Hanna Elise Marcussen (born 4 September 1977) is a Norwegian politician for the
Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
. She currently serves as Oslo’s City Commissioner for Urban Development.
Career
She served as national spokesperson for the Norwegian Green Party in the years 2008–2014. She was also elected as a deputy member of Oslo city council in
2011 and
2015.
In November 2012, she lost a fight against
Rasmus Hansson
Rasmus Johan Michael Hansson (born 4 September 1954) is a Norwegian biologist, civil servant, environmental activist and a former national spokesperson for the Green Party. He led the Norwegian chapter of World Wide Fund for Nature from 2000 to 2 ...
for the top spot on the party's ballot for the
2013 Norwegian parliamentary election. She instead got the top spot on the party's ballot in
Rogaland in February, 2013. Hansson was elected in Oslo, and Marcussen failed to win a Rogaland seat.
From 2014 to 2015, she was the manager of Bergfald Environmental Advisors.
In 2015, however, she was appointed as the City Commissioner of Urban Planning in the new city government of
Raymond Johansen
Raymond Johansen (born 14 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party who has been Governing Mayor of Oslo since 2015. A former member of the Socialist Left Party, Johansen previously served as the Oslo city commissioner for t ...
.
Following
Lan Marie Berg’s resignation following a confidence vote against her, Marcussen succeeded her in an interim capacity as commissioner for transport and the environment, before the new cabinet was presented on 24 June 2021. Marcussen was then succeeded by Sirin Hellvin Stav.
Education
Marcussen is a qualified
archaeologist from the
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...
.
The Vice Mayor for Urban Development
Retrieved 18 July 2017.
References
External resources
Green Party (homesite)
1977 births
Living people
Politicians from Oslo
Green Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian environmentalists
Norwegian women environmentalists
University of Oslo alumni
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