Dag Terje Andersen (born 27 May 1957 in

Frogn Frogn is a municipality in former Akershus now Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Drøbak. Frogn was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (s ...

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) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. In addition to professional politics he has worked at a steel mill and as a lumberjack, something that has given him a reputation for politically representing the average citizen. He was elected into the

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(''Storting'') as a representative from

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in 1997, and he was re-elected in the

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and 2013 elections. Andersen was the

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from 1987 to 1992. He was at first a political advisor at the

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before he became State Secretary at the Ministry of Social Affairs in 1992. He was a party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1992 until 1996. In 1996 he became Minister of Agriculture, remaining in that post for slightly less than a year. Andersen later became Minister of Trade and Industry on 29 September 2006, when

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resigned. From 2009 to 2013, Andersen served as

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* 1957 births Living people People from Frogn Labour Party (Norway) politicians Ministers of Agriculture and Food of Norway Presidents of the Storting Members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub