[2] She has been elected member of the city council in Bergen since 2003, first representing the Red Electoral Alliance, and from 2008 the Labour Party.

[8] At her local chapter's nomination convention in November 2024, ahead of the 2025 election, Persen announced that she wouldn't seek re-election and endorsed Jaffery for the top position, which was later approved.

[13] In the Storting question time on 27 October, Persen acknowledged that electrification of the Norwegian shelf would require an increased use of power on land in the short term up until 2030.

[14] Person met the lawyers representing the Sami people in the issue of the wind farms within the Fosen area, on 2 November.

She didn't offer a solution to the matter as the issue stood, but emphasised that she prioritised the state's duty for the people and for the Sami population.

[15] In December, she and fellow ministers Anniken Huitfeldt and Jan Christian Vestre, and Crown Prince Haakon visited the United States to promote Norwegian interests notably regarding "War, the Arctic, offshore wind, contemporary art and Christmas trees".

Persen notably cited that they were going to visit Equinor's recently opened Brooklyn office in relation to the ongoing offshore wind projects outside of New York.

Her chief of communication, Arvid Samland, denied that her return home was due to Progress Party leader Sylvi Listhaug's criticism of Persen's visit.

[17] In a written response to the Progress Party's Marius Arion Nilsen on 4 January 2022, Persen revealed that the electricity prices would be around 13,000 NOK in Southern Norway for the first quarter.

[18] Persen received criticism by the media and the Socialist Left Party for not participating at Storting sessions when asked to do so.

[20] Following Hadia Tajik's resignation after controversy regarding the use of a government apartment and fringe benefit; Persen was appointed her successor on 7 March 2022.

[21] At a press conference on 29 April, the government announced that temporary changes to laws in order to include Ukrainian refugees.

Among other things, it may be relevant to expand the target group for training in reception if the waiting time before settlement becomes long.

She stated: "It is important to make the best possible use of the opportunities in the workforce, especially now that so many Norwegian companies are reporting a shortage of qualified labour.

She reasoned that it was "unreasonable to go on strike due to the current situation in Europe" and called it "indefensible to shut down the gas production".

[33] On 17 November, Persen and Labour MP Tuva Moflag admitted that the party should have sent someone to Debatten to discuss the increasing prices two days prior.

The latter of which argued that a forced wage board would not help solve the issue, while Mjøs Persen called it "unfortunate" that the two parties had not been able to reach an agreement.

[36] In June, Mjøs Persen confirmed in parliament in response to a question from the Red Party that the government would not change the rules for the allocation of care money to be given to people without previous employment income.