Svein Ludvigsen | |
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.jpg) Ludvigsen in 2003 | |
| County Governor of Troms | |
| In office 17 January 2006 – 18 July 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Vilgunn Gregusson |
| Succeeded by | Bård Magne Pedersen |
| Minister of Fisheries | |
| In office 19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Preceded by | Otto Gregussen |
| Succeeded by | Helga Pedersen |
| Minister of Nordic Cooperation | |
| In office 19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Preceded by | Jørgen Kosmo |
| Succeeded by | Heidi Grande Røys |
| Second Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 5 May 1990 – 20 April 1991 | |
| Leader | Jan P. Syse |
| Preceded by | Petter Thomassen |
| Succeeded by | John G. Bernander |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 October 1989 – 30 September 2001 | |
| Constituency | Troms |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Svein Harald Ludvigsen 18 July 1946 Hillesøy, Troms, Norway |
| Political party | Conservative |
Svein Harald Ludvigsen (born 18 July 1946) is a Norwegian former politician for the Conservative Party and a convicted sex offender. He served as a member of parliament (1989–2001), deputy leader of the Conservative Party (1990–1991), minister of fisheries (2001–2005), and county governor of Troms (2006–2014). In 2019 he was convicted of sexually abusing three young men, and sentenced to five years imprisonment; his conviction and sentence became final in January 2020.[1]
Ludvigsen was born in Hillesøy, the son of a fishing boat captain.[2] Before entering politics Ludvigsen worked as a businessman and local banker. On the local level, Ludvigsen was a member of the executive committee of Tromsø municipal council in the periods 1971–1975, 1979–1983, and 1987–1989. He has chaired the municipal and county party chapters, and from 1990 to 1991 he was deputy leader of the Conservative Party nationwide.[2]
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms county in 1989, and was re-elected on two occasions. From 2001 to 2005, when the second Bondevik cabinet held office, Ludvigsen was Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs. In 2001, he was appointed County Governor of Troms, but because of his job as cabinet minister he assumed the office on 17 January 2006.[2]
On the 4 July 2019, he was convicted of abusing his position to gain sexual favours from three vulnerable male persons[3][4] and sentenced to five years imprisonment.[5]
