Thorhild Widvey

Thorhild Widvey
MP
Minister of Culture
In office
16 October 2013 – 16 December 2015
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byHadia Tajik
Succeeded byLinda Hofstad Helleland
Minister of Petroleum and Energy
In office
18 June 2004 – 17 October 2005
Prime MinisterKjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded byEinar Steensnæs
Succeeded byOdd Roger Enoksen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1989 – 30 September 1997
ConstituencyRogaland
Personal details
Born (1956-01-09) 9 January 1956 (age 68)
Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway
Political partyConservative
SpouseOsvald Bjelland
Children2
Alma materBI Norwegian Business School

Thorhild Widvey (born 9 January 1956[1]) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Culture from 2013 to 2015, and Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 2004 to 2005.

Political career

Local politics

On the local level Widvey was a member of Karmøy municipal council from 1979 to 1989, the last six years in the executive committee.

Parliament

She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. She had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1985–1989.

Bondevik cabinet

From 2002 to 2003, during the second cabinet Bondevik, Widvey was appointed State Secretary of the Ministry of Fisheries. From 2003 to 2004 she held the same position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2004 she was appointed Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, an office she left, along with the rest of the second cabinet Bondevik, after their 2005 election defeat.[2]

Solberg cabinet

Personal life

She was born in Avaldsnes in Karmøy, Rogaland. A physical therapist by education, she was deputy leader of the Norwegian Sporting Association of People with Disabilities 1985–1987. Widvey lives in Oslo, is married and has two children.

Her husband is businessman Osvald Bjelland.[3]

References

  1. ^ Thorhild Widvey on Statkraft
  2. ^ "Widvey new petroleum and energy minister" (in Norwegian). NRK Rogaland. 18 June 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ Haugstad, Tormod (29 October 2017). "Den absolutt største feilen man kan gjøre er å kaste bort tida på dårlige ledere". Teknisk Ukeblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy
2004–2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Culture
2013–2015 		Succeeded by


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