Lars Wilhelmsen is a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

 as the son of Leif Wilhelmsen, and took the cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

 in 1972. He was hired as deputy under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour

Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and county administration and finances, and the conduct of elections...

 in 1988. In 1994 he became the managing director of the Norwegian State Housing Bank

Norwegian State Housing Bank

The Norwegian State Housing Bank is a Norwegian Government agency responsible for the housing politics in Norway. The main tool for the bank is mortgages in newly constructed houses. About half of all houses after World War II in Norway have been financed by the Housing Bank. The agency is based...

. He was then the director of Aetat from 2001 to 2002, before resigning to return to the ministries. Per Engebretsen

Per Engebretsen

Per Engebretsen is a Norwegian civil servant.He was born in Oslo, and holds the cand.oecon. degree in economics. He was a negiotiator in Akademikernes Fellesorganisasjon from 1981 to 1988, secretary-general in the Norwegian Association of Pharmacists from 1988 to 1989 and director in the Ministry...

 was acting director for some months until Inger-Johanne Stokke was hired as the new director. Wilhelmsen now works for the permanent under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Labour is a Norwegian ministry established in 1916. It is responsible for the labour market, the working environment, pensions, welfare, social security, integration, immigration, asylum, minorities and the Sami...

. In 2010 he was the acting director of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity.