State Secretary Eivind Vad Petersson

State Secretary Eivind Vad Petersson (Labour Party)

State Secretary for Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.

Appointed: 14/10/2021
Born: 1981

E-mail eivind.vad.petersson@mfa.no
Phone: 23 95 00 35

Work experience 

2021 –

State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2016 – 2021

Foreign and Defence Policy Adviser, Labour Party Parliamentary Group

2010 – 2016

Diplomat at the Norwegian Embassies in South Sudan, South Africa and Germany

2008 – 2011

Foreign Service Trainee Programme, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2007 – 2008

Communications Adviser, Universities Norway (UHR)  

 Education 

2007

Masters degree in European and International Politics, London School of Economics (LSE)

2006  

Undergraduate degrees in International Studies and European Studies (EU), University of Oslo (exchange student at Freie Universität Berlin in 2005)

1997 – 2001

Oslo katedralskole (upper secondary school) (exchange student in South Africa 1998–1999)

1992 - 1997 

Tåsen skole (elementary and lower secondary school), Oslo

1988 - 1992

Kirkenes skole (elementary school), Kirkenes

 Political appointments and organisational experience 

2005 –

Various local and county-level positions in the Labour Party

2004 – 2006

Vice President of the Norwegian Youth Council (LNU)

2003 – 2004

International officer, National Union of Students (NSO) (full-time position)

2000 – 2007

Various elected positions in student organisations at local, national and European level