State Secretary Harald Furre

Historical archive

Published under: Solberg's Government

Publisher: Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation

State Secretary Harald Furre (Conservative Party)

Appointed: 24/01/2020

Biography

State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation from January 2020. Previous positions include Mayor of Kristiansand, Managing Director of Oxford Research and Managing Director of Agderforskning. Economist with an MBA and extensive management experience from the research and consulting sector. Married, with three adult children.

Political appointments:

2020–	State Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Nikolai Astrup
2015–2019	Mayor of Kristiansand
Current	Leader of Agder Conservative Party – member of the Central Board of the Conservative Party
Current	Chair of the Conservative Party’s national nominations committee
1992–1999	Member of the City Council, the Municipal Executive Committee and the Municipal Committee in Kristiansand, Group Leader for the Conservative Party
1984–1988	Member of the Central Board of the Young Conservatives

Other appointments:

	Member of the Board of Sørlandets Kompetansefond
	Chair of the Joint Committee for the new Kristiansand
	Head of the Council of Cultiva
	Deputy Chair of the Board of Region Kristiansand
	Deputy Chair of the working committee for the Agder owners of Agder Energi
	Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of Varodd AS
	Member of the Board of Oxford Research AS
	Chair of the Board of the Norwegian Evaluation Society
	Chair of the Board of Ordkraft AS
	Member of the European Forum for Clusters in Emerging Industries
	Member of the European Forum for Clusters in Emerging Industries, appointed by the European Commission
2003–2013	Chair of the Board of the European Network for Social and Economic Research
2003–2010	Member of the programme committee for MOBI
2000–2003	Chair of the Board of the Sørlandet i 100 Foundation
1999–2003	Member of the Board of Sørlandets Teknologisenter AS
1998–2003	Member of the Board of ENSR – European Network for SME
2001–2003	Chair of the Board of Kristiansand Kunnskapspark AS
1992–2000	Chair of the Board of Destinasjon Sørlandet

Career history:

2015–2019	Mayor of Kristiansand
2004–2015	Oxford Research AS: Managing director
1990–2004	Agderforskning: Managing director, senior adviser, researcher, head of department, head of marketing and finance
1989–1990	IKO Strategi A/S: Consultant
1986–1988	Aftenposten: Journalist in the business editorial team

Education:

2000	Strategic perspectives in Nonprofit Management, Harvard Business School
1993	“Strategy in action”, London Business School
1991	Special courses in European Community law
1989	MBA, BI Norwegian Business School