Bjørg Tørresdal (born 24 September 1958 in Madla) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

in 2001, and has been re-elected on one occasion. She married

Inge Ryan Inge Ryan (born 15 August 1956 in Overhalla) is a Norway, Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (Norway), Socialist Left Party. From 2009 to 2017, he was List of County Governors of Nord-Trøndelag, County Governor of Nord-Trøndelag ...

from the Socialist Left Party in 2005. Ahead of the 2009 election, Tørresdal declined a renomination as the Christian Democrats' second candidate from Rogaland. However, she accepted the nomination as the first candidate from

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

, where she had moved to be with her husband. The election gave the Christian Democrats only 4% of the vote in Nord-Trøndelag, and she was far away from winning a seat.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Torresdal, Bjorg 1958 births Living people Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians