Dagrun Eriksen (born 28 June 1971 in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporati ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian People's Party (KrF). She served as deputy leader of the party from 2004 to 2017.

Political career

Eriksen was elected into the

Norwegian parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

(''Storting'') from the county of

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 ...

in 2001. She was not re-elected in the 2005 elections, but took

Jon Lilletun Jon Lilletun (23 October 1945 – 21 August 2006) was a Norwegian politician active in the Christian Democratic Party. Background Lilletun was born in Western Vossestrand, now a part of the municipality of Voss. His father owned a farm and ...

's seat upon his illness and later death. In 2009 she had the top spot on the party's ballot in Vest-Agder and In 2012 Eriksen lost a fight for the top spot on the party's list for the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election to Hans Fredrik Grøvan and will not be on the ballot at all. Possible explanations for her loss according to pundits might have been that she was perceived to have focused too much on national politics and too little on the county's particular issues and that she was perceived as too liberal on some issues.Cato Husabø Fossen
KrFs nestleder ferdig på Stortinget
(in Norwegian) TV2, November 16, 2012

Parliamentary Presidium duties

*2005 – 2009 vice secretary of Lagstinget.

Parliamentary Committee duties

*2001 – present, member of

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 ...

, second deputy chair since 2006, first deputy chair since 2009 *2001 – 2005 member of the Family, Culture and Administration committee. *1997 – 2001 member of the Defense committee until 17 March 2000.

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* 1971 births Living people Norwegian Christians Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Vest-Agder politicians Politicians from Kristiansand Members of the Storting 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-1970s-stub