Gunnar Berge
Berge in 2010 (photo by Jarle Vienes)

Minister of Local Government
In office 4 September 1992 – 25 October 1996
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by	Kjell Borgen
Succeeded by	Kjell Opseth
Minister of Nordic Cooperation
In office 4 September 1992 – 25 October 1996
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by	Kjell Borgen
Succeeded by	Grete Knudsen
Minister of Finance
In office 9 May 1986 – 16 October 1989
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by	Arne Skauge
Succeeded by	Arne Skauge
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1969 – 30 September 1993
Constituency	Rogaland

Personal details
Born	(1940-08-29) 29 August 1940 (age 84) Etne, Hordaland, Norway
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Gunvor Wahlberg^[1]

Gunnar Berge (born 29 August 1940) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, born in Etne, Hordaland.^[2] Berge represented Rogaland in the Norwegian Parliament from 1969 to 1993.^[2] He was Minister of Finance 1986–1989, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development 1992–1996, as well as minister of Nordic Cooperation 1992–1996.^[3] After his political career he was Director General of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate 1996–2007.^[2] He was also member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1997 to 2002, as leader from 2000 to 2002.^[2]

References

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^ "Gunnar Berge" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Staff. "Gunnar Berge" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
^ "Det norske statsråd 1814-: III Personer 1814-". Government.no. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2009-08-25.

Political offices Preceded byRolf Presthus Norwegian Minister of Finance 1986–1989 Succeeded byArne Skauge Preceded byKjell Borgen Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Nordic Cooperation 1992–1996 Succeeded byKjell Opseth Civic offices Preceded byFredrik Hagemann Director of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate 1997–2007 Succeeded byBente Nyland Other offices Preceded byFrancis Sejersted Leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee 2000–2002 Succeeded byOle Danbolt Mjøs

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Leaders	Andersen Jensen Knudsen Jeppesen Gjøsteen Berg Jeppesen Meyer Knudsen Hornsrud Nissen Knudsen Kyrre Grepp Stang Torp Gerhardsen Bratteli Steen Brundtland Jagland Stoltenberg Støre
Party secretaries	Nilssen Tranmæl Gerhardsen Bratteli Lie Bye Leveraas Jagland D.T. Andersen Torsvik Kolberg Johansen Stenseng
Parliamentary leaders	Eriksen Knudsen Eriksen Knudsen Buen Hornsrud Scheflo Madsen Støstad Madsen Nygaardsvold Støstad Magnus Nilssen Madsen Monsen Støstad Torp Gerhardsen Hønsvald Bratteli Hansen Bratteli Nordli Bratteli Brundtland Førde Brundtland Berge Borgen Jagland Thoresen Jagland Stoltenberg Solberg Stoltenberg Solberg Pedersen

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Chairs	Jørgen Løvland (1901–21) Fredrik Stang (1922–40) Gunnar Jahn (1941–66) Bernt Ingvaldsen (1967) Aase Lionæs (1968–78) John Sanness (1979–81) Egil Aarvik (1982–89) Gidske Anderson (1990) Francis Sejersted (1991–99) Gunnar Berge (2000–02) Ole Danbolt Mjøs (2002–08) Thorbjørn Jagland (2009–15) Kaci Kullmann Five (2015–2017) Berit Reiss-Andersen (2017–2023) Jørgen Watne Frydnes (2024–)
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