Dag Terje Andersen

Dag Terje Andersen
18th President of the Storting
In office 8 October 2009 – 8 October 2013
Monarch	Harald V
Preceded by	Thorbjørn Jagland
Succeeded by	Olemic Thommessen
Personal details
Born	27 May 1957 Frogn, Akershus
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Norwegian Labour Party
Occupation	Politician

Dag Terje Andersen (born 27 May 1957 in Frogn, Akershus) is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. In addition to professional politics he has been working at a steel mill and as a lumberjack, something that has given him a reputation for politically representing the average citizen.

He was elected into the Norwegian parliament (Storting) as a representative from Vestfold in 1997, and he was re-elected in the 2005, 2009 and 2013 elections.

Andersen was the Mayor of Lardal from 1987 to 1992. He was at first a political advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before he became Secretary of State at the Ministry of Social Affairs in 1992. He was a party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1992 until 1996.

In 1996 he became Minister of Agriculture, remaining in that post for slightly less than a year. Andersen later became Minister of Trade and Industry on 29 September 2006, when Odd Eriksen resigned.

From 2009 to 2013, Andersen served as President of the Storting.

External links

• "Dag Terje Andersen" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.