Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen

Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen (born 8 October 1964) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He is currently the mayor of Bodø since 2023 and previously served as the Minister of Fisheries from 2020 to 2021.[1]

Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen
Mayor of Bodø
Assumed office
5 October 2023
DeputyIda Gudding Johnsen
Preceded byIda Pinnerød
Minister of Fisheries and Seafood
In office
13 March 2020 – 14 October 2021
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byGeir-Inge Sivertsen
Succeeded byBjørnar Skjæran
State Secretary for the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
In office
24 January 2020 – 13 March 2020
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
MinisterTina Bru
Leader of the Bodø Conservatives
In office
Acting
July 1991 – October 1991
Preceded byAsbjørn Sørensen
Succeeded byDagfinn Røsberg
In office
November 1985 – February 1987
Preceded byThor Otto Steen
Succeeded bySolveig Bernhoft
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 1989 – 30 September 1993
ConstituencyNordland
Personal details
Born (1964-10-08) 8 October 1964
Bodø, Nordland, Norway
Political partyConservative
SpouseGrete Bang Ingebrigtsen
OccupationPolitician
Businessman
Publisher

Personal life

He is married to Grete Bang Ingebrigtsen,[2] with whom he has at least one son, who is a member of the Labour Party.[3]

Political career

Youth wing

From 1986 to 1988 he was the secretary general of the Young Conservatives (Unge Høyre), the youth wing of the Conservative Party.

Local politics

On the local level he was a member of Bodø city council from 1988 to 2007, and chaired the local party chapter from 1985 to 1987. He also chaired the local chapter in an acting capacity between July and October 1991.

On 29 June 2022, he was announced as the Bodø Conservatives' mayoral candidate in the upcoming 2023 local elections.[4] Following negotiations after the election, the Conservatives formed a majority with the Progress Party and Liberal Party, with Ingebrigtsen as mayor and the Liberals' Ida Gudding Johnsen as deputy mayor.[5] He and Gudding Johnsen were confirmed by the municipal council on 5 October and took their respective roles the same day.[6]

Parliament

He served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Nordland from 1989 to 1993.

Minister of Fisheries

On 13 March 2020, he was appointed minister of fisheries following the resignation of Geir-Inge Sivertsen.[1]

In December, he encouraged Norwegians who no longer had a job to take part in the winter fishing season, saying: "It will be fatal to stop production and operations in the middle of such a peak season. We hope that some of the need for labor can be solved by unemployed Norwegians getting jobs in Lofoten and Vesterålen now in the peak season".[7]

In February 2021, Ingebrigtsen denied that young people would face difficult challenges in becoming fishers. He compared the challenges to the same ones faced when they're looking for a place to live, and asserted that it wasn't a given right to become a fisher. He also praised the young people for their engagement on the issue. His response came following criticism given by twenty year old young fisher who stated that one had to have a lot of money in to become a fisher.[8]

In July, he asserted that Norway would respond harshly if the European Union would go against the salmon quotas established in the area around Svalbard. He also stated that it would be irrelevant for the EU or any other country to determine the said quotas.[9]

Shortly before his departure, Ingebrigtsen sent a letter out to shipowners urging them to take action against sexual harassment on board fishing vessels. He also encouraged his successor to follow up on the issue. He also expressed that it appeared that the fisheries branch would be facing its own MeToo, saying: "It is important that we now have the floodlight on, so that the troll appears in the light and eventually cracks. It may seem that the fishing industry here may get it's own "meeto"".[10]

References
  1. "Guri Melby (V) ny kunnskapsminister og Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen ny fiskerminister" (in Norwegian). NRK. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. "Bråk om ektepar på toppen" (in Norwegian). Avisa Nordland. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. "Bekjennelse fra en Høyre-ordførers Ap-sønn" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. "Tidligere statsråd vil bli ordfører i Bodø" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. "Odd Emil får med seg Ida som varaordfører: –⁠ Vi vil prioritere hardt" (in Norwegian). Bodø Nu. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. "Her blir Odd Emil offisielt ordfører: –⁠ Tusen takk, Ida" (in Norwegian). Bodø Nu. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  7. "Arbeidsledig? Da vil fiskeriministeren at du melder deg til vinterfisket" (in Norwegian). NRK Nordland. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  8. "Sander (20) slår et slag for unge fiskere: – Må være jævlig rik for å klare det" (in Norwegian). NRK Nordland. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  9. "EU truer Norge med sanksjoner over fiskekvoter: – En diplomatisk skandale" (in Norwegian). NRK Nordland. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  10. "Mener næringen kan stå overfor sitt «metoo»: – Sjokkert over hva jeg hører" (in Norwegian). NRK Troms og Finnmark. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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