Eli Arnstad (born 4 May 1962) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

civil servant, sports official and politician for the Centre Party.

Early life and career

She was born in Stjørdal as a daughter of accountant and farmer Arne Arnstad (1932–1980) and nurse Aasta Arnstad, née Auran (1938–). She is a twin sister of the prominent politician

Marit Arnstad Marit Arnstad (born 4 May 1962) is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Centre Party. She is currently the party’s parliamentary leader since 2014, having previously held the office from 2003 to 2005. Arnstad was the Norwegian Minister of ...

and mother of

Ada Arnstad Ada Arnstad (born 13 August 1992) is a Norwegian politician. She led the Centre Youth from 2016 to 2019. Life Arnstad was born in Trollhättan. Her parents were Eli Arnstad and Iwar Arnstad. She was brought up at Skatval in Nord-Trøndelag. A ...

. Having graduated from high school in 1981, she first studied at Mære Agricultural School until 1983. She is educated business administrator from the

Nord-Trøndelag University College Nord-Trøndelag University College (Norwegian: Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag) or HiNT was a Norwegian university college located throughout the county of Nord-Trøndelag. HiNT had about 5,500 students and 440 employees in 2013. In January 2016, th ...

, having graduated as

cand.mag. Candidatus magisterii (male), or candidata magisterii (female), abbreviated as cand.mag., is an academic degree currently awarded in Denmark. The degree is officially translated into English as Master of Arts and currently requires 5 years of stud ...

in 1999. She also minored in public law in 1986 and political science in 1989. She became involved in politics in the early 1980s. She chaired the regional party chapter of the

Centre Youth The Centre Youth (''Senterungdommen'' or SUL) is the youth organization of the Norwegian Centre Party. Hence, they advocate decentralisation and stress their opposition of the European Union. Leaders * Torleik Svelle (2019–present) * Ada Arns ...

from 1982 to 1985. She then became involved in the Nordiska Centerns Ungdomsforbund, presiding over that organization from 1989 to 1991. From 1991 to 1992 she worked in the civil service of

Trollhättan Municipality Trollhättan Municipality (''Trollhättans kommun'' or ''Trollhättans stad'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Trollhättan. The municipality was created gradually in 1967, 1971 ...

in Sweden.

Political career

Arnstad was an elected member of Nord-Trøndelag county council from 1983 to 1991. She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag during the terms 1985–1989 and 1989–1993. From 1985 to 1986 and 1989 to 1990 she moved up as a regular representative, filling in for Johan J. Jakobsen who was appointed to two different cabinets, first Willoch's Second Cabinet and then Syse's Cabinet. In total she met during 1 year and 313 days of parliamentary session. Having stepped down from a political career, she has held a number of positions as a civil servant. She was the director of Stiklestad Centre of Culture from 1999 to 2000 and chief executive officer of Enova from 2001 to 2007. She also became a supervisory council member of Sparebanken Midt-Norge in 2005 and board member at

Posten Norge Posten Norge () is the name of the Norwegian postal service. The company, owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications had a monopoly until 2016 on distribution of letters weighing less than 50g throughout the country. There a ...

in 2006. In 2010 she was elected as the leader of Trøndelag District Association for football, and in 2014 she became a board member of the

Football Association of Norway The Norwegian Football Federation ( nb, Norges Fotballforbund, nn, Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF) is the governing body of football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the league systems f ...

. She represents the club

IL Fram Idrettslaget Fram is a Norwegian sports club from Skatval, Nord-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field and volleyball. It was founded in 1892. It is currently chaired by Eli Arnstad. The men's ...

References

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