Gisle Meininger Saudland (born 8 July 1986) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.

Political career

Saudland was a deputy representative to the Storting for the period 2013–2017. He was elected representative to the Storting for the period 2017–2021 from the constituency 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 ...

, and re-elected in 2021.

Early and personal life

Saudland was born in

Flekkefjord 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 Flekkefjord. The villages of Sira, Gyland, Rasvåg, Kirkehavn, and Åna-Sira are ...

on 8 July 1986, and is a son of economist Eivind Sveinung Saudland and dentist Dagmar Ioana Meininger. He has a batchelor degree in

social science Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of so ...

from the

University of Agder The University of Agder ( no, Universitetet i Agder), formerly known as Agder College and Agder University College, is a public university with campuses in Kristiansand and Grimstad, Norway. The institution was established as a university co ...

, and has worked as sales manager in Flekkefjord.

References

1986 births Living people People from Flekkefjord University of Agder alumni Progress Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Vest-Agder politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1980s-stub