Gro Skartveit (born 24 August 1965) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. She was originally a member of the Christian Democratic Party, but left in 2001 after she came out as a

lesbian A lesbian is a Homosexuality, homosexual woman.Zimmerman, p. 453. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate n ...

. She served as a deputy representative 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 ...

during the term 2005–2009. On the local level, she has been a member of

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

city council, and is a member of Rogaland county council.Helse Vest: Styret
She is also a member of the board of the

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. She hails from

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* 1965 births Living people Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Politicians from Stavanger Norwegian lesbian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians 21st-century Norwegian LGBTQ people Women members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub