Sigbjørn Johnsen (born 1 October 1950) is a Norwegian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

for the Labour Party and was Norwegian Minister of Finance in the periods 1990–1996 and 2009–2013. He is a former member of

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and served as County Governor of

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merg ...

from 1997 to 2018. He was member of parliament for

between 1977 and 1997 and was the Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1996 during the Brundtland's Third Cabinet. He made a comeback in national politics when again he became Minister of Finance in 2009 Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet. After serving in the Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet, he resumed his duty as County Governor of Hedmark. He was also the deputy chairman of the Workers' Youth League between 1975 and 1977.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnsen, Sigbjoern 1950 births Living people Members of the Storting Ministers of Finance of Norway Labour Party (Norway) politicians County governors of Norway 20th-century Norwegian politicians