the Storting for Troms since 2021,having previously done so from 1993 to 2001. Prestbakmo was mayor of Salangen Municipality from 1999 to 2014,when he became county commissioner for transport and the environment until 2019.
Arne Bergsvåg is a Norwegian builder and politician for the Centre Party. He served as mayor of Ølen from 1999 to 2005 and then Vindafjord between 2005 and 2011. He later served as deputy county mayor of Rogaland between 2019 and 2023,and was also a deputy member of parliament for Rogaland between 2005 and 2013 and again from 2017 to 2021.
Roger Ryberg is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as county mayor of Viken from 2020 to 2023. He previously served as county mayor of Buskerud from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019.
Troms County Municipality is the regional governing administration of Troms county in northern Norway. It was temporarily dissolved from 2020-2023 when Finnmark county was merged into Troms og Finnmark county,but that was undone effective 1 January 2024. It has its administration in the city of Tromsø. It consists of a 37-member county council led by a county mayor.
Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. He has been one of the party's deputy leaders since 2019 and a member of parliament for Troms since 2013.
Runar Sjåstad is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He currently serves as a member of parliament for Finnmark since 2017 and was previously a deputy member between 2001 and 2017. He also served as county mayor of Finnmark between 2007 and 2017.
Sandra Konstance Nygård Borch is a Norwegian politician who served as the minister of research and higher education from 2023 to 2024 until her resignation over the extensive plagiarism of her master's thesis.
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.
Sigbjørn Gjelsvik is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was elected to Parliament in 2017. He also served as minister of local government from 2022 to 2023.
Ragnhild Vassvik Kalstad is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She is currently serving as the mayor of Gamvik Municipality since 2023. Previously she served as county mayor of Finnmark between 2017 and 2019 and deputy county mayor from 2015 to 2017.
Local elections were held in Norway on 9 September 2019. Voters elected representatives to municipal and county councils,which are responsible for education,public transport,health,and elderly care,and for the levy of certain taxes.
Geir-Inge Sivertsen is a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Conservative Party. He is currently the mayor of Senja since 2023. He served as minister of fisheries from January to March 2020,and previously served as mayor of Lenvik from 2011 to 2019.
Bjørnar Selnes Skjæran is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He served as minister of fisheries from 2021 to 2023,and previously served as the party's deputy leader from 2019 to 2023 and mayor of Lurøy from 2011 to 2015.
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 Municipality between 2019 and 2021,and deputy mayor between 2011 and 2019.
The 2023 Norwegian local elections were held on 11 September 2023. Voters elected representatives to municipal and county councils,which are responsible for education,public transportation,healthcare,elderly care,waste disposal,the levy of certain taxes,and more. All council seats were up for election across the 15 counties and 357 municipalities of Norway.
Sigurd Kvammen Rafaelsen is a Norwegian teacher and politician for the Labour Party. A deputy to the Storting from Finnmark since 2021,he has met as deputy for Marianne Sivertsen Næss since 2024. He has also served as mayor of Lebesby Municipality since 2019.
