Dag Terje Andersen

Dag Terje Andersen (born 27 May 1957 in Frogn, Akershus) is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. In addition to professional politics he has worked at a steel mill and as a lumberjack, something that has given him a reputation for politically representing the average citizen.

Dag Terje Andersen
President of the Storting
In office 8 October 2009 – 30 September 2013
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Vice President	Øyvind Korsberg (First) Per-Kristian Foss (Second) Marit Nybakk (Third) Akhtar Chaudhry (Fourth) Line Holten Hjemdal (Fifth; 2009–2011) Dagfinn Høybråten (Fifth; 2011–2013)
Preceded by	Thorbjørn Jagland
Succeeded by	Olemic Thommessen
Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion
In office 20 June 2008 – 2 October 2009
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Bjarne Håkon Hanssen
Succeeded by	Hanne Bjurstrøm
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office 29 September 2006 – 20 June 2008
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Odd Eriksen
Succeeded by	Sylvia Brustad
Minister of Agriculture
In office 25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997
Prime Minister	Thorbjørn Jagland
Preceded by	Gunhild Øyangen
Succeeded by	Kåre Gjønnes
Party Secretary of the Labour Party
In office 4 September 1992 – 25 October 1996
Preceded by	Thorbjørn Jagland
Succeeded by	Solveig Torsvik
Personal details
Born	(1957-05-27) 27 May 1957 Frogn, Akershus
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Married
Children	2
Occupation	Politician

He was elected into the Norwegian parliament (Storting) as a representative from Vestfold in 1997, and he was re-elected in the 2005, 2009 and 2013 elections.

Andersen was the Mayor of Lardal from 1987 to 1992. He was at first a political advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before he became State Secretary at the Ministry of Social Affairs in 1992. He was a party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1992 until 1996.

In 1996 he became Minister of Agriculture, remaining in that post for slightly less than a year. Andersen later became Minister of Trade and Industry on 29 September 2006, when Odd Eriksen resigned.

From 2009 to 2013, Andersen served as President of the Storting.