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List Of Members Of The Parliament Of Norway, 1997–2001
List of all members of Stortinget (the Norwegian Parliament) in the period 1997 to 2001. The list includes all those elected to Stortinget. There were a total of 165 representatives, distributed among 65 to Norwegian Labour Party, 25 to Christian Democrats, 25 to Progress Party, 23 to Conservative Party, 11 to Centre Party, 9 to Socialist Left Party, 6 to Venstre and 1 to the Coastal Party. The 8 Leveling seats went to Akershus (2), Hedmark (1), Hordaland (1), Oslo (2) and Rogaland (2). Aust-Agder Vest-Agder Akershus 2 Leveling seats. Buskerud Finnmark Hedmark 1 Leveling seat. Hordaland 1 Leveling seat. Møre og Romsdal Nordland Oppland Oslo 2 Leveling seats. Rogaland 2 Leveling seat Leveling seats ( da, tillægsmandat, sv, utjämningsmandat, no, utjevningsmandater, is, jöfnunarsæti, german: Ausgleichsmandat), commonly known also as adjustment seats, are an election mechanism employed for many years by all Nordic countrie ...s. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectrum, and is led by Jonas Gahr Støre. It was the senior partner of the governing Red–green coalition (Norway), red–green coalition from 2005 to 2013, and its former leader Jens Stoltenberg served as the prime minister of Norway. The Labour Party is officially committed to social-democratic ideals. Its slogan since the 1930s has been "everyone shall take part" and the party traditionally seeks a strong welfare state, funded through taxes and Duty (economics), duties. Since the 1980s, the party has included more of the principles of a social market economy in its policy, allowing for privatisation of state-owned assets and services and reducing income tax Progressive tax, progressivity, following the wave of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansgar Gabrielsen
Ansgar Gabrielsen (born 21 May 1955 in Mandal) is a Norwegian consultant and former politician for the Conservative Party. Early life and local politics He was born in Mandal as a son of Terje Gabrielsen and Astrid Olsen. He is an insurance agent by education and worked in this profession before entering politics. He is also a trained officer in the Norwegian Defence Force. He was a member of Lindesnes municipal council from 1983 to 1993, the last six years as mayor. His father Terje Gabrielsen has also been mayor of Lindesnes, from 1975 to 1979. Ansgar Gabrielsen also chaired his county party chapter from 1989 to 1990, and was a member of the Conservative Party central board during the same period. National politics He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Vest-Agder in 1993, and was re-elected on the two following occasions in 1997 and 2001. In 2001 Gabrielsen was appointed Minister of Trade and Industry as a part of Bondevik's Second Cabinet. Following the cabinet re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Tore Sanner
Jan Tore Sanner (born 6 May 1965) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Finance from 2020 to 2021. He previously served as Minister of Education from 2018 to 2020 and Minister of Local Government from 2013 to 2018. He was the party's deputy leader from 2004 to 2022, having first been second deputy for the first four years and first deputy for the last fourteen. Sanner has also been an MP for Akershus since 1993. Early life and education Jan Tore Sanner was born in Bærum as a son of biochemist Tore Sanner and local politician Nina Sanner. He grew up at Nadderud and finished his secondary education at Nadderud Upper Secondary School in 1984. Sanner has education in marketing and market economy. He has never worked in the private sector. Political career Local politics On the local level he was a deputy member of Bærum municipal council from 1983 to 1989. Parliament He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1993. He ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grethe Fossli
Grethe Fossli (born 21 December 1954 in Bærum) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ... from Akershus in 1993, and was re-elected on two occasions. References * 1954 births Living people Politicians from Oslo Asker politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians {{Norway-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursula Evje
Ursula Evje (born 13 December 1944 in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party (Norway), Progress Party. She was elected to the Stortinget, Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1997, and was re-elected on two occasions. However, in December 2004, during her third term, she left the party, continuing as an independent (politician), independent representative. She did not seek re-election for a new party in 2005. Evje was a member of the executive committee of Skedsmo municipality council from 1995 to 1998. References * 1944 births Living people Progress Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Akershus politicians Politicians from Oslo Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Holstad
