Laila Davidsen (born 28 January 1974) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress and Conservative parties. 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

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

during the terms 2009–2013 and 2013–2017. In December 2016 she moved up to full representative, covering for

Frank Bakke-Jensen Frank Bakke-Jensen (born 8 March 1965 in Båtsfjord) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He served as minister of defence from 2017 to 2021, and minister of European affairs from 2016 to 2017. He was mayor of Båtsfjord from 2007 ...

who was named to Solberg's Cabinet. She is a member of the

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. Locally she elected to

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in 2007. In 2010 she changed party from Progress to Conservative. From 2011 to 2015 she served as the mayor of Alta, and also a member of Finnmark

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1974 births Living people People from Alta, Norway Members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Progress Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Finnmark Women mayors of places in Norway Women members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub