Wegard Harsvik (born 19 July 1967) is a Norwegian politician for the
Labour Party.
He served in the position of deputy representative to the
Norwegian Parliament
The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...
from
Nordland during the term 1989–1993.
During the
first cabinet, Stoltenberg Harsvik worked as a political advisor in the
Ministry of Church, Education, and Research. When the
second cabinet Stoltenberg
Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was the Government of Norway from 17 October 2005 to 16 October 2013. It was a coalition between the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party, known as the Red–Green Coalition. On 9 Septembe ...
assumed office following the 2005 elections, Harsvik was appointed
State Secretary in the
Ministry of Health and Care Services The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services (''Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet'') is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of health policy, public health, health care services, and health legislation in Norway. It is led by the Mini ...
. In late 2007 he changed to the
Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs.
Outside politics he has worked in the
Friends of the Earth Norway,
Sosialdemokrater mot EU and the
Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees
The Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees ( no, Fagforbundet) is a trade union in Norway. It has a membership of 395,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO).
It was founded in 2003 as a merger of t ...
.
References
*
Regjeringen.no biography
1967 births
Living people
Deputy members of the Storting
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian state secretaries
Nordland politicians
{{Norway-politician-1960s-stub