Kari Lise Holmberg (born 7 September 1951 in

Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. She was elected to the

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from

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in 2001, and has been re-elected on one occasion. She had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1997–2001. As the only representative of her party she is a member of Israels Venner på Stortinget. On the local level Holmberg was a member of

municipality council from 1987 to 2001, serving as mayor in 1999–2001. Outside politics she worked as a school teacher and rector.

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