Irene Lange Nordahl (born 11 February 1968 in

Sørreisa Municipality Sørreisa ( sme, Ráisavuona suohkan) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sørreisa. Other villages include Grunnreisa, Skøelva, and Smørsgård. The munici ...

) is a Norwegian politician representing the Centre Party. In the 2009 election, she was elected to parliament from

Troms Troms (; se, Romsa; fkv, Tromssa; fi, Tromssa) is a former county in northern Norway. On 1 January 2020 it was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger is expected to be reversed by t ...

, and serves on the Standing Committee on Business and Industry, and is the Center Party's spokesperson on commerce issues. Prior to her election to parliament, Nordahl served in the

county council A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Ireland The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irela ...

for Troms, and was the county councilor on commerce between 2005 and 2007. She served for ten years on the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...

for

, including time as the chairman of the council. In the 2009 election campaign, Nordahl was nominated as her party's top candidate. She campaigned on expanding the travel industry in northern Norway, this involved improving the road network, and supporting a railway line through Troms. Her campaign was energetic and highly visible. In the end she succeeded in winning Troms'

leveling seat Leveling seats ( da, tillægsmandat, sv, utjämningsmandat, no, utjevningsmandater, is, jöfnunarsæti, german: Ausgleichsmandat), commonly known also as adjustment seats, are an election mechanism employed for many years by all Nordic countrie ...

, narrowly ahead of

Lena Jensen Lena Jensen (born 29 January 1973 in Tromsø) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 2001. She served as a member of the Tromsø municipality council from 1995 to 200 ...

of the Socialist Left.

External links

Nordahl, Irene Lange (1968- )
Entry on parliamentary website.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nordahl, Irene Lange 1968 births Living people People from Sørreisa Centre Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians