Background
Albrektsen, Helge Normann was born on January 8, 1950 in Bergen, Norway.
Albrektsen, Helge Normann was born on January 8, 1950 in Bergen, Norway.
In 1973, he graduated in law at the University of Oslo, specializing in admiralty law. He served his national service in the Royal Norwegian Navy, and thereafter studied at the Columbia Business School in New New York
After studying at a trade school, he worked in the United States for a shipping company. When he came back to Bergen, he started his own law practice, and started writing books He joined the Progress Party in 1982, and became deputy chairman of its local Bergen chapter after only ten months.
Later, he was elected deputy chairman of the national Progress Party at its 1984 national convention.
Although Albrektsen had support from party chairman Carl I. Hagen, he lost the nomination for first candidate in the county, and declined an offer of running as second candidate, stating that "if I am not trusted as the first candidate, I have nothing there to do". Albrektsen resigned as deputy chairman of the party the same year and left politics.
National vice chairman The Progress Party of Norway, 1984-1985. Chairman Centura Foundation, 1990. Chairman of the board of trustees International School of Bergen, 1991-1993.
Member Norwegian Bar Association, International Bar Association.
Married Marie Albrektsen. Children: Julie Francesca, Cornelia.