Bjørnar Skjæran
Bjørnar Skjæran | |
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Skjæran in 2025 | |
| Minister of Local Government | |
| Assumed office 16 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Kjersti Stenseng |
| Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy | |
| In office 14 October 2021 – 16 October 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen |
| Succeeded by | Cecilie Myrseth |
| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
| Deputy | Karianne Bråthen Kari Baadstrand Sandnes |
| Constituency | Nordland |
| Second Deputy Leader of the Labour Party | |
| In office 6 April 2019 – 5 May 2023 | |
| Leader | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Trond Giske |
| Succeeded by | Jan Christian Vestre |
| Mayor of Lurøy Municipality | |
| In office 27 October 2011 – 16 October 2015 | |
| Deputy | Aino Olaisen |
| Preceded by | Carl Einar Isachsen jr. |
| Succeeded by | Carl Einar Isachsen jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 May 1966 |
| Party | Labour |
| Spouse | Line Skjæran |
| Children | 3 |
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Bjørnar Selnes Skjæran (born 28 May 1966) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He has served as the minister of local government and regional development since 2025 and previously served as minister of fisheries from 2021 to 2023, and as one the party's deputy leaders from 2019 to 2023. He was also the mayor of Lurøy Municipality from 2011 to 2015.