Jens Stoltenberg
Norwegian Labour politician who was Prime Minister of Norway and then NATO Secretary General from 2014 to 2024.
Biography
Jens Stoltenberg was born in Oslo on 16 March 1959, the son of the diplomat and politician Thorvald Stoltenberg and the politician Karin Stoltenberg. He studied economics at the University of Oslo, graduating in 1987, and worked as a journalist while a student. From 1985 to 1989 he led the Labour Party's youth wing, and he later worked at Statistics Norway.
He entered government in 1990 as state secretary in the Ministry of the Environment and was elected to the Storting in 1993. He served as minister of industry and energy from 1993 to 1996 and as minister of finance from 1996 to 1997.
Stoltenberg was prime minister from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2013, and he led the Labour Party from 2002 to 2014. His second premiership included the 2011 terrorist attacks in Oslo and on Utøya.
In 2014 he became the 13th secretary general of NATO, and member states extended his term four times, keeping him in office until 2024. In February 2025 he returned to Norwegian government as minister of finance.
Offices held
Kjell Magne Bondevik Succeeded by
Erna Solberg
2 terms
- Mar 17, 2000 – Oct 19, 2001 Preceded by Kjell Magne Bondevik Succeeded by Kjell Magne Bondevik
- Oct 17, 2005 – Oct 16, 2013 Preceded by Kjell Magne Bondevik Succeeded by Erna Solberg
Anders Fogh Rasmussen Succeeded by
Mark Rutte
Affiliations
Party membership
- from Jan 1, 1973 Labour Party (Norway)
Employment
- Jan 1, 1979 – Jan 1, 1981 Arbeiderbladet Journalist while a student
- Jan 1, 1989 – Jan 1, 1990 Statistics Norway Worked at Statistics Norway
Education
- University of Oslo Economics degree, 1987
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