State Secretary Trygve Gudmund Harlem Losnedahl

State Secretary Trygve Gudmund Harlem Losnedahl (Labour Party)

State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance.

Appointed: 05/10/2026

E-mail Trygve-Gudmund-Harlem.Losnedahl@fin.dep.no
Phone: 22 24 41 05

Work Experience

  • 2026–present: State Secretary, Ministry of Finance
  • 2026–present: Associate Professor II, Department of Private Law, University of Oslo (on leave)
  • 2025–present: Associate Professor, Oslo Business School, OsloMet (on leave)
  • 2020–2025: Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for European Law, University of Oslo (including parental leave)
  • 2019–2020: Deputy Judge, Sør-Trøndelag District Court (on leave from Hjort)
  • 2016–2020: Attorney, Hjort Law Firm
  • 2018: Legal Counsel, Equinor (on leave from Hjort)
  • 2015–2016: Research Assistant, Research and Inquiry Division of the Storting / Centre for European Law
  • 2012–2013: Adviser to the Leader of the Workers’ Youth League (AUF)
  • 2010–2011: Employee, Juss-Buss
  • 2007–2008: County Secretary, Oslo Workers’ Youth League (AUF)

Education

  • 2025: Doctorate in Law (PhD), University of Oslo
  • 2016: Master of Laws, University of Oslo

Political Positions

  • 2008–2009: Board of the Oslo County Branch, Workers’ Youth League (AUF)
  • c. 2010–2012: Member of the Student Parliament, University of Oslo