Ingrid Fiskaa (born 16 April 1977) is a Norwegian activist and politician for the Socialist Left Party.

Political career

Early career

She was the leader of the Socialist Youth from 2002 to 2004, and also a central committee member of the Socialist Left Party.

Party politics

In 2007, she was a candidate to become deputy leader of the Socialist Left Party, but lost out to

Bård Vegar Solhjell Bård Vegar Solhjell (born 22 December 1971) is a former Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. He served as Minister of Education from 2007 to 2009, and as Minister of the Environment from 2012 to 2013, both in Stoltenberg's Seco ...

at the national convention. On 16 December 2022, she announced her candidacy for the deputy leadership in 2023, while also endorsing Kirsti Bergstø for leader, reiterating her county chapter's endorsement.

Parliament

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

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 ...

from 1997 to 2005, and 2009 to 2013. She was elected as a permanent representative following the 2021 election. She was also appointed fifth Vice President of the Storting.

Government

In November 2009, as a part of

Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was the Government of Norway from 17 October 2005 to 16 October 2013. It was a coalition between the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party, known as the Red–Green Coalition. On 9 September ...

, Fiskaa was appointed State Secretary for Erik Solheim in the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

Other

Fiskaa became a board member of Attac Norway in 2004, and leader of the anti-war organization Fredsinitiativet ('The Peace Initiative') in 2005. She stepped down from Fredsinitiativet in 2008. She has been suggested by peace activist Fredrik Heffermehl as a new member of the

Norwegian Nobel Committee The Norwegian Nobel Committee ( no, Den norske Nobelkomité) selects the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize each year on behalf of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel's estate, based on instructions of Nobel's will. Five members are appointed by ...

Personal life and education

She hails from Bryne, and has a bachelor's degree from the

University of Stavanger The University of Stavanger (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Stavanger,'' UiS) is a university located in Stavanger, Norway. UiS was established in 2005 when the former Stavanger University College (''Høgskolen i Stavanger''; HiS) received univer ...

. In 2009 she graduated with a master's degree in history from the University of Oslo.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fiskaa, Ingrid 1977 births Living people People from Time, Norway Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Norwegian state secretaries Rogaland politicians Women members of the Storting Norwegian anti-war activists University of Stavanger alumni University of Oslo alumni Norwegian women state secretaries