Helga Pedersen (Norway)

Helga Pedersen
Pedersen in 2009
Mayor of Tana Municipality
In office
10 October 2019 – 12 October 2023
DeputyOdd Erik Solbakk
Preceded byFrank Martin Ingilæ
Succeeded byJon Erland Balto
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office
22 April 2007 – 18 April 2015
LeaderJens Stoltenberg
Jonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byHill-Marta Solberg
Succeeded byHadia Tajik
Trond Giske
Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
In office
17 October 2005 – 2 October 2009
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded bySvein Ludvigsen
Succeeded byLisbeth Berg-Hansen
County Mayor of Finnmark
In office
October 2003 – 25 October 2005
DeputyKirsti Saxi
Preceded byEvy-Ann Midttun
Succeeded byKirsti Saxi
Personal details
Born (1973-01-13) 13 January 1973 (age 51)
Sør-Varanger, Finnmark, Norway
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Erik Brenli
(m. 2008)
[1]
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Tromsø
University of Bergen

Helga Pedersen (born 13 January 1973) is a Norwegian politician, former Minister, and member of the Storting, who served as the deputy leader for the Labour Party from 2007 to 2015. A native of Sør-Varanger Municipality, she served between 2003 and 2005 as the County Mayor of the northernmost Finnmark county. From 2005 to 2009 she served as Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, becoming the youngest member of the Labour-led Red-Green Coalition headed by Jens Stoltenberg.

A teacher by profession, she has spent most her adult life as a career politician. In 2009 she was elected to the Norwegian parliament, the Storting for the first time, and from 2009 until the 2013 parliamentary election she served as the Labour Party's parliamentary leader. Officially registered as a member of the Sámi national minority, Pedersen was Norway's first officially Sámi cabinet minister.[2]

  1. ^ Larsen, Dan. "Helgas ektemann vil "være same"". Nrk.no. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference hth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).