Special adviser (Norway)

The Ministry of Finance has stated that special advisers belong to the "highest career level" in government departments.

The Ministry of Finance has stated that special advisers belong to the "highest career level" in government departments.

[3] Special advisers are the single most highly paid category in the government administration and some earn more than the Prime Minister.

[4] For example, Jonas Gahr Støre, Kai Eide, Bjørn Tore Godal, Erik Solheim, Georg Fredrik Rieber-Mohn, Ann-Marit Sæbønes, Harald Rensvik, Anne Kari Lande Hasle, Janne Kristiansen, Tore Eriksen, Hans Brattskar, and Joakim Lystad are or have been special advisers in the Norwegian central government.

In some respects, they are similar to special advisers in the UK government, with the exception that they are permanent civil servants rather than political appointees.

Janne Kristiansen was appointed as a special adviser in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security after she stepped down as head of the Norwegian Police Security Service