Svein Ludvigsen

Svein Ludvigsen
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 (1946-07-18) 18 July 1946 (age 77) 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]