Oluf Ulseth

Oluf Ulseth (born 1966) is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.

Ulseth graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics with a siv.øk. degree. He started his political career as an adviser to the Conservative Party parliamentary group from 1992 to 1995, and also worked in Storebrand.^[1]

As Bondevik's Second Cabinet assumed office in 2001, Ulseth was appointed as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. In June 2004 he changed to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, serving until October 2005 when Bondevik's Second Cabinet fell.^[2]

In 2006 he became the new director of the European market in Statkraft. From 2011 to 2018 he was the chief executive officer of Energi Norge [no], the employers' association for the energy industry. In January 2019, during the Solberg's Cabinet, he returned as a State Secretary, this time in the Office of the Prime Minister. He again served until the cabinet was removed from office, in October 2021.^[2][3]