Kjell Magne Bondevik
Kjell Magne Bondevik OStO Prime Minister of Norway In office 19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005 Monarch Harald V Preceded by Jens Stoltenberg Succeeded by Jens Stoltenberg In office 17 October 1997 – 3 March 2000 Monarch Harald V Preceded by Thorbjørn Jagland Succeeded by Jens Stoltenberg 1st Deputy to the Prime Minister of Norway In office 4 October 1985 – 9 May 1986 Prime Minister Kåre Willoch Preceded by Post established Succeeded by Vacant (succeeded in 1997 by Anne Enger Lahnstein) Personal details Born (1947-09-03) 3 September 1947 (age 67) Molde, Norway Political party Christian Democratic Party Spouse(s) Bjørg, née Rasmussen Children 3 Alma mater MF Norwegian School of Theology Profession Clergyman Religion Evangelical Lutheranism (Church of Norway) Signature Kjell Magne Bondevik ([çɛlː mɑŋnə bunːəviːk] ( listen); born 3 September 1947) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician (Christian Democratic Party). He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005, making him Norway's longest serving non-Labour Party Prime Minister since World War II.[citation needed] Currently, he is President of the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights. On 31 October 2006 he published his memoir, called Et liv i spenning (A life of excitement and tension).