Lisbeth Holand (born 20 January 1946, in

Vikna Vikna is a large island archipelago and a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1869 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Nærøysund Municipality. It was part of the Namdalen region. The adminis ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She was elected to the

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from

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in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. She had previously served as a deputy representative during the terms 1985–1989, and later served in this position from 1997–2001. Holand was involved in local politics in

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municipality. She is also a former leader of

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. In 1968–1970 she was a member of the national board of the

Young Liberals of Norway Young Liberals of Norway ( no, Unge Venstre) (NUV) is the youth league of the Norwegian political party Venstre. Young Liberals was founded on 27 January 1909, with Anders Kirkhusmo as the first leader. The current president is Sondre Hansmark, ...

. Outside politics she graduated as

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from the

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in 1975. She worked as a school teacher, since 2000 as a lecturer at

Nesna University College Nesna University College ( no, Høgskolen i Nesna or ) was a university college, a Norwegian state institution of higher education, until it became part of Nord University in 2016. Its campus was in the village of Nesna in Nesna Municipality. In ...

References

* 1946 births Living people Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Nordland politicians University of Oslo alumni Nesna University College faculty Women members of the Storting Norwegian women academics 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians People from Vikna {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub