Kjell Magne Bondevik 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,making him,after Erna Solberg,Norway's second longest serving non-Labour Party prime minister since World War II. Currently,Bondevik is president of the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights.
The Centre Party,formerly the Farmer's Party,is an agrarian political party in Norway.
Lars Sponheim is a Norwegian politician. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2010. He was a member of the Storting from 1993 to 2009,and a government minister from 1997 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2005. He served as County Governor of Vestland from 2010 to 2022,having served as the County Governor of Hordaland from 2010 until the office was merged with that of neighboring Sogn og Fjordane in 2019.
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.
Erna Solberg is a Norwegian politician and the current Leader of the Opposition. She served as the 35th prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021,and has been Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004.
The Liberal Party is a social liberal political party in Norway. It was founded in 1884 and is the oldest political party in Norway. Despite its native name,the Liberal Party is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum,and it is a liberal party which has over the time enacted reforms such as parliamentarism,freedom of religion,universal suffrage,and state schooling.
Marit Arnstad is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Centre Party. She is currently the party's parliamentary leader since 2014,having previously held the office from 2003 to 2005. Arnstad was the Norwegian Minister of Transport from 2012 to 2013 and Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1997 to 2000.
Laila Dåvøy is a Norwegian nurse and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She is a former member of the Norwegian parliament and a former Minister and leader of the Norwegian Nurses' Union.
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.
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.
Peter Jon Angelsen is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party (Sp). He was born in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county. He represented Nordland in the Storting for four periods,from 1981 to 1997. He served as Minister of Fisheries in the first government of Kjell Magne Bondevik,from 1997,as well as minister of Nordic cooperation from 1999 until he resigned on 21 January 2000,to be replaced by Lars Peder Brekk. He was said to have resigned due to old age and wanting to let someone new take over.
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.
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.
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.
Christina Nilsson Ramsøy is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Geir Pollestad is a Norwegian solicitor and politician for the Centre Party. He is currently serving as the minister of agriculture and food since 2023,and has been a member of parliament for Rogaland since 2013.
Olav Ulleren is a Norwegian organizational leader,civil servant and former politician for the Centre Party. A veterinarian by education,he was a mayor and State Secretary during his political career,and has since made his mark as general director of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities. He is currently CEO of The Norwegian Heart and Lung Patient Organization's clinics.
The Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Trade,Industry and Fisheries. The incumbent minister is Marianne Sivertsen Næss of the Labour Party who has served since April 2024.
Nærøysund is a municipality in Trøndelag county,Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the merger of the old Vikna Municipality and Nærøy Municipality. The municipality is unique in that it has two equal administrative centres:Kolvereid and Rørvik. The other main population centres of Nærøysund include Abelvær,Foldereid,Gravvika,Ottersøya,Salsbruket,Steine,Torstad,Austafjord,Ramstad,Garstad,and Valøya.
