Grete Knudsen

Grete Knudsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was the state secretary to the Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1979–1981, Minister of Social Affairs 1992–1994, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1994–1996, Minister of Industry and Energy 1996, Minister of Industry and Trade 1997, as well as Minister of Nordic cooperation 1996–1997, and Minister of Industry and Trade 2000–2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Knudsen was a teacher before her political career, and worked as principal of a special education school in Bergen.