Ågot Jorunn Valle (born 26 May 1945 in

Levanger Levanger is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the district of Innherred. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Alstadhaug, Ekne, ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). 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 base ...

from

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

in 1997. She worked as a physiotherapist and a county council member in Hordaland before entering national politics. She has also been involved in the organization ''Nei til EU'' (No to the EU). She was member of the

Norwegian Nobel Committee The Norwegian Nobel Committee ( no, Den norske Nobelkomité) selects the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize each year on behalf of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel's estate, based on instructions of Nobel's will. Five members are appointed by ...

from 2009 until 2014, the body that awards the

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemi ...

Parliamentary Presidium duties

* 2001 – 2005 President of the

Odelsting 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 base ...

Parliamentary Committee duties

*2005 – 2009 member of the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee. *2005 – 2009 member of the

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs ( no, Utenrikskomiteen) is a defunct committee of the Norwegian Parliament responsible for matters related to foreign policy, development assistance, international agreements, Svalbard and the Norwegian polar ...

. *2001 – 2005 leader of the

Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs ( no, Kontroll- og konstitusjonskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It holds a supervisory role in relation to the proceedings of the parliament and public se ...

. *2001 – 2005 deputy member of the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee. *1997 – 2001 deputy leader of the

Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs The Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs ( no, Familie- og kulturkomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to families, children and youth, gender equality, consumer affairs a ...

. *1997 – 2001 deputy member of the Electoral Committee.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valle, Aagot 1945 births Living people Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Levanger