Ada Arnstad (born 13 August 1992) is a

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politician. She led the Centre Youth from 2016 to 2019.

Life

Arnstad was born in

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. Her parents were Eli Arnstad and Iwar Arnstad. She was brought up at Skatval in Nord-Trøndelag. Arnstad attended Ole Vig high school before studying Renewable Energy at the University of the Environment and Life Sciences in Ås. Arnstad then studied International Politics at the

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. Her role model is her grandmother, who served in the Riksdat. Both of her grandmothers, her parents and her aunt are involved in politics and this was part of her training. Arnstad was president of the Nordic Center Youth Association from 2013 to 2014. After a time as deputy she had led the

Senterungdommen The Centre Youth (''Senterungdommen'' or SUL) is the youth organization of the Norwegian Centre Party. Hence, they advocate decentralisation and stress their opposition of the European Union. Leaders * Torleik Svelle (2019–present) * Ada Arnsta ...

who are opposed to the

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, from November 2016 to November 2019.Ada Arnstad er valgt til ny leder i Senterungdommen
; senterungdommen.no, Arnstad is a strong supporter of positive discrimination to achieve a gender balance in politics. She quotes the adage that we must have an equal number of inept women to match the number of inept men.

References

1992 births Living people People from Trollhättan Norwegian women in politics Centre Party (Norway) politicians {{Norway-politician-stub