Bent-Joacim Bentzen

Bent-Joacim Bentzen (born 3 April 1991) is a Norwegian politician who has served as a member of the Storting for Nordland since 2025. A member of the Centre Party, he previously served as a deputy member of the Storting from 2021 to 2025. Concurrently, he also served as a state secretary, first at the Ministry of Defence until 2023 and then at the Ministry of Transport until 2025. He resigned in October 2021 upon being appointed state secretary in Jonas Gahr Støre's government.

State Secretary Bentzen was appointed state secretary at the Ministry of Defence on 22 October 2021. He was retained by Bjørn Arild Gram upon him taking over as minister of defence from Odd Roger Enoksen in 2022. In January 2023, he was moved to the Ministry of Transport. He left his position upon his party withdrawing from government in January 2025, during which he was highly critical of the Labour Party, accusing them of putting EU interests over Norwegian interests and labelling them as "arrogant".

Parliament Bentzen was first elected to the Storting at the 2021 election as a deputy member for Nordland, a seat he held until 2025. He was elected as a regular member from the same constituency at the 2025 election.

Military career Bentzen served in the Norwegian Armed Forces between 2010 and 2019, serving in the Norwegian Army and the Home Guard. During this time, he completed Officers' School and served in the Signal Battalion. He also held the rank of Fähnrich and Lieutenant in the task forces Anklet and Heron respectively.