Anniken Huitfeldt

Anniken Huitfeldt
Huitfeldt in 2023
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States
Assumed office
26 August 2024
Prime MinisterJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byAnniken Krutnes
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
14 October 2021 – 16 October 2023
Prime MinisterJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byIne Eriksen Søreide
Succeeded byEspen Barth Eide
Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion
In office
21 September 2012 – 16 October 2013
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byHanne Bjurstrøm
Succeeded byRobert Eriksson
Minister of Culture
In office
20 October 2009 – 21 September 2012
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byTrond Giske
Succeeded byHadia Tajik
Minister of Children and Equality
In office
29 February 2008 – 20 October 2009
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byManuela Ramin-Osmundsen
Succeeded byAudun Lysbakken
Member of the Storting
Assumed office
1 October 2005
DeputyGorm Kjernli
Are Helseth
Ragnhild Male Hartviksen
ConstituencyAkershus
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 1993 – 30 September 2005
ConstituencyAkershus
Leader of the Workers' Youth League
In office
27 October 1996 – 22 October 2000
Preceded byTrond Giske
Succeeded byEva Kristin Hansen
Personal details
Born
Anniken Scharning Huitfeldt

(1969-11-29) 29 November 1969 (age 54)
Bærum, Akershus, Norway
Political partyLabour
SpouseOla Petter Flem
Children3
Alma mater

Anniken Scharning Huitfeldt (born 29 November 1969) is a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party. She has served as the Norwegian Ambassador to the United States since 2024. She previously held several ministerial roles under Jens Stoltenberg between 2008 and 2013 and then foreign minister under Jonas Gahr Støre between 2021 and 2023.