Øyvind Håbrekke (born 20 December 1969) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. From 1996 to 1999 he was the chairman of the

Youth of the Christian People's Party The Young Christian Democrats (Norway) ( no, Kristelig Folkepartis Ungdom, KrFU) is the youth league of the Christian Democratic Party ( no, Kristelig Folkeparti, links=no) in Norway, and was founded in 1933. The current leader of KrFU is Martine T ...

, the youth wing of the Christian Democratic Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...

during the terms 1997–2001, 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. During the second cabinet Bondevik, Håbrekke was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy from 2001 to January 2004, before becoming a State Secretary in the same Ministry until June 2004. He was then appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment. Håbrekke became a member of the

Parliament of Norway 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 ...

in 2009, representing his home county

. He is serving as second deputy chair 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 ...

. From 2014 to 2017 Håbrekke was Head of communications in KA - Norwegian Association for Church Employers. From 2017 he has been Research director in The think tank Skaperkraft. In 2018, Håbrekke came out with the debate book
Den liberale familien – Biologiens comeback?
("The Liberal Family - Biology's Comeback?"), which discusses the principles of paternity and motherhood in the Children's Act in light of new family patterns and assisted fertilization.

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1969 births Living people Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian Christians Deputy members of the Storting Norwegian state secretaries Sør-Trøndelag politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub