Political Appointments

2009-

2006-2009

Minister, Office of the Prime Minister

State Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg’s second government

2000-2001

Minister of Finance, Jens Stoltenberg's first Government

1996-1997

Minister of Fisheries, Torbjørn Jagland's Government

1979-1985

Member of the Vardø Municipal Council

Membership of standing committees and missions

2005-2006

Chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

2001-2005

Member of the Standing Committee on Local Government

1997-2000

First Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications

1997-2000

Member of the Norwegian Delegation to the Nordic Council

1993-1996

Chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

1993-1996

Member of the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee

1990-1993

First Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

1989-1993

Member of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

1990

Delegate to the UN General Assembly

1985-1989

Member of the Standing Committee on Local Government and the Environment

Education

1985

Cand.mag. degree in political science, economics and public law, University of Oslo

Other appointments

1996

Chairman of the Vardø Labour Party

1987-1991:

Member of the Executive Committee of the Atlantic Association of Young Political Leaders

1987-1988

Member of the Labour Party Housing Committee

1985-1989

Member of the Labour Youth League Central Executive Committee

1983-1985

Deputy chairman of the Labour Party group in the Vardø Municipal Council

1980-1985

Member of the board of the Finnmark Labour Youth League

1979-1980

Member of the board of the Vardø Labour Party