Anne Brit Stråtveit (born 22 April 1947) is a Norwegian teacher and politician for the

Christian Democratic Party __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...

. She was born in

Farsund is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Farsund. Farsund is a coastal municipality in the far southwestern part of Norway, b ...

, and took a teacher's education. She worked as a teacher in Farsund from 1969 to 1970,

Sandnes Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest city in Norway and together, the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sandnes lies ...

from 1970 to 1975 and

Lyngdal is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alleen. Some of the main villages in Lyngdal include Austad, Byremo, Fleseland, H� ...

from 1975 to 1992 before becoming a school adviser. She was elected to the Parliament of Norway from

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway up until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. I ...

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, but was not re-elected in 2001. She was a member of the

Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs The Standing Committee on Education and Church Affairs ( no, Kirke, utdannings- og forskningskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to education, research and church affairs. It corre ...

from 1997 to 2000 and the Standing Committee on Defence from 2000 to 2001. She was a member of

municipality council from 1995 to 1997 and 2003 to 2007.

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1947 births Living people People from Farsund People from Lyngdal Norwegian educators Members of the Storting Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Vest-Agder politicians Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub