Elisabeth Aspaker

Elisabeth Aspaker
County Governor of Troms og Finnmark
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2019
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg Jonas Gahr Støre
Deputy	Stian Lindgård
Preceded by	Position established
County Governor of Troms
In office 30 October 2017 – 31 December 2018
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Bård Magne Pedersen
Succeeded by	Position abolished (merged with Finnmark)
Minister of European Affairs
In office 16 December 2015 – 20 December 2016
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Vidar Helgesen
Succeeded by	Frank Bakke-Jensen
Minister of Fisheries
In office 16 October 2013 – 16 December 2015
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Lisbeth Berg-Hansen
Succeeded by	Per Sandberg
Minister of Nordic Cooperation
In office 16 October 2013 – 20 December 2016
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Rigmor Aasrud
Succeeded by	Frank Bakke-Jensen
Member of the Storting
In office 1 October 2005 – 30 September 2017
Deputy	Regina Alexandrova (2013–2016)
Constituency	Troms
Second Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
In office 10 April 1994 – 29 March 1998
Leader	Jan Petersen
Preceded by	John G. Bernander
Succeeded by	Anne Berit Andersen
Personal details
Born	(1962-10-16) 16 October 1962 Harstad, Troms, Norway
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	University of Tromsø

Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (born 16 October 1962) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and she is the current county governor of Troms og Finnmark county. She was also the Minister of European Affairs from 2015 to 2016 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2013 to 2016. From 2013 to 2015, she also served as Minister of Fisheries.

She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 2005. She previously served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the terms 1989–1993 and 1997–2001.

From 1986 to 1990 she was the deputy leader of the Norwegian Young Conservatives. During the cabinet Syse, she was private secretary (today known as political advisor) in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. During the second cabinet Bondevik, she was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Education and Research before being promoted to State Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Care Services in 2004.

She was first nominated as county governor of Troms in 2014 and assumed office in late October 2017 after completing her term in parliament. She continued in the position after Troms was merged with Finnmark. She retained her position despite the counties being split again in 2024. In May the same year, she announced that she wouldn't seek re-appointment to the position and would step down by the end of the year.

On the local level she was a member of Harstad municipal council from 1991 to 1995, and of its executive committee from 1999 to 2001. From 1991 to 1999 she was a member of Troms county council, serving as deputy county mayor beginning in 1995.

Before entering politics, she worked as a teacher. Aspaker was educated at Tromsø lærerhøgskole and Harstad University College, both of which today is a part of the University of Tromsø.

External links

• "Elisabeth Aspaker" (in Norwegian). Storting.
• Minister of Fisheries Elisabeth Aspaker (homesite at Regjeringen.no)