Terje Riis-Johansen (born 15 March 1968 in Skien) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1993, but was not re-elected in 1997. From 1997 to 1999, during the first cabinet Bondevik, he was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Finance. In 2005, during the second cabinet Stoltenberg, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Food, but changed department in 2008 and served as Minister of Petroleum and Energy. On March 4, 2011 he was succeeded by fellow Centre Party politician Ola Borten Moe.

On the local level he was a member of Skien municipality council from 1991 to 1995. During the same term he was also a member of Telemark county council.

Riis-Johansen was a member of the board of Nei til EU from 1995 to 1997, of Telemark University College from 2000 to 2003 and of the Norwegian Farmers' Union from 2000 to 2005

Jahn Otto Johansen (born 1934) is a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, foreign correspondent and non-ficiton writer.

He worked for the newspaper Morgenposten from 1956 to 1966, for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) from 1966 to 1977, and was chief editor of Dagbladet from 1977 to 1984. He has been a foreign correspondent for NRK in Moscow, Washington and Berlin. He has written around sixty books, including several bestsellers.

Gro Merete Brækken (born 8 December 1952) is a Norwegian businessperson.

She was born in Narvik, and lived in Mo i Rana, Moss and Trondheim during her youth. She took her education at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, graduating in chemical engineering in 1975. She worked in Norske Shell from 1976 to 1982 and Statoil in Stavanger from 1982 to 1988. She was then chief executive officer of Ulstein International from 1988 to 1990, before working in Den norske Bank from 1991 to 1994. From 1994 to 1999 she was the vice president of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. She was a representative and deputy chair of the International Gas Union between 1983 and 1988, deputy chair of Statkraft from 1991 to 1994 and board member of Kongsberg Gruppen from 1987 to 1997, the Norwegian Export Council from 1995 to 1999 and the Norwegian Refugee Council from 1997 to 1999. She was also chair in the Norwegian Refugee Council.

From 1999 to 2009 she was the secretary-general of Save the Children in Norway. On 1 January 2010 she became the new director of the Norwegian Oil Industry Association. She succeeded Per Terje Vold.

Roar Flåthen (born 15 January 1950) is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the for the Norwegian Labour Party.

He is the current leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. He became the leader after Gerd-Liv Valla resigned on 9 March 2007 in the aftermath of the Valla scandal.

He has also represented her organization in the National Wages Board.

As a politician he served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Buskerud during the term 1985–1989.

Helge Lund (born October 16, 1962 in Oslo) is a Norwegian businessman who is the Chief Executive Officer for the Statoil group, and former CEO of Aker Kværner.

Lund graduated in business management at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen. He also has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the INSEAD business school in France. He started his career as a consultant for McKinsey & Company and as political adviser for the Conservative Party in the Norwegian parliament Stortinget before starting work for Hafslund Nycomed in 1993. In 1997-8 he was Vice President in Nycomed Pharma before starting work in Aker RGI in 1999 as Vice President before becoming CEO for Aker Kværner in 2002. After Olav Fjell withdrew as CEO of Statoil in 2004, Lund took over his position and retained after Statoil merged with the oil & gas division of Norsk Hydro in 2007 to create StatoilHydro.