Kirsti Bergstø (born 1 July 1981) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She has served as one of the party's deputy leaders since 2017.

Personal life

Bergstø was born in

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in Nordland. She is the daughter of Harald and Erna Bergstø, an engineer and a consultant respectfully. She currently has a partner, and a son.

Political career

Youth wing

She is the former leader of the Socialist Youth, the youth wing of the Socialist Left Party, and held this position between 2006 and 2008.

Parliament

She served as a deputy representative to the Storting from

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from 2005 to 2009. She was a deputy member of Finnmark

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from 1999 to 2003. From 2010 to 2012 she was a State Secretary in the

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from 2013 to 2017, and again, from Akershus since 2021. In addition, she became the chair of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs.

Party deputy leader

She was elected the party's deputy leader on 18 March 2017. From April to September 2022, she was acting party leader while

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was on parental leave. Following Lysbakken's announced departure as leader, Bergstø was floated as a possible contender to succeed him, alongside

Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes (born 4 June 1975 in Tromsø) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. He has been the party’s deputy leader since 2019 and an MP for Troms since 2013. Early life Fylkenes was born in Tromsø, but spent ...

and Kari Elisabeth Kaski. Bergstø officially declared her candidacy on 9 December.

References

1981 births Living people People from Nesseby Finnmark politicians Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Norwegian state secretaries Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians Norwegian women state secretaries {{Norway-politician-1980s-stub