Åslaug Sem-Jacobsen (born 5 April 1971) is a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Centre Party. Representing

Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...

, she has been member of the Storting since 2017.

Personal life and education

Sem-Jacobsen was born on 5 April 1971. She is educated journalist from

Gimlekollen NLA College Gimlekollen NLA College ( no, NLA Mediehøgskolen Gimlekollen) is a private branch institution of NLA University College located in Gimlekollen in Kristiansand, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, No ...

, was assigned with

NRK NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...

for several years, and has studied

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

Political career

Sem-Jacobsen was member of the municipal council in

Notodden Notodden () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Øst-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Notodden. Notodden was separated from the munic ...

from 2011 to 2019. She was deputy mayor in Notodden from 2015 to 2017, and member of the county council of

from 2015 to 2019. She was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Telemark for the period 2017–2021 for the Centre Party. In the Storting she was a member of the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs from 2017 to 2021. She was re-elected to the Storting for the period 2021–2025, and became second deputy leader of the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs from 2021.

References

1971 births Living people People from Notodden University of Oslo alumni NRK people Centre Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Politicians from Telemark Women members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub