| Svein Ludvigsen | |
| Office: | County Governor of Troms |
| Term Start: | 17 January 2006 |
| Term End: | 18 July 2014 |
| Primeminister: | Jens Stoltenberg Erna Solberg |
| Predecessor: | Vilgunn Gregusson |
| Successor: | Bård Magne Pedersen |
| Office2: | Minister of Fisheries |
| Term Start2: | 19 October 2001 |
| Term End2: | 17 October 2005 |
| Primeminister2: | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Predecessor2: | Otto Gregussen |
| Successor2: | Helga Pedersen |
| Office3: | Minister of Nordic Cooperation |
| Term Start3: | 19 October 2001 |
| Term End3: | 17 October 2005 |
| Primeminister3: | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Predecessor3: | Jørgen Kosmo |
| Successor3: | Heidi Grande Røys |
| Office4: | Second Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party |
| Term Start4: | 5 May 1990 |
| Term End4: | 20 April 1991 |
| Leader4: | Jan P. Syse |
| Predecessor4: | Petter Thomassen |
| Successor4: | John G. Bernander |
| Office5: | Member of the Norwegian Parliament |
| Term Start5: | 1 October 1989 |
| Term End5: | 30 September 2001 |
| Constituency5: | Troms |
| Birth Name: | Svein Harald Ludvigsen |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Hillesøy, Troms, Norway |
| Party: | Conservative |
Svein Harald Ludvigsen (born 18 July 1946) is a Norwegian former politician for the Conservative Party and a convicted sex offender. He served as a member of parliament (1989–2001), deputy leader of the Conservative Party (1990–1991), minister of fisheries (2001–2005), and county governor of Troms (2006–2014). In 2019 he was convicted of sexually abusing three young men, and sentenced to five years imprisonment; his conviction and sentence became final in January 2020.[1]
Ludvigsen was born in Hillesøy Municipality, the son of a fishing boat captain.[2] Before entering politics Ludvigsen worked as a businessman and local banker. On the local level, Ludvigsen was a member of the executive committee of Tromsø Municipality council in the periods from 1971 - 1975, 1979 - 1983, and 1987 - 1989. He has chaired the municipal and county party chapters, and from 1990 to 1991 he was deputy leader of the Conservative Party nationwide.[2]
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms county in 1989, and was re-elected on two occasions. From 2001 to 2005, when the second Bondevik cabinet held office, Ludvigsen was Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs. In 2001, he was appointed County Governor of Troms, but because of his job as cabinet minister he assumed the office on 17 January 2006.[2]
On the 4 July 2019, he was convicted of abusing his position to gain sexual favours from three vulnerable male persons[3] [4] and sentenced to five years imprisonment.[5]