Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg (
listen (info • help); born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician who is the Minister of Finance since 2025. He was the 13th Secretary General of NATO from 2014 to 2024. He was the Prime Minister of Norway from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the Labour Party. On 28 March 2014, he was appointed by NATO's North Atlantic Council as Secretary General of NATO and chairman of the North Atlantic Council, in succession to Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He held the position from 1 October 2014 to 1 October 2024.[1][2]
Jens Stoltenberg | |
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.jpg) Stoltenberg in 2025 | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 4 February 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Trygve Slagsvold Vedum |
| In office 25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | Thorbjørn Jagland |
| Preceded by | Sigbjørn Johnsen |
| Succeeded by | Gudmund Restad |
| 13th Secretary General of NATO | |
| In office 1 October 2014 – 1 October 2024 | |
| Deputy | Alexander Vershbow Rose Gottemoeller Mircea Geoană |
| Preceded by | Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
| Succeeded by | Mark Rutte |
| Prime Minister of Norway | |
| In office 17 October 2005 – 16 October 2013 | |
| Monarch | Harald V |
| Preceded by | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Succeeded by | Erna Solberg |
| In office 17 March 2000 – 19 October 2001 | |
| Monarch | Harald V |
| Preceded by | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Succeeded by | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 16 October 2013 – 14 June 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Erna Solberg |
| Succeeded by | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| In office 19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Succeeded by | Erna Solberg |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
| In office 10 November 2002 – 14 June 2014 | |
| Deputy | Hill-Marta Solberg Helga Pedersen |
| Preceded by | Thorbjørn Jagland |
| Succeeded by | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Minister of Industry and Energy | |
| In office 7 October 1993 – 25 October 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Preceded by | Finn Kristensen (as Minister of Industry) |
| Succeeded by | Grete Faremo (as Minister of Petroleum and Energy) |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 October 1993 – 30 September 2017 | |
| Deputy | Anders Hornslien Inger Lise Husøy Ragnar Bøe Elgsaas Truls Wickholm Håkon Haugli |
| Constituency | Oslo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1959
(aged 67) Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Karin Heiberg Thorvald Stoltenberg |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo (Cand.oecon.) |
| Awards | |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Official Facebook Official Twitter |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Norway |
| Branch/service |  Norwegian Army |
Political career
Stoltenberg has been a member of the Global Commission for the Economy and Climate.[3][4] Stoltenberg was born in Oslo, and is a member of the Stoltenberg political family. He is married to Ingrid Schulerud and they have two children together. He is an agnostic.[5]
During the 2011 Norway attacks, the building where the prime minister's office then was - was bombed; Stoltenberg was then at the prime minister's residence (or the building which becomes the prime mininster's home, until he no longer is a prime minister).[6]
On February 4th, 2022 he was named as the incoming governor of Norges Bank.[7] However, after a NATO summit in March 2022 concerning the war in Ukraine, Stoltenberg accepted a renewed term of one year to continue as NATO secretary-general and thereby resigned as incoming central bank governor. Acting Governor Ida Wolden Bache was instead given the term that Stoltenberg was meant to take on.[8]
In August 2013, Stoltenberg that he had spent an afternoon working secretly as a taxi driver in Oslo.[9] Stoltenberg said he had wanted to "hear from real Norwegian voters" and that "taxis were one of the few places where people shared their true views." He added that, before driving the taxi, he had not driven a car in eight years.[9]
On 4 February 2025, following the collapse of the coalition between the Centre Party and the Labour Party, Stoltenberg replaced Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, the leader of the Centre Party, as Norway's Minister of Finance.[10][11]
Personal life
Family: Stoltenberg's father, Thorvald (1931–2018), was the Foreign Minister in the Brundtland government twice.
Jens Stoltenberg Media
Stoltenberg with Russian president Vladimir Putin in New York City, 2000
Stoltenberg and Jonas Gahr Støre with US president George W. Bush during the NATO Summit in April 2008
Stoltenberg speaks on International Workers' Day at Youngstorget in Oslo on 1 May 2009.
Stoltenberg with Russian president Dimitry Medvedev, 27 April 2010
Stoltenberg speaks at a service commemorating the one year anniversary of the 2011 attacks.
Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Stoltenberg, while visiting Oslo talk with members of Telemark Battalion
Stoltenberg at the Paris Summit of 19 March 2011 (back row, second from right), which marked the start of a military intervention in Libya
Stoltenberg with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Brussels, December 2014
Stoltenberg and Montenegro's Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic attend a NATO foreign ministers meeting on 19 May 2016.
Stoltenberg visits NATO units in Tapa, Estonia in 2017.
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References
- ↑ NATO Military Committee farewells Jens Stoltenberg (in en). North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ↑ Jens Stoltenberg named as next Nato chief. 29 March 2014. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/jens-stoltenberg-named-as-next-nato-chief-9223260.html. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ The Global Commission | New Climate Economy | Commission on the Economy and Climate. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
- ↑ Major figures join project’s Global Commission Archived 2015-09-13 at the Wayback Machine November 27, 2013
- ↑ Erik Fossen. - Man må tro at det nytter. Bergens Tidende (31 December 2011). Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ Tolfsen, Caroline. Stoltenberg om 22. juli: – Det var som en demning som brast. NRK (22 July 2017).
- ↑ (in Norwegian) Jens Stoltenberg blir sentralbanksjef. Verdens Gang. https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/WjyLRd/jens-stoltenberg-blir-sentralbanksjef.
- ↑ Solvang, Tiril Mettesdatter. Stoltenberg: Det viktigste jeg kan gjøre i mitt liv (in nb-NO). NRK (2022-03-24). Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg works as secret taxi driver". BBC News. 11 August 2013. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23655675.
- ↑ Skårdalsmo, Kristian. Nye statsråder: Stenseng inn i regjering – Skjæran får toppjobb på Stortinget (in nb) (4 February 2025)NRK. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ↑ Brekke, Anja; Haugen, Bjørn; Friis Edland, Gyrid; Rydning, Emilie; Røsvik, Eirik; Fjellanger, Runa; Bjarne Johnsen, Alf (4 February 2025). "Stoltenberg: – Jeg hadde andre planer for livet mitt". Verdens Gang (Oslo: Schibsted). https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/0VqWPG/vedum-til-stoltenberg-oensker-deg-lykke-til-i-ny-rolle. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
Other websites
- Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO website