Sigbjørn Johnsen

Sigbjørn Johnsen
Minister of Finance
In office 20 October 2009 – 16 October 2013
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Kristin Halvorsen
Succeeded by	Siv Jensen
In office 3 November 1990 – 25 October 1996
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by	Arne Skauge
Succeeded by	Jens Stoltenberg
Governor of Hedmark
In office 1 October 1997 – 1 October 2009
Monarch	Harald V
Preceded by	Jon A. Lea
Succeeded by	Tormod W. Karlstrøm (acting)
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1977 – 30 September 1997
Constituency	Hedmark
Personal details
Born	(1950-10-01) 1 October 1950 Lillehammer, Norway
Political party	Labour Party
Alma mater	Norwegian School of Management

Sigbjørn Johnsen (born 1 October 1950 in Lillehammer, Norway) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and was Norwegian Minister of Finance in the periods 1990-1996 and 2009-2013.

He is a former member of parliament and County Governor of Hedmark from 1997 to 2009. He was member of parliament for Hedmark between 1977 and 1997 and was the Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1996 during the Brundtland's Third Cabinet. He made a comeback in national politics when again he became Minister of Finance in 2009 Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet.

He was also the deputy chairman of the Workers' Youth League between 1975 and 1977.