Inga Marte Thorkildsen (born 2 July 1976) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). Growing up in

Stokke Stokke is a town in Sandefjord municipality in Vestfold County, Norway. It lies in-between Sandefjord and Tønsberg, two of Vestfold's largest cities. It was a municipality from 1838 to 2016. The administrative centre of the municipality was the ...

, 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 ...

representing

Vestfold Vestfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. In 2020 the county became part of the much larger county of Vestfold og Telemark. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it bordered th ...

in 2001. She served as Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion from 2012 to 2013 when Stoltenberg's cabinet resigned. She lost her seat in the 2013 election. Thorkildsen went on to serve in the Oslo city council cabinet following the 2015 local election. She first served as commissioner for the elderly, health and labour from 2015 to 2017, before being appointed commissioner for knowledge and education. She resigned her position on 19 October 2021, citing that she wanted to take a break and figure out what she wanted to do next. On 15 February 2022, Thorkildsen asked the city council to take leave, stating that she was expecting to leave politics for good.

Parliamentary Committee duties

*2005 – 2009 member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services. *2001 – 2005 deputy member of the Electoral Committee. *2001 – 2005 member of the Standing Committee on Justice.

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* 1976 births Living people People from Stokke Vestfold politicians Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Women members of the Storting Ministers of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion of Norway 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians Women government ministers of Norway {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub