Jan-Erik Larsen (born 27 May 1963) is a Norwegian editor and former politician for the Labour Party, and former State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister.

Career

He started his political career as chairman of the

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county chapter of the Workers' Youth League in the early 1980s, and later served in the Møre og Romsdal

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from 1983 to 1987. During the

first cabinet Stoltenberg Stoltenberg's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 2000 and 19 October 2001. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Jens Stoltenberg (; born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Part ...

2000-2001 he was appointed State Secretary and responsible officer for press relations in the Office of the Prime Minister. When the government resigned after the election in 2001, Larsen was appointed special advisor to the Labour party group in the

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, a position he left in 2003. In September 2008, he was re-appointed State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister in 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 government, coalition between the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party (Norway), Socialist Left Party a ...

. Outside politics, Larsen worked as a journalist and editor for several regional newspapers. He was editor of ''

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'' 1990-1993 and editor-in-chief of '' Telemarksavisa'' 1993–1998. He returned to ''Tidens Krav'' 2005-2008 as editor-in-chief. He has also held positions in the company

A-pressen Amedia AS is the second largest media company in Norway (the largest is Schibsted and the third largest is Polaris Media). The company is whole or partial owner of 50 local and regional newspaper with online newspapers and printing presses, and ...

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at Government.no 1963 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Norwegian newspaper editors Møre og Romsdal politicians {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub