Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (born 16 October 1962) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and she is the current county governor of Troms og Finnmark county. She was also the Minister of European Affairs from 2015 to 2016 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2013 to 2016. From 2013 to 2015, she also served as Minister of Fisheries.[1]
She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 2005. She previously served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the terms 1989–1993 and 1997–2001.
She was first nominated as county governor of Troms in 2014 and assumed office in late October 2017 after completing her term in parliament.[2][3] She continued in the position after Troms was merged with Finnmark.[4] She retained her position despite the counties being split again in 2024. In May the same year, she announced that she wouldn't seek re-appointment to the position and would step down by the end of the year.[5]
On the local level she was a member of Harstadmunicipal council from 1991 to 1995, and of its executive committee from 1999 to 2001. From 1991 to 1999 she was a member of Troms county council, serving as deputy county mayor beginning in 1995.