Einar Holstad (born 8 August 1950 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He served as a representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus during the terms 1997–2001 and 2001–2005. From 1997 to 2000, and during the entire second term, he met as a regular representative meanwhile Valgerd Svarstad Haugland was appointed to the first and second cabinet Bondevik. Holstad was involved in local politics in Enebakk Enebakk is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kirkebygda. The parish of ''Enebak'' was established as a municipality ... municipality from 1979 to 1983 and 1987 to 2003, serving as deputy mayor in 1991–1993 and mayor in 1994–1995. He has chaired the municipal party chapter for several periods. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holstad, Einar 1950 births Living people Members of the Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (born 23 August 1956) is a Norwegian teacher, politician and civil servant. She was leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Norway from 1995 to 2004. She was Minister of Children and Family Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and Minister of Culture from 2001 to 2005. Since 2019, she has been County Governor of Oslo and Viken. Prior to that, she served as county Governor of Oslo and Akershus from 2011 to 2018. As Minister of Culture and Church Affairs she paid special attention to voluntary work. She withdrew as party leader at an extraordinary annual assembly of the party on 23 January 2004. She was primarily held responsible for the poor results during the last local election, held in September 2003. In the 2005 parliamentary elections she failed to win a seat in parliament. Until 2010 she was a board member of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjell Engebretsen
Kjell Engebretsen (born 29 April 1941 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1993, and was re-elected on two occasions. Engebretsen was a member of Frogn Frogn is a municipality in former Akershus now Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Drøbak. Frogn was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ... municipality council in the periods 1983–1987 and 1991–1993. During these periods he was also a member of Akershus county council. References * 1941 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Irene Sjøli
Sonja Irene Sjøli (born 6 June 1949 in Hamar) is a Norway, Norwegian politician representing the Conservative Party of Norway, Conservative Party. She is currently a representative of Akershus in the ''Storting'' and was first elected in 1997. Parliamentary committee duties *2005–2009 member of the Healthcare committee. *2005–2009 member of the Electoral committee. *2005–2009 second vice-leader of the Accreditation committee. *2001–2005 leader of the Family, Culture and Administration committee. *2001–2005 member of the Accreditation committee. *2001–2005 reserve member of the Extended Foreign Affairs committee. *2001–2005 reserve member of the Electoral committee. *1997–2001 member of the Welfare committee. *2001–2005 vice-secretary of the Storting. External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sjoli, Sonja Irene 1949 births Living people Women members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Stort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidar Bjørnstad
Vidar Bjørnstad (born 1 September 1955 in Tolga) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Career He graduated with the cand.mag. degree from the University of Oslo in 1979. He later studied briefly at the George Washington University. From 1986 to 1987, during the second cabinet Brundtland, he was appointed personal secretary for the Minister of Foreign Development. He also worked in Amnesty International and the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1993, and was re-elected on three occasions. On the local level he was a deputy member of Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ... municipality council from 1991 to 1995. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjornstad, Vidar 1955 births Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fridtjof Frank Gundersen
Fridtjof Frank Gundersen (29 October 1934 – 11 November 2011) was a Norwegian professor of jurisprudence and politician. He worked as a lector at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oslo from 1965 to 1975. In 1975 he became professor of jurisprudence at the Norwegian School of Economics. Gundersen was elected a Member of Parliament in 1981 representing the Progress Party platform, but did not formally join the party until 1990. He fell out of parliament in 1985, but was re-elected for three consecutive four-year terms from 1989. He left the party in 2001, and failed to get re-elected to parliament again in the election later the same year, having stood for a local electoral list. Following the defeat, he retired as politician. Early life and education Gundersen was born in Tynset in Hedmark to lawyer Ragnar Gundersen (1895–1985) and Betzy Lommeland (1902–1994). After finishing his secondary education in 1954, he came through the Russian language course of the Norwegi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Petersen
Jan Petersen (born 11 June 1946, in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Petersen was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1981, and was re-elected on six occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1973–1977. From 2001 to 2005, when the second cabinet Bondevik held office, Petersen was Minister of Foreign Affairs. During this period his seat in parliament was held by André Oktay Dahl. On the local level Petersen was a member of Oppegård municipal council from 1967 to 1983, serving as mayor from 1975 to 1981. He chaired the Conservative Party from 1994 to 2004. From 1971 to 1973 he was the leader of the Young Conservatives (''Unge Høyre''), the youth wing of the Conservative Party. Outside politics Petersen has a cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 1973. Before entering national politics he worked for a few years in the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation The Norwegian Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
