Sylvi Listhaug

Sylvi Listhaug
Listhaug in 2023
Leader of the Progress Party
Assumed office
8 May 2021
First DeputyKetil Solvik-Olsen
Hans Andreas Limi
Second DeputyTerje Søviknes
Preceded bySiv Jensen
Minister of Petroleum and Energy
In office
18 December 2019 – 24 January 2020
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byKjell-Børge Freiberg
Succeeded byTina Bru
Minister of the Elderly and Public Health
In office
3 May 2019 – 18 December 2019
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byÅse Michaelsen
Succeeded byTerje Søviknes
Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration
In office
17 January 2018 – 20 March 2018
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byPer-Willy Amundsen
Succeeded byTor Mikkel Wara
Minister of Immigration and Integration
In office
16 December 2015 – 17 January 2018
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byHerself as Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration
Minister of Agriculture and Food
In office
16 October 2013 – 16 December 2015
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byTrygve Slagsvold Vedum
Succeeded byJon Georg Dale
Oslo City Commissioner of Welfare and Social Services
In office
18 January 2006 – 27 September 2011
Governing MayorErling Lae
Stian Berger Røsland
Preceded byMargaret Eckbo
Succeeded byAnniken Hauglie
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Assumed office
1 October 2017
DeputyJan Steinar Engeli Johansen
ConstituencyMøre og Romsdal
Personal details
Born (1977-12-25) 25 December 1977 (age 46)
Ørskog, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Political partyProgress
SpouseEspen Espeset
Children3
Alma materVolda University College

Sylvi Listhaug (born 25 December 1977) is a Norwegian politician who has been the leader of the Progress Party since 2021.

Listhaug previously served in several cabinet positions under Prime Minister Erna Solberg, last in brief stints as Minister of the Elderly and Public Health and Minister of Petroleum and Energy between 2019 and 2020. Before that, she served as Norway's first Minister of Immigration and Integration from 2015 to 2018, a specially created cabinet position during the European migrant crisis, and Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2013 to 2015. Her term as Minister of Immigration and Integration saw the number of asylum seekers arriving in Norway reduced from 30,000 in 2015 to 2,000 in 2017.[1] She briefly served as Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration in 2018.

Originally from the rural municipality of Ørskog in Sunnmøre, Listhaug began her political career in Oslo as City Commissioner of Welfare and Social Services. She is currently serving as a member of the Storting and the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services.[2]

  1. ^ "Norwegians now 'experiencing the same fear as Israelis' says minister - Israel News - Jerusalem Post". Jpost.com. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ Helljesen, Vilde (3 April 2018). "Sylvi Listhaug blir helsepolitiker på Stortinget". NRK. Retrieved 28 March 2019.