another american puppet :)) the american establishment must be really desperate these days…
It’s a Hail Mary to gain votes in the upcoming election. Probably won’t work. I don’t think stopping the populists is done by bringing back someone everyone sees as a “elite liberal globalist”. Leading the Bilderberger group didn’t exactly help that perception.
Tbf he led NATO so it’s probably to fix those plummeting percentage points in the polls.
Let him cook
Is the position of norway’s financial minister a difficult one? Every time the polls dip just point out every norwegian has over 300 000$ in the Oljefondet if divided equally.
Norwegians, is he gonna be any good ?
Jan Egeland for the Foreign Ministry, and the Ylvis Trio is back in power!
stolen-berg
This is a brilliant move by PM Støre, and the Nordic states. Not only does this help The Labour government with its plummeting poll numbers, but amidst a geopolitical crisis between Scandinavia and Washington, Norway is bringing on board the *one* establishment politician from a Nordic state that was invited to Trumps inaugural. They have both spoken highly about their previous cooperation in NATO and Stoltenberg seems to have gained Trumps trust and respect.
Stoltenberg is a well respected social economist so he will be handling his department competently, but more importantly he will have an in with The White House on behalf of the Nordic states. It would have made sense for him to take on the role of foreign minister for this task, but that position is currently held by longtime personal ally of PM Støre and Stoltenberg, Mr. Espen Barth Eide. Barth Eide is a considered excellent at his job, and holds a PhD in political science with his work being on foreign affairs, in addition to having held the position of Environmental minister during the Paris talks, and later defense minister. He is considered Norways head negotiator and simply too good at his job, and too close to Stoltenberg that threads would cross without it being intentional.
Also, besides this position, Stoltenberg agreed two weeks ago that he would be in charge of a comprehensive report about Nordic-Baltic security and defence cooperation on behalf of all involved countries. This gives him a reason to keep a direct link to Washington and other European leaders, even if it’s outside the normal channels of the Norwegian foreign office.
In addition, Elon Musk, the new Duke of United States, is in a conflict with Teslas 7th biggest investor, The Norwegian «Oil fund» (The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global) over refusing to vote Elon his latest cash extraction package. The fund is the worlds largest sovereign wealth fund, and much of its modern success and management rules are the result of Stoltenbergs time as PM of Norway during the last global financial crisis. He has set the rules of the fund, that Elon is now angry about.
This move was probably discussed when all the Nordic PMs (with the exception of Iceland) met last week in Denmark discussing the Greenland issue.
It seems PM Støre, and his Scandinavian and Nordic allies are putting their best and strongest piece on the board going forward.
Jens is daddy’s boy, not like Jan Egeland.
Great! Stoltenberg has a very solid reputation, that’s great news!
I read his last name as “Stolenberg” 😄
Man Norway get all the good stuff
Guess who’s back, back again.
Let’s hope he’s just as good at managing the economy as he was steering NATO.
The pension reform that almost every industrialized country needs: the unpopular one: Stoltenberg did it in Norway.
In such an elegant way that people were happy afterwards. Is shouldn’t be possible.
I feel more safe than ever after these news. Our politicians behaves like teenagers. I feel like our dad is coming home.
This is fantastic news. Jens Stoltenberg was a superb prime minister and will be a fantastic addition here.
Hopefully he will put some more money into defense of ukraine. Norway has been EXTREMELY underperforming considering their wealth.
Bravo!!
This guy was the prime minster when I was a teenager lol. Good to see him back
Can this be seen as career decline?
I am not into Norwegian politics and how important offices are, but isn’t this a step back in his career? He was prime minister of Norway for 9 years, Norways United Nations Envoy and secretary general of NATO. And the last thing i heard from him was his wish to become head of Norway’s central bank.
