Sivert Haugen Bjørnstad (born 3 October 1990) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He was elected to the Norwegian parliament in the

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, becoming the parliament's youngest member.Cathrine Eide and Terje Dalen (11 September 2013)
Sivert (23) blir yngst på Stortinget
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Education

He studies economy at BI Norwegian Business School in Trondheim.

Political career

Local politics

Bjørstad was elected to the Trondheim city council and the

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...

county council in 2011. He was re-elected in 2015 and sat until 2019. He was elected 2nd deputy leader of the

Progress Party's Youth The Progress Party's Youth ( no, Fremskrittspartiets Ungdom, FpU), is the youth wing of the Norwegian political party the Progress Party (Norway), Progress Party. It is generally considered to be more Right-libertarianism, libertarian than the Pro ...

in 2012.

Parliament

Bjørnstad was elected to the

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, the Norwegian parliament, in the 2013 election. He was re-elected since in

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and

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. In the Storting, he sat on the

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between 2013 and 2016. From 2016 to 2017, he sat on the

Standing Committee on Business and Industry The Standing Committee on Business and Industry ( no, Næringskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to business, industry, trade, shipping, state ownership policy, competition and pri ...

. He joined 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 ...

in 2017 and was a part of it until February 2021. Between 2019 and 2020, he also served as its second vice chair. He rejoined the Standing Committee on Business and Industry in February 2021. In June 2024, he announced that he wouldn't be seeking re-election at the 2025 parliamentary election.

Personal life

Bjørnstad married Conservative Party member of parliament Mari Holm Lønseth in March 2024.

References

1990 births Living people Progress Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Trondheim 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-stub