Marianne Wilhelmsen (Labour Party) was appointed State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport on 29 October 2026. She was previously State Secretary to the Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance.

She holds a master's degree in strategy and competence management and has previously served as director of communications at the technology company Ardoq. Prior to this, she worked at the health technology company Dignio. She was secretary seneral of AUF from 2012 to 2014 and has board experience from various organisations.