Hanna Elise Marcussen (born 4 September 1977) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. She currently serves as Oslo’s City Commissioner for Urban Development.

Career

She served as national spokesperson for the Norwegian Green Party in the years 2008–2014. She was also elected as a deputy member of Oslo city council in

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and

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. In November 2012, she lost a fight against

Rasmus Hansson Rasmus Johan Michael Hansson (born 4 September 1954) is a Norwegian biologist, civil servant, environmental activist and a former national spokesperson for the Green Party. He led the Norwegian chapter of World Wide Fund for Nature from 2000 to 2 ...

for the top spot on the party's ballot for the

2013 Norwegian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 8 and 9 September 2013 to elect all 169 members of the unicameral Storting. The centre-right coalition obtained 96 seats, while the incumbent red–green coalition government obtained 72 seats and ...

. She instead got the top spot on the party's ballot in

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

in February, 2013. Hansson was elected in Oslo, and Marcussen failed to win a Rogaland seat. From 2014 to 2015, she was the manager of Bergfald Environmental Advisors. In 2015, however, she was appointed as the City Commissioner of Urban Planning in the new city government of

Raymond Johansen Raymond Johansen (born 14 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party who has been Governing Mayor of Oslo since 2015. A former member of the Socialist Left Party, Johansen previously served as the Oslo city commissioner for tr ...

. Following Lan Marie Berg’s resignation following a confidence vote against her, Marcussen succeeded her in an interim capacity as commissioner for transport and the environment, before the new cabinet was presented on 24 June 2021. Marcussen was then succeeded by Sirin Hellvin Stav.

Education

Marcussen is a qualified

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from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

.The Vice Mayor for Urban Development
Retrieved 18 July 2017.

References

External resources

Green Party (homesite)
1977 births Living people Politicians from Oslo Green Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian environmentalists Norwegian women environmentalists University of Oslo alumni {{norway-politician-1970s-stub