Helge Ole Bergesen (29 September 1949 – 29 June 2015) was a Norwegian

political scientist Political science is the science, scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of politics, political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated c ...

and politician for the

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. He was born in

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

as the grandson of Ole Bergesen, obtained the

mag.art. A magister degree (also magistar, female form: magistra; from la, magister, "teacher") is an academic degree used in various systems of higher education. The magister degree arose in medieval universities in Europe and was originally equal to the ...

degree (PhD equivalent) in political science. In 1980 he was hired as a researcher at the

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. His publications include ''Norge mellom rik og fattig'' (1981), ''Fiendskap og fellesskap: internasjonal politikk i forandring'' (1991, with W. Østreng), ''Norge i det globale drivhuset'' (1995, with K. Roland and A. K. Sydnes), ''Dinosaurs or Dynamos? The United Nations and the World Bank at the Turn of the Century'' (1999, with Leiv Lund). Since 1992 he is also a co-editor of the ''Green Globe Yearbook''. Bergesen started his political career in the

Norwegian Young Conservatives Norwegian Young Conservatives (Norwegian: Unge Høyres Landsforbund, UHL, normally referred to as Unge Høyre) is the Norwegian youth party of the Conservative Party. Its ideology is liberal conservatism Liberal conservatism is a political ...

, and was deputy chairman there from 1969 to 1973. During this period he was also a member of the central committee of the

. He was elected to serve in Stavanger city council in 1995, chaired the local chapter from 1997 to 2000 and became a member of the central committee for the second time in 2000. From 2001 to 2005, while the

second cabinet Bondevik Bondevik's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 19 October 2001 and 17 October 2005. It was led by Kjell Magne Bondevik and consisted of the Conservative Party, the Christian Democratic Party and the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of ...

held office, Bergesen was a State Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Research. He died of cancer on 29 June 2015.

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1949 births 2015 deaths Norwegian political scientists Norwegian state secretaries Politicians from Stavanger Conservative Party (Norway) politicians {{Norway-academic-bio-stub