Tone Skogen (born 12 September 1953) is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the

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. She served as a member of

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for sixteen years, and was a State Secretary under

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in the

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between 2004 and 2005, as a part of

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. She works as a head of department in the

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, and has been a board member of

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and

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. She grew up at

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and resides at Fossum. In

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, she once again returned as a State Secretary. She served under Børge Brende in the

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from 2015. When

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became Minister of Foreign Affairs in October 2017, Skogen remained for one month until November 2017, when she transferred to the

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. She remained here until Solberg's Cabinet fell in October 2021.

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1953 births Living people Norwegian civil servants Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Bærum politicians Norwegian state secretaries Norwegian women state secretaries {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub