Halvard Ingebrigtsen

Halvard Ingebrigtsen (born 23 September 1970) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

While he served through his compulsory military service from 1990 to 1991 he was also a national board member of the Workers' Youth League and deputy leader in Sør-Trøndelag.

In 2005 he was appointed to Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet, as political adviser in the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs.

He was then State Secretary there from 2006 to 2009 (acting 2006–2007), then in the Ministry of Trade and Industry until Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet fell in October 2013.

He held the position until being appointed Chief of Staff to prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre in March 2024, succeeding Kristine Kallset.