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At a press conference on 29 April, the government announced that temporary changes to laws in order to include Ukrainian refugees. Mjøs Persen stated: “We must ensure that Ukrainian refugees have a safe and predictable everyday life as possible. At the same time, we know that the situation can be demanding for the municipalities, which already have many statutory tasks. Therefore, it is important that our bills address both of these considerations. The government is also proposing a temporary legal basis that allows for this. Among other things, it may be relevant to expand the target group for training in reception if the waiting time before settlement becomes long. All changes must be temporary and repealed no later than 1 July 2023. If there is a need to continue certain proposals, this will be considered and consulted again”.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/14755716/ | title = Vil endre lover for å inkludere ukrainske flyktninger | publisher = [[TV2 (Norway)|TV2]] | date= 29 April 2022 | access-date= 29 April 2022 | language = Norwegian}}</ref>
At a press conference on 29 April, the government announced that temporary changes to laws in order to include Ukrainian refugees. Mjøs Persen stated: “We must ensure that Ukrainian refugees have a safe and predictable everyday life as possible. At the same time, we know that the situation can be demanding for the municipalities, which already have many statutory tasks. Therefore, it is important that our bills address both of these considerations. The government is also proposing a temporary legal basis that allows for this. Among other things, it may be relevant to expand the target group for training in reception if the waiting time before settlement becomes long. All changes must be temporary and repealed no later than 1 July 2023. If there is a need to continue certain proposals, this will be considered and consulted again”.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/14755716/ | title = Vil endre lover for å inkludere ukrainske flyktninger | publisher = [[TV2 (Norway)|TV2]] | date= 29 April 2022 | access-date= 29 April 2022 | language = Norwegian}}</ref>

With the AAP scheme having been temporarily abolished since 1 February, Mjøs Persen suggested on 11 May that the scheme should be permanently abolished. The background being that the scheme wouldn’t take effect before a waiting period of a year had a person not yet been cleared. This has been in effect since 2018. Mjøs Persen stated: “We want to end the anti-social waiting year. No one gets healed from being thrown out of a scheme”.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/politikk/2022/05/11/195845251/karensaret-i-aap-ordningen-kan-bli-fjernet | title = Karensåret i AAP-ordningen kan bli fjernet | publisher = ABC Nyheter | date= 11 May 2022
| access-date= 12 May 2022 | language = Norwegian}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 18:38, 12 May 2022

Marte Mjøs Persen
Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 March 2022
Prime MinisterJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byHadia Tajik
Minister of Petroleum and Energy
In office
14 October 2021 – 7 March 2022
Prime MinisterJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byTina Bru
Succeeded byTerje Aasland
Member of the Storting
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2021
DeputyLubna Jaffery
ConstituencyHordaland
Mayor of Bergen
In office
28 October 2015 – 22 September 2021
DeputyMarita Moltu
Rune Bakervik
Preceded byTrude Drevland
Succeeded byRune Bakervik
Personal details
Born (1975-04-24) 24 April 1975 (age 49)
Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Political partyLabour
Other political
affiliations
Domestic partnerNils-Olav Nøss
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Bergen[1]
OccupationPolitician

Marte Mjøs Persen (born 24 April 1975) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. She has served as minister of labour and social inclusion since 2022, and minister of petroleum and energy from 2021 to 2022. She served as the mayor of Bergen from 2015 until being elected to the Storting in 2021.

Political career

Persen is a former member of the Red Electoral Alliance, and served as deputy chairman from 2003 to 2007, when the alliance merged to form the Red Party. She left the Red Party in 2008 after internal disagreements.[2] She has been elected member of the city council in Bergen since 2003, first representing the Red Electoral Alliance, and from 2008 the Labour Party. In 2015 she was elected mayor in Bergen, and reelected in 2019.[1]

Parliament

She was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Hordaland for the period 2021–2025, for the Labour Party.[3]

Minister of Petroleum and Energy

On 14 October 2021, Mjøs Persen was appointed minister of petroleum and energy in Støre's Cabinet.[4]

As the new minister of energy Persen faced a delicate problem. The wind farms of Storheia [no] (80 mills) and Roan [no] (71 mills) are situated within Fosen Reindeer District (Template:Lang-no), and they are built in spite of loud protests from the Sami People. A recent judgment in the Supreme Court ruled that the windmills are set up in violation of the rights of the indigenous people, thus illegally, and the license granted by the Ministry in 2013 was illegal.[5]

Regarding the electricity price crisis, Persen promised measures to give people a lower price. She stated that the government would take a look at both short and long term solutions.[6]

In the Storting question time on 27 October, Persen acknowledged that electrification of the Norwegian shelf would require an increased use of power on land in the short term up until 2030.[7]

Person met the lawyers representing the Sami people in the issue of the wind farms within the Fosen area, on 2 November. She didn’t offer a solution to the matter as the issue stood, but emphasised that she prioritised the state’s duty for the people and for the Sami population. She also said she would be meeting the Sami people effected face to face, as soon as possible.[8]

