Gry-Anette Rekanes Amundsen (born 7 July 1973) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. She was elected to the Nome

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and deputy leader of Telemark Progress Party. In the 2013 election she was elected as a deputy representative to the

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from

, serving until 2017. She met during 46 days of parliamentary session. In July 2009 she married fellow politician

Per-Willy Amundsen Per-Willy Trudvang Amundsen (born 21 January 1971) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Justice from December 2016 to January 2018. He previously served as state secretary in the Ministry of Local Government ...

. They divide their time between

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and their rural estate in

Flåbygd Flåbygd is a village in Nome Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the lake Flåvatn. The village of Bjervamoen lies about to the east and the village of Kilen is located about to the west (in ...

in Telemark. In addition, they own a house together in Per-Willy Amundsen's native

Harstad ( se, Hárstták) is the second-most populated municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the Harstad (town), town of Harstad, the most populous town in Centra ...

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1973 births Living people People from Nome, Norway Progress Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Telemark Deputy members of the Storting Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub