Charlotte Spurkeland (born 12 August 1987) is a Norwegian politician for the

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

. She served as a deputy representative to 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 ...

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 ...

during the term 2013–2017. In total she met during 150 days of parliamentary session. Hailing from

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

, she has been a member of Bergen city council and worked her dayjob for the Conservative caucus in the council. She has chaired the Conservative Students in Norway and is a central board member of the

Norwegian Young Conservatives Norwegian Young Conservatives (Norwegian: Unge Høyres Landsforbund, UHL, normally referred to as Unge Høyre) is the Norwegian youth party of the Conservative Party. Its ideology is liberal conservatism Liberal conservatism is a political ...

. She has also been involved in student politics at the University of Bergen, where she has studied law. Internationally she is the current Chairman of the

International Young Democrat Union The International Young Democrat Union (IYDU) is a global alliance of centre-right political youth organisations and the youth wing of the International Democrat Union. The IYDU in its current form was founded in March 1991 in Washington, D.C ...

and has been a co-chair for the permanent working group on Policies for Europe in the European Democrat Students.

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1987 births Living people Deputy members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Bergen Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1980s-stub