Kari Henriksen (born 10 August 1955) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She has served as an MP for

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 ...

since 2009, and the fourth Vice President of the Storting since 2021.

Personal life

She was born in

Vennesla Vennesla is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vennesla. Other villages in Vennesla include Grovane, Hægeland, Hom ...

Political career

Parliament

She served as a deputy representative to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from

during the term 2005–2009 and elected representative for the term 2009–2013 and reelected for 2013-2017. On 24 November 2021, she was nominated as the Storting’s fourth Vice President, succeeding fellow party member Sverre Myrli. She was elected the day after, along with

Masud Gharahkhani Masud Gharahkhani ( fa, مسعود قره‌خانی; born 22 September 1982) is a Norwegian politician who has served as the President of the Storting since 2021, and as an Member of the Storting for Buskerud since 2017 for the Labour Party. E ...

as President of the Storting.

Government

On 3 December 2007, during the

second cabinet Stoltenberg Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was the Government of Norway from 17 October 2005 to 16 October 2013. It was a coalition between the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party, known as the Red–Green Coalition. On 9 Septembe ...

, Henriksen was appointed State Secretary in the

Ministry of Health and Care Services The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services (''Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet'') is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of health policy, public health, health care services, and health legislation in Norway. It is led by the Mini ...

. She held the position until 3 April 2009.

References

1955 births Living people Deputy members of the Storting Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Vest-Agder politicians Politicians from Kristiansand Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians Norwegian women state secretaries People from Vennesla {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub