Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland
OR:
Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland (born 26 August 1977 in
Klæbu Klæbu is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was incorporated into the neighboring Trondheim Municipality. It was located in the southern part of the Trondheim Region, a ...
) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She served as Minister of Districts and Digitalization from 2020 to 2021.NRK NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...
> She previously served as Minister of Culture from 2015-2018 and Minister of Children and Equality from 2018-2019. She also served as Vice President of the World Anti-Doping Association from 2016 to 2019.


Career


Parliament

She served as a deputy representative in 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 Sør-Trøndelag during the terms 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. During the entire first term she sat as a regular representative, replacing Børge Brende, who was appointed to the
second cabinet Bondevik Bondevik's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 19 October 2001 and 17 October 2005. It was led by Kjell Magne Bondevik and consisted of the Conservative Party, the Christian Democratic Party and the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of ...
. She again returned to a parliamentary seat when Brende was employed by the
World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, ...
.


Local politics

Hofstad was a member of
Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...
city council from 1999 to 2001.


Vice President of WADA

Hofstad Helleland was in 2016 elected vice president of the
World Anti-Doping Agency The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; french: Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against drugs in sports. The agency's key ...
representing governments in WADAs Foundation Board and Executive Committee.


Personal life

She is married to Trond Helleland and has two sons.


References


External sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hofstad Helleland, Linda Cathrine 1977 births Living people Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Politicians from Trondheim Ministers of Culture of Norway World Anti-Doping Agency members 21st-century Norwegian politicians Ministers of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion of Norway