Helga Pedersen (Norway), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Sør-Varanger, Northern Norway, Norway
About Helga Pedersen (Norway)
- Helga Pedersen (born 13 January 1973) is a Norwegian politician, former Minister, and member of the Storting, who is currently deputy leader for the Norwegian Labour Party.
- A native of Sør-Varanger, 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 Sami national minority, Pedersen was Norway's first officially Sámi cabinet minister.
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