Thorhild Widvey

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-suffix = MP

| image = Thorhild Widvey 2014.jpg

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| caption = Widvey in 2014

| office = Minister of Culture

| term_start = 16 October 2013

| term_end = 16 December 2015

| primeminister = Erna Solberg

| predecessor = Hadia Tajik

| successor = Linda Hofstad Helleland

| office2 = Minister of Petroleum and Energy

| term_start2 = 18 June 2004

| term_end2 = 17 October 2005

| primeminister2 = Kjell Magne Bondevik

| predecessor2 = Einar Steensnæs

| successor2 = Odd Roger Enoksen

| office3 = Member of the Norwegian Parliament

| term_start3 = 1 October 1989

| term_end3 = 30 September 1997

| constituency3 = Rogaland

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|1|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Karmøy, Norway

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| party = Conservative

| spouse = Osvald Bjelland

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| children = 2

| alma_mater = BI Norwegian Business School

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Thorhild Widvey (born 9 January 1956[https://www.statkraft.com/about-statkraft/organisation/board-of-directors/widvey/ Thorhild Widvey on Statkraft]) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Culture from 2013 to 2015, and Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 2004 to 2005.

Political career

=Local politics=

On the local level Widvey was a member of Karmøy municipal council from 1979 to 1989, the last six years in the executive committee.

=Parliament=

She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. She had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1985–1989.

=Bondevik cabinet=

From 2002 to 2003, during the second cabinet Bondevik, Widvey was appointed State Secretary of the Ministry of Fisheries. From 2003 to 2004, she held the same position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2004, she was appointed Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, an office she left, along with the rest of the second cabinet Bondevik, after their 2005 election defeat.{{cite web | url= https://www.nrk.no/rogaland/widvey-blir-olje--og-energiminister-1.239295 | title= Widvey new petroleum and energy minister | publisher= NRK Rogaland | date= 18 June 2004 | accessdate= 14 April 2021 | language= Norwegian}}

=Solberg cabinet=

Early and personal life

She was born on 9 January 1956, in Avaldsnes. A physical therapist by education, she was deputy leader of the Norwegian Sporting Association of People with Disabilities 1985–1987. Widvey lives in Oslo, is married and has two children.

Her husband is businessman Osvald Bjelland.{{cite web |url=https://www.tu.no/artikler/da-osvald-bjelland-horte-at-det-kunne-bli-kjoreforbud-for-dieselbiler-i-oslo-bestilte-han-en-tesla/410813|title= Den absolutt største feilen man kan gjøre er å kaste bort tida på dårlige ledere |language=no |work=Teknisk Ukeblad |date=29 October 2017|access-date=17 August 2023|last=Haugstad |first=Tormod}}