Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (born 16 October 1962) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and she is the current county governor of

Troms og Finnmark Troms og Finnmark (; ; ; ) was a county in northern Norway that existed from 2020 to 2023. The county was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. It was the largest county by area in Norway, encompassing about , and w ...

county. She was also the Minister of European Affairs from 2015 to 2016 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2013 to 2016. From 2013 to 2015, she also served as Minister of Fisheries. She was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( ; ) 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 based on party-list proportional represe ...

from

Troms Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...

in 2005. She previously served as a deputy representative to the

during the terms 1989–1993 and 1997–2001. From 1986 to 1990 she was the deputy leader of the Norwegian Young Conservatives. During the cabinet Syse, she was private secretary (today known as political advisor) in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. During the second cabinet Bondevik, she was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Education and Research before being promoted to State Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Care Services in 2004. She was first nominated as county governor of Troms in 2014 and assumed office in late October 2017 after completing her term in parliament. She continued in the position after Troms was merged with

Finnmark Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...

. She retained her position despite the counties being split again in 2024. In May the same year, she announced that she wouldn't seek re-appointment to the position and would step down by the end of the year. On the local level she was a member of

Harstad Harstad may refer to: Places *Harstad (town) Harstad (; ) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is also the administrative centre of Harstad Municipality. The city has a populati ...

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

from 1991 to 1995, and of its executive committee from 1999 to 2001. From 1991 to 1999 she was a member of Troms

county council A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Australia In the Australian state of New South Wales, county councils are special purpose ...

, serving as deputy county mayor beginning in 1995. Before entering politics, she worked as a teacher. Aspaker was educated at Tromsø lærerhøgskole and

Harstad University College Harstad University College ( or ) was a høgskole, a Norwegian state institution of higher education, in the city of Harstad which is located in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It was originally established on 28 October 1983 bu ...

, both of which today is a part of the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway ( Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway a ...

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Minister of Fisheries Elisabeth Aspaker
(homesite at Regjeringen.no) {{DEFAULTSORT:Aspaker, Elisabeth 1962 births Living people Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Troms politicians People from Harstad Government ministers of Norway Ministers of fisheries and ocean policy of Norway Women government ministers of Norway 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians Women members of the Storting Norwegian women state secretaries County governors of Norway Members of the Storting 2005–2009 Members of the Storting 2009–2013 Members of the Storting 2013–2017