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Cecilie Myrseth
Cecilie Myrseth (born 27 July 1984) is a Norwegian psychologist and politician for the Labour Party. She is currently the minister of trade and industry since 2024. She also served as minister of fisheries between 2023 and 2024. She is also a member of the Storting for Troms since 2017, and previously chaired the Troms county cabinet from 2015 to 2017.
Myrseth was born in Harstad on 27 July 1984, and grew up in Lavangen Municipality, Troms. She is the daughter of Lavangen mayor Hege Myrseth Rollmoen, whose father and thereby Myrseth's grandfather, Thorleif Myrseth, also served as mayor on multiple occasions. She graduated as psychologist from the University of Tromsø in 2015.
Myrseth became the chairwoman of the Troms county cabinet following the 2015 local elections. The Labour Party formed a coalition with the Centre Party, Liberal Party and the Christian Democrats; with the Centre Party's Ivar B. Prestbakmo as deputy chair and County Commissioner for Transport and the Environment. She resigned on 15 June 2017 to run in the 2017 parliamentary election and was replaced by Willy Ørnebakk, the County Commissioner for Health, Culture and Industry.
She was elected member to the Storting for the period 2017–2021, and re-elected in 2021 and 2025. In parliament, she sat on the Standing Committee on Business and Industry from 2017 to 2021. From 2021 to 2023, she sat on the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services, where she also served as first vice chair, concurrently with the Election Committee.
Myrseth was appointed minister of fisheries on 16 October 2023 following a cabinet reshuffle. With her appointment, she became the first Labour fisheries minister from Troms since Jan Henry T. Olsen in 1992.
Early into her tenure, Myrseth oversaw the final negotiations with Russia about a new fishery agreement for 2024, which outlined a 20% lower cod quota and also ensuring long-term and sustainable management in the northern area.
In late November, she summoned fish farming companies and supervision agencies to discuss animal welfare after revelations of multiple rule violations had been uncovered the past year. Myrseth expressed that in order to achieve greater growth, an increased focus on climate and animal welfare should be at the forefront.
By early December, Myrseth had finalised negotiations with the European Union and the United Kingdom regarding a fishery agreement for 2024. The agreement with the EU was bilateral and outlined the North Sea, Skagerrak and the neighborhood agreement on fishing by Swedish vessels travelling in the Norwegian zone. The UK agreement served as a part of a three part agreement between them, Norway and the EU, which outlined a quota determination and management of the common stocks in the North Sea.
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Cecilie Myrseth
Cecilie Myrseth (born 27 July 1984) is a Norwegian psychologist and politician for the Labour Party. She is currently the minister of trade and industry since 2024. She also served as minister of fisheries between 2023 and 2024. She is also a member of the Storting for Troms since 2017, and previously chaired the Troms county cabinet from 2015 to 2017.
Myrseth was born in Harstad on 27 July 1984, and grew up in Lavangen Municipality, Troms. She is the daughter of Lavangen mayor Hege Myrseth Rollmoen, whose father and thereby Myrseth's grandfather, Thorleif Myrseth, also served as mayor on multiple occasions. She graduated as psychologist from the University of Tromsø in 2015.
Myrseth became the chairwoman of the Troms county cabinet following the 2015 local elections. The Labour Party formed a coalition with the Centre Party, Liberal Party and the Christian Democrats; with the Centre Party's Ivar B. Prestbakmo as deputy chair and County Commissioner for Transport and the Environment. She resigned on 15 June 2017 to run in the 2017 parliamentary election and was replaced by Willy Ørnebakk, the County Commissioner for Health, Culture and Industry.
She was elected member to the Storting for the period 2017–2021, and re-elected in 2021 and 2025. In parliament, she sat on the Standing Committee on Business and Industry from 2017 to 2021. From 2021 to 2023, she sat on the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services, where she also served as first vice chair, concurrently with the Election Committee.
Myrseth was appointed minister of fisheries on 16 October 2023 following a cabinet reshuffle. With her appointment, she became the first Labour fisheries minister from Troms since Jan Henry T. Olsen in 1992.
Early into her tenure, Myrseth oversaw the final negotiations with Russia about a new fishery agreement for 2024, which outlined a 20% lower cod quota and also ensuring long-term and sustainable management in the northern area.
In late November, she summoned fish farming companies and supervision agencies to discuss animal welfare after revelations of multiple rule violations had been uncovered the past year. Myrseth expressed that in order to achieve greater growth, an increased focus on climate and animal welfare should be at the forefront.
By early December, Myrseth had finalised negotiations with the European Union and the United Kingdom regarding a fishery agreement for 2024. The agreement with the EU was bilateral and outlined the North Sea, Skagerrak and the neighborhood agreement on fishing by Swedish vessels travelling in the Norwegian zone. The UK agreement served as a part of a three part agreement between them, Norway and the EU, which outlined a quota determination and management of the common stocks in the North Sea.