Mona Nilsen (born 17 September 1973) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, a member of 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 ...

since 2021..

Biography

Nilsen was born on 17 September 1973. She hails from

Narvik ( se, Áhkanjárga) is the third-largest municipality in Nordland county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Narvik. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Ankenesstranda, Ball ...

, and was a member of the municipal council of Narvik from 2015 to 2019. She was elected representative to the

from the constituency of

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

for the period 2021–2025, for the Labour Party. In the Storting, she is a member of the

Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs ( no, Finanskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to economic policy, monetary and credit policy, the financial and credit syste ...

from 2021 to 2025. Nilsen is educated in child protection, and has worked as therapeut. A trade unionist, she was county leader of the Nordland section of the Norwegian Union of Social Educators and Social Workers from 2005 to 2015.

References

1973 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Nordland politicians Members of the Storting Women members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub