Helen Bjørnøy

Helen Bjørnøy
County Governor of Buskerud
Assumed office
1 October 2013
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Erna Solberg
Preceded byKirsti Kolle Grøndahl
Minister of the Environment
In office
17 October 2005 – 18 October 2007
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byKnut Arild Hareide
Succeeded byErik Solheim
Personal details
BornHelen Oddveig Bjørnøy
(1954-02-18) 18 February 1954
Ålesund, Norway
PartySocialist Left Party
SpouseTorstein Lalim
Children4
OccupationPriest
Politician
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Helen Oddveig Bjørnøy (born 18 February 1954 in Ålesund, Norway) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician (Socialist Left Party), currently County Governor of Buskerud. From October 2005 to October 2007, she was Minister of the Environment in the Red-Green Coalition cabinet headed by Jens Stoltenberg. On 18 October 2007 she was relieved from her duties in the government and replaced by Erik Solheim (Socialist Left Party).