Maria-Karine Aasen-Svensrud (born 22 February 1980) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected representative to the

Storting 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

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 ...

for the period 2017–2021, and re-elected in 2021.

Early and personal life

Aasen-Svensrud was born in

Horten is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the town of Åsgårdstrand an ...

on 22 February 1980, a daughter of farmer Carl-Henrik Aasen and Guri Mette Pedersen. She studied sociology and social sciences at the Vestfold University College and 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 ...

Political career

Aasen-Svensrud was elected to the municipal council of Horten from 2011 to 2019, and was a deputy representative to the

from 2013 to 2017. She was elected representative to the

from the constituency of

for the period 2017–2021 for the Labour Party. In the Storting, she was a member of the

Standing Committee on Justice The Standing Committee on Justice ( no, Justiskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to judicial system, the probation service, the police, persons performing civilian national service ...

from 2017 to 2021. She was re-elected to the Storting for the period 2021–2025.

References

1980 births Living people University of South-Eastern Norway alumni University of Stavanger alumni Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Vestfold politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1980s-stub