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Link to [norwegian newspaper VG](https://www.vg.no/i/QMXwoW?utm_source=iosapp&utm_medium=share)
Edit: this means that he quits his job for the Bilderberg network. English version: [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ex-nato-chief-stoltenberg-become-norways-finance-minister-local-media-report-2025-02-04/)
another american puppet :)) the american establishment must be really desperate these days…
It’s a Hail Mary to gain votes in the upcoming election. Probably won’t work. I don’t think stopping the populists is done by bringing back someone everyone sees as a “elite liberal globalist”. Leading the Bilderberger group didn’t exactly help that perception.
Tbf he led NATO so it’s probably to fix those plummeting percentage points in the polls.
Let him cook
Is the position of norway’s financial minister a difficult one? Every time the polls dip just point out every norwegian has over 300 000$ in the Oljefondet if divided equally.
Norwegians, is he gonna be any good ?
Jan Egeland for the Foreign Ministry, and the Ylvis Trio is back in power!
stolen-berg
This is a brilliant move by PM Støre, and the Nordic states. Not only does this help The Labour government with its plummeting poll numbers, but amidst a geopolitical crisis between Scandinavia and Washington, Norway is bringing on board the *one* establishment politician from a Nordic state that was invited to Trumps inaugural. They have both spoken highly about their previous cooperation in NATO and Stoltenberg seems to have gained Trumps trust and respect.
Stoltenberg is a well respected social economist so he will be handling his department competently, but more importantly he will have an in with The White House on behalf of the Nordic states. It would have made sense for him to take on the role of foreign minister for this task, but that position is currently held by longtime personal ally of PM Støre and Stoltenberg, Mr. Espen Barth Eide. Barth Eide is a considered excellent at his job, and holds a PhD in political science with his work being on foreign affairs, in addition to having held the position of Environmental minister during the Paris talks, and later defense minister. He is considered Norways head negotiator and simply too good at his job, and too close to Stoltenberg that threads would cross without it being intentional.
Also, besides this position, Stoltenberg agreed two weeks ago that he would be in charge of a comprehensive report about Nordic-Baltic security and defence cooperation on behalf of all involved countries. This gives him a reason to keep a direct link to Washington and other European leaders, even if it’s outside the normal channels of the Norwegian foreign office.
In addition, Elon Musk, the new Duke of United States, is in a conflict with Teslas 7th biggest investor, The Norwegian «Oil fund» (The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global) over refusing to vote Elon his latest cash extraction package. The fund is the worlds largest sovereign wealth fund, and much of its modern success and management rules are the result of Stoltenbergs time as PM of Norway during the last global financial crisis. He has set the rules of the fund, that Elon is now angry about.
This move was probably discussed when all the Nordic PMs (with the exception of Iceland) met last week in Denmark discussing the Greenland issue.
It seems PM Støre, and his Scandinavian and Nordic allies are putting their best and strongest piece on the board going forward.
Jens is daddy’s boy, not like Jan Egeland.
Great! Stoltenberg has a very solid reputation, that’s great news!
I read his last name as “Stolenberg” 😄
Man Norway get all the good stuff
Guess who’s back, back again.
Let’s hope he’s just as good at managing the economy as he was steering NATO.
The pension reform that almost every industrialized country needs: the unpopular one: Stoltenberg did it in Norway.
In such an elegant way that people were happy afterwards. Is shouldn’t be possible.
I feel more safe than ever after these news. Our politicians behaves like teenagers. I feel like our dad is coming home.
This is fantastic news. Jens Stoltenberg was a superb prime minister and will be a fantastic addition here.
Hopefully he will put some more money into defense of ukraine. Norway has been EXTREMELY underperforming considering their wealth.
Bravo!!
This guy was the prime minster when I was a teenager lol. Good to see him back
Can this be seen as career decline?
I am not into Norwegian politics and how important offices are, but isn’t this a step back in his career? He was prime minister of Norway for 9 years, Norways United Nations Envoy and secretary general of NATO. And the last thing i heard from him was his wish to become head of Norway’s central bank.
You know he had to do it to them
Why is it giving [this pose](https://live.staticflickr.com/8151/7376237694_47eb5b5b31_b.jpg) 😭😭
Edit: typo
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