Former Minister of EEA and EU Affairs Vidar Helgesen

Historical archive

Published under: Solberg's Government

Publisher: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Former Minister of EEA and EU Affairs Vidar Helgesen (Conservative Party)

Statsråd Vidar Helgesen

Minister of EEA and EU Affairs and Chief of Staff at the Office of the Prime Minister. Mr Helgesen is also responsible for coordinating work on EEA matters and Norway’s relations with the EU at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Born: 1968

Minister of EEA and EU Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is also Chief of Staff at the Office of the Prime Minister

Vidar Helgesen was born in Bodø in the County of Nordland on 21 November 1968, and grew up at Nøtterøy in the County of Vestfold. Helgesen holds the Cand. Jur. Degree from the University of Oslo in 1998.

Helgesen was state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2001-2005, under Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Government.

Helgesen was a special adviser at the International Red Cross in Geneva 1998–2001. He was secretary-general of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), in Stockholm from 2006 until he started as  minister in 2013.