Ellen Christine Christiansen (born 10 December 1964) is a Norwegian politician representing the

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and formerly the Progress Party. Born in Oslo, she finished her secondary education at

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in 1983. She thereupon studied economics for two years, before starting her studies at the University of Oslo. From 1992 to 1993, she worked as a secretary for the European Movement in Norway. She was a member of the borough council of

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from 1983 to 1987 and of the executive committee of Oslo city council from 1987 to 1990. She was appointed as City Commissioner of the Boroughs from 1990 to 1991, when she reverted to being a council member. She sat until 1995. From 1990 to 1994 she was also a member of the Progress Party's central board. In

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she was elected to the

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from Oslo. She served in the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs. Following the

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she left the Progress Party. Ahead of the convention she had submitted party-critical resolutions together with

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and

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. The group had some support, but was a clear minority. Christiansen left her post in the central board already during the convention, and she left the party two weeks after the convention. She continued the rest of the term as an independent, but was a founding member of the new political organization Free Democrats. She chaired this organization from 1994 to 1996. Christiansen later joined the

, which she represented as City Commissioner of Healthcare from 2000 to 2002. In 2003 she became leader of the borough chapter of Frogner. Between her parliamentary spell and her second period as City Commissioner, she had a civic job as information director in

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. From 2004 she has worked in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service as county director. She was also deputy chair of

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from 1997 to 2000 and

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from 1999 to 2000, and board member of

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from 2003 to 2007 and

Ullevål University Hospital Ullevaal Stadion () is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of FK ...

from 2006.

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