Lena Jensen (born 29 January 1973 in

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the ...

) is a

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politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). She was elected to the

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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 ...

in 2001. She served as a member of the Tromsø municipality council from 1995 to 2001.

Parliamentary Committee duties

*2005–2009: member of the

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*2005–2009: deputy member of the Electoral Committee *2001–2005: member of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Lena 1973 births Living people Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Women members of the Storting Politicians from Tromsø 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians