Elisabeth Berge (27 November 1954 – 12 April 2020) was a Norwegian businessperson and civil servant. She graduated with the siv.øk. degree from the

Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration The Norwegian School of Economics () or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is the leading teaching and research institution in Norway for the fields of management and ...

in 1978, and as Master of Arts in Economics from the

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in 1979. She worked in the

Ministry of Petroleum and Energy The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Energy () is a Norwegian ministry responsible for energy, including petroleum and natural gas production in the North Sea. It is led by Minister of Energy Terje Aasland of the Labour Party since 2022. The depar ...

from 1981 to 1990, since 1986 as a deputy under-secretary of State. She then worked in

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from 1990 to 2004, since 2001 as chief of communications. In 2004 she was appointed permanent under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. She was a member of the board of

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from 1992 to 2000 and the Kavli Foundation from 1999 to 2004. She died in 2020.

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