Lars Egeland (born 6 December 1957) is a Norwegian librarian and politician for the Socialist Left Party. He was born in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative c ...

, and finished secondary education in

Nøtterøy Nøtterøy is an island and a former municipality in the present-day municipality of Færder in Vestfold and Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Borgheim. The parish of ''Nøtterø'' was esta ...

in 1976. He held various jobs, but after graduating from the National Library School in 1983 he worked as such in

Vestfold Vestfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. In 2020 the county became part of the much larger county of Vestfold og Telemark. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it bordered t ...

from 1985. He was the chief librarian at

Vestfold University College Vestfold University College ( no, Høgskolen i Vestfold, abbreviated as HiVe) was a university college in the county of Vestfold og Telemark, Norway. The university college's campuses were formerly located in Borre and Eik. From 2010 the whole ...

from 1995 to 2003, head of department in the Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority from 2003 to 2007 and briefly director at

Oslo University College Oslo University College ( no, Høgskolen i Oslo; HiO) was the largest state university college in Norway from 1994 to 2011, with more than 18,000 students and approximately 1800 employees.

in 2007. He was a member of Tønsberg city council from 1979 to 2007 and Vestfold

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from 1983 to 1987 and 1989 to 1991. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from

during the terms 2001–2005, 2005–2009 and 2009–2013. When regular representative Inga Marte Thorkildsen became a cabinet member in March 2012, Egeland was promoted to full representative. He joined the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment.

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1957 births Living people Politicians from Tønsberg Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Vestfold politicians Norwegian librarians Academic staff of Vestfold University College Academic staff of Oslo University College Norwegian civil servants 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub