Tore Nordseth Ola Røtvei Arne L. Haugen Audun Otterstad
Constituency
Sør-Trøndelag
Leader of the Workers' Youth League
In office 6 September 1992 – 27 October 1996
Preceded by
Turid Birkeland
Succeeded by
Anniken Huitfeldt
Personal details
Born
(1966-11-07) 7 November 1966 (age 57) Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Political party
Labour
Spouse
Haddy N'jie
(m. 2019)
Domestic partner
Anne Grethe Moe (1996–2006)
Children
2
Alma mater
University of Oslo
Trond Giske (born 7 November 1966) is a Norwegian politician who served as deputy leader of the Labour Party from 2015 until his resignation in 2018 as a result of the so-called Giske affair. In 2024, he became the deputy leader of the Trondheim Labour Party, a local chapter of the Labour Party.
He announced his permanent withdrawal from politics in 2020 following accusations of widespread sexual harassment and sexual assault[1] against multiple women.[2]
Giske was elected into the Norwegian parliament for Sør-Trøndelag county in 1997, and served as Minister of Education, Research and Church Affairs in the first cabinet of Jens Stoltenberg from 2000 to 2001, as Minister of Culture and Church Affairs in Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet from 2005 to 2009 and as Minister of Trade and Industry from 2009 to 2013. As a cabinet member he several times faced accusations of cronyism by having appointed little-qualified close friends to well paid government jobs, which also led to formal inquiries into his actions in the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs.[3]
In December 2017, during the Me Too controversy triggered by the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, Giske was accused of an extensive pattern of sexual harassment and sexual assault[4][1] of young women, leading to the so-called Giske affair, which dominated Norwegian media for several weeks. After admitting to some of the accusations against him, Giske was asked to permanently resign by party leader Jonas Gahr Støre on 1 January 2018,[5] which he subsequently did on 7 January 2018 shortly before the party executive committee were to debate the matter and shortly before Støre was about to state publicly that Giske needed to resign.[6] On 25 January 2018 the Labour Party ruled that Giske had violated the party's rules against sexual harassment and that his behaviour disqualified him from holding offices or positions of trust in the party.[7][8] In response Giske sought legal assistance against his own party.[9] He faced intense criticism when seeking election as chairman of a local party branch in 2020, and as a result announced his withdrawal from politics.[2] In 2023 Dagens Næringsliv reported that Giske had threatened the Labour Party with a lawsuit, resulting in a settlement where the party paid his legal expenses and wrote a letter as demanded by Giske which said that the party leadership couldn't rule out the possibility of a comeback.[10]
^ ab"AP-politiker Line Oma står frem som Giske-varsler". www.vg.no.
^ abTrond Giske vil trekke seg fra rikspolitikken, refser pressen, Medier 24
^"Giske må svarepå fire nye spørsmål". e24.no.
^#MeToo Hits Norway: Top Politician Steps Down Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Time Magazine
TrondGiske (born 7 November 1966) is a Norwegian politician who served as deputy leader of the Labour Party from 2015 until his resignation in 2018 as...
in Trøndelag, and according to former Norwegian Minister of Culture TrondGiske "Everyone who has grown up in Trøndelag, has had Karsk at some point"...
representative to the Parliament of Norway from Sør-Trøndelag in 2013. As TrondGiske from Sør-Trøndelag was a member of the outgoing Stoltenberg's Second...
cousin Marianne Ulrichsen, the actor Kåre Conradi and the politician TrondGiske. She has two younger sisters, Leah Isadora Behn, born on 8 April 2005...
(folkekirken) in the Constitution of Denmark; the Minister of Church Affairs TrondGiske stressed that the reform meant that "the state church is retained", On...
Labour Party politician TrondGiske were in a relationship. In September 2015, Njie announced that she was pregnant. She and Giske had a daughter in 2016...
His friendship with the former Minister of Culture and Labour leader TrondGiske attracted criticism from newspapers and politicians. In January 2009...
served as a political advisor to then Minister of Trade and Industry TrondGiske, from June to October 2013. On 21 April 2023, ahead of the party convention...
Machine November 27, 2017 TrondGiske trekker seg som Ap-nestleder Archived January 8, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Aftenposten "Giske 'sick,' and his future...
MiniTV. The service was opened by then Norwegian Minister of Culture, TrondGiske. NMTVs CEO is Gunnar Garfors. Middleton, James (May 18, 2009). "Norway...
League was the most active organization within Sosialdemokrater mot EU. TrondGiske chaired the Workers' Youth League at that time, and many young Labour...
2001–2005. From 2000 to 2001 he was a regular representative, covering for TrondGiske who was appointed to the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Nordseth was a member...
countries established diplomatic relations on 17 April 1947. Norway In 2012, TrondGiske met with Minister of Finance Pranab Mukherjee, to save Telenor's investments...
them as retaliation for her inaction to make a clear standing against TrondGiske at the time of MeToo within the party. Despite this, she was subsequently...
Culture and Church Affairs. The committee has 15 members and is chaired by TrondGiske of the Labour Party. Parliament of Norway. "The Standing Committee on...
scientist Per-Kristian Foss Einar Gerhardsen, former prime minister, author TrondGiske Carl I. Hagen Kristin Halvorsen, former Minister of Finance C. J. Hambro...
kroner (€17 million) was originally the venue budget agreed upon by TrondGiske and Hans-Tore Bjerkaas, respectively the Norwegian Minister for Culture...
release about the delivery of the church, with a link to the speech by TrondGiske 63°26′39″N 20°15′40″W / 63.4443°N 20.2612°W / 63.4443; -20.2612...
and was largely proposed financed with DA-funds. Minister of Culture, TrondGiske, stated that at least one of the venues would have to be in Northern...
1 March 2019, by the then minister of Culture from the Labour Party, TrondGiske. The building also houses a cinema, and a library and is connected to...
Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik Preceded by Ellen Horn Succeeded by TrondGiske Leader of the Christian Democratic Party In office 24 March 1995 – 23...