Lisbeth Berg-Hansen

Lisbeth Berg-Hansen (2009)

Lisbeth Berg-Hansen (born March 14, 1963 in Bindal , Nordland ) is a Norwegian politician of the Arbeiderpartiet (Ap).

biography

After leaving school she took a career at Sinkaberg-Hansen AS on a business of aquaculture . At the same time, she was active in local politics between 1987 and 1991 as a member of the Bindal municipal council. She then was an advisor to the Ministry of Fisheries ( Fiskeridepartementet ) between 1992 and 1996 and, at the same time, from 1995 to 2003, Vice Mayor ( Varaordfører ) of Bindal.

In addition, she was Vararepresentant for the Storting in the 1997/2001 legislative period . From 2000 to 2001 she served as State Secretary under Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg .

Later she was a member of the board of directors at Bodø University , the fishing company Aker Seafoods and the bus and ferry company Fosen Trafikklag . Between 2003 and 2007 she was again a member of the Bindal Municipal Council and from 2004 to 2008 she was also Vice-President of the Norwegian Business Association Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon (NHO). In addition, between 2004 and 2005 she was chairman of the board of the National Association for Fisheries and Aquaculture ( Fiskeri- og Havbruksnæringens Landsforening ).

In the parliamentary elections on September 14, 2009 , she was number 5 on the electoral list of the Arbeiderpartiet in the Nordland constituency and was then again Vararepresentantin the province in parliament.

On October 20, 2009 Lisbeth Berg-Hansen was appointed Minister for Fisheries and Coasts ( Fiskeri- og Kystminister ) of the Jens Stoltenberg II government. She held this function until the Solberg government took office in October 2013.

criticism

The TV documentary "Poisonous Fish - The Big Health Lie", broadcast by Austrian radio among others, accuses Lisbeth Berg-Hansen of a conflict of interests between her work as minister and holdings in companies in the Norwegian fishing industry. For this reason, claims journalist Nicolas Daniel in this documentary, she likely prevented ethoxyquin from being banned as a fish feed additive in Norway. She is also said to have hindered research into ethoxyquin by cutting funding for it. According to the documentation "Poisonous Fish", the few studies available on this point suggest that ethoxyquin is very harmful to human health. The substance should be able to cross the blood-brain barrier .

Web links

• Lisbeth Berg-Hansen at the Storting (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Poisonous fish - The great health lie : [1] ORF World Journal from Nov. 26, 2014 in ORF 2 , in particular minute 31:26 to 34:36
2. ↑ Homepage ORF World Journal [2] Poisonous Fish - The Great Health Lie