Arnstad gets Norway transport ticket

In the driving seat: newly appointed Transport Minister Marit Arnstad

KRISTINE NYBORG/DN

Steve Marshall

 20 June 2012 07:47 GMT

Norwegian politician Marit Arnstad has stepped down from the board of Statoil, just one week since being re-elected, after being given a seat in the country’s coalition government in a political comeback.

Arnstad has been brought onboard as Transport Minister to replace Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa in a ministerial reshuffle by her Centre Party, which is part of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s three-party coalition that also includes Labour and Socialist Left.

Statoil said that Arnstad, a former oil and energy minister in a previous administration, will now resign her positions as deputy chair and board member at the Norwegian state oil company, which is now looking for her replacement.

Arnstad, aged 50, may well see her new role driving transport policy in the government as particularly important for personal reasons, given she will…

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