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Jens Stoltenberg

Minister of Finance, former prime minister of Norway and NATO secretary general

  • Fame70.8
  • Momentum25.0
  • Norway rank#31
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Born 1959 · age 67Norway
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  • Rank in Norway
    #31
    Politicians
  • Age
    67
    Born 1959
  • Known for
    Jag är inte beredd att…
    2014
Summary
Updated 2026-08-30

He steered NATO through its most muscular reinvention since the Cold War — a decade at the helm while the alliance added members, doubled down on Eastern Europe, and watched defense budgets climb in response to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Biography

About

Born in Oslo in 1959 to a diplomat father and politician mother, Stoltenberg studied economics at the University of Oslo and led Labour's youth wing in the late 1980s. He entered government as a state secretary in 1990, moved through the ministries of industry and finance, and became prime minister in 2000 at 41 — cast then as Norway's answer to Tony Blair, a cautious centrist reshaping social democracy. After losing office in 2001, he returned for a second stint from 2005 to 2013. In 2014 NATO tapped him as secretary general, and the alliance extended his term four times as he oversaw the lar…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Jens Stoltenberg

Jens Stoltenberg
said
NATO Allies have provided training to Ukrainian forces since 2014.
— Doorstep statement, NATO website (15 November 2022)
Jens Stoltenberg
said
President Putin thought he could crush the Ukrainian people and armed forces. He thought he could divide our democratic nations and he thought he could dictate what others do.
— "NATO Chief Urges More Weapons for Ukraine—'Winter Is Coming'", Newsweek (23 August 2022)
Jens Stoltenberg
said
Although I am not a member of any denomination, I do believe that there is something greater than man. Some call it God, others call it something else.
— As quoted in "Man må tro at det nytter" (31 December 2011), by Erik Fossen and Håvard Bjelland, BT (in Norwegian)
Jens Stoltenberg
said
Reconquer the streets, the markets – the public spaces, with the same message of opposition: We are devastated, but we will not give up.
— City Hall Square speech (25 July 2011), as quoted in the Aftenposten
Jens Stoltenberg
said
Evil can kill a person, but never conquer a nation.
— City Hall Square speech (25 July 2011), as quoted in the BBC
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70.8
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Momentum25.0
Historical25.2
Now attention100.0
Source confidence80.0
Completeness90.0
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