Tone Merete Sønsterud (born 17 May 1959) is a Norwegian

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leader and politician who represents the

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. She is deputy leader of LO Stat, and the Arbeiderpartiet's fourth candidate from

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at the

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, and he lives in

Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

. She was deputy representative for the

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2001-05 and from 2005 to 2009 and has attended for longer. Sønsterud has a working background in

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on Kongsvinger since 1977. She has worked with

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, and sits on the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions representative board. Tone Sønsterud has been a part of the municipal council in Kongsvinger 1984–88, and of Hedmark county council 1988–1991.

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Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Hedmark politicians Politicians from Kongsvinger 1959 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{norway-politician-1950s-stub