In December, she and fellow ministers Anniken Huitfeldt and Jan Christian Vestre, and Crown Prince Haakon visited the United States to promote Norwegian interests notably regarding “War, the Arctic, offshore wind, contemporary art and Christmas trees”. Persen notably cited that they were going to visit Equinor’s recently opened Brooklyn office in relation to the ongoing offshore wind projects outside of New York.[9] Persen decided to travel home after only a day out of the four scheduled days to spend in the U. S, citing to compensate for a state secretary with a child who had to be home due to a COVID-19 closed kindergarten. Her chief of communication, Arvid Samland, denied that her return home was due to Progress Party leader Sylvi Listhaug’s criticism of Persen’s visit.[10]

In a written response to the Progress Party’s Marius Arion Nilsen on 4 January 2022, Persen revealed that the electricity prices would be around 13,000 NOK in Southern Norway for the first quarter. The usual cost is around 7,000 NOK. In her response, she said: “I would like to emphasize that these estimates are average calculations made by NVE based on various assumptions. Actual electricity bill will vary from household to household”.[11]

Persen received criticism by the media and the Socialist Left Party for not participating at Storting sessions when asked to do so. She responded by saying that it was the Prime Minister’s Office who was responsible to call a minister in to attend sessions, and insisted that she had participated whenever asked to. Stavanger Aftenblad wrote an article, encouraging Støre to reconsider her position.[12]

Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion

Following Hadia Tajik’s resignation after controversy regarding the use of a government apartment and fringe benefit; Persen was appointed her successor on 7 March 2022.[13]

Shortly after assuming office, Persen announced that the government would make an amendment to the Working Environment Act, defining sexual harassment more clearly and making it illegal. She expressed hope for the amendment to make it easier for vulnerable people to report harassment, and add contribution to sanctions where sexual harassment is occurring. The amendment was sent out on a hearing in the Storting on 8 March.[14]

At a press conference on 29 April, the government announced that temporary changes to laws in order to include Ukrainian refugees. Mjøs Persen stated: “We must ensure that Ukrainian refugees have a safe and predictable everyday life as possible. At the same time, we know that the situation can be demanding for the municipalities, which already have many statutory tasks. Therefore, it is important that our bills address both of these considerations. The government is also proposing a temporary legal basis that allows for this. Among other things, it may be relevant to expand the target group for training in reception if the waiting time before settlement becomes long. All changes must be temporary and repealed no later than 1 July 2023. If there is a need to continue certain proposals, this will be considered and consulted again”.[15]

With the AAP scheme having been temporarily abolished since 1 February, Mjøs Persen suggested on 11 May that the scheme should be permanently abolished. The background being that the scheme wouldn’t take effect before a waiting period of a year had a person not yet been cleared. This has been in effect since 2018. Mjøs Persen stated: “We want to end the anti-social waiting year. No one gets healed from being thrown out of a scheme”.[16]

Personal life

Persen was born in Bergen on 24 April 1975,[1] a daughter of Svein Persen and Eli Hedvig Mjøs,[17] and graduated with a bachelor degree from the University of Bergen.[1] She lives with her partner, Nils-Olav Nøss and has four children, notably triplets and one adult son.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Garvik, Olav. "Marte Mjøs Persen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ^ Horn, Anders; Sjøli, Hans Petter (12 February 2008). "Generasjonsopprør i Rødt". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Stortingsrepresentantene 2021–2025". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Norge har fått ny regjering" (in Norwegian). NRK. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ^ Børstad, Johannes; Måsø, Jan Rune; Kringstad, Kirsti; Mølster, Elisabeth Strand (11 October 2021). "Hun blir statsråd og får vindkraftsaken i fanget etter knusende dom". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Håper regjeringen kutter elavgift og moms på strøm" (in Norwegian). NRK. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Ap og Sp krevde mer havvind - nå kommer ny statsråd med innrømmelse" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Reindriftssamene på Fosen får foreløpig ingen svar fra regjeringen" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Tre statsråder på plass i USA: − Vi har veldig mye å tilby amerikanerne" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Sylvi Listhaug raser etter USA-besøk: - Ikke til å tro" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Kan bli nær doblet strømregning i Sør-Norge" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  12. ^ "SV reagerer på manglende oppmøte i spørretimen fra olje- og energiministeren" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Marte Mjøs Persen er Norges nye arbeidsminister" (in Norwegian). NRK. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Ønsker strengere lov om seksuell trakassering på arbeidsplasser" (in Norwegian). NRK. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Vil endre lover for å inkludere ukrainske flyktninger" (in Norwegian). TV2. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Karensåret i AAP-ordningen kan bli fjernet" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  17. ^ "Persen, Marte Mjøs (1975-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  18. ^ "Trillingmor fra Flaktveit blir byens nye ordfører" (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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