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Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland (born 26 August 1977 in
Klæbu
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) is a Norwegian politician for the
Conservative Party
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. She held several ministerial positions in
Erna Solberg
Erna Solberg (; born 24 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician and the current Leader of the Opposition. She served as the 35th prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021, and has been Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004.
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's government between 2015 and 2021, with a break between 2019 and 2021.
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She also served as Vice President of the
World Anti-Doping Association
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from 2016 to 2019. In parliament, she has represented
Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...
since 2009, and been a deputy representative between 2001 and 2009.
Political career
Parliament
She served as a deputy representative in the
Norwegian Parliament
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from
Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...
between 2001 and 2009. During the entire first term she deputised for
Børge Brende
Børge Brende (born 25 September 1965) is a Norwegian politician and diplomat, and has been the president of the World Economic Forum since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, he previously was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 201 ...
, 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
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.
She was elected as a regular representative in
2009
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and has been re-elected since. While serving in government between 2015 and 2019,
Torhild Aarbergsbotten and
Guro Angell Gimse deputised for her. Gimse did so again when Helleland was in government between 2020 and 2021.
In parliament, she sat in the
Standing Committee on Justice
The Standing Committee on Justice ( no, Justiskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to judicial system, the probation service, the police, persons performing civilian national service ...
between 2001 and 2005. Between 2009 and 2013, she sat on the
Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs The Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs ( no, Familie- og kulturkomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to families, children and youth, gender equality, consumer affairs a ...
. That same year, she joined the
Standing Committee on Transport and Communications The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications ( no, Transport- og kommunikasjonskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to transport, postal services, telecommunications, electr ...
, which she also led until her 2015 ministerial appointment. After returning to parliament in 2019, she joined the
Standing Committee on Business and Industry The Standing Committee on Business and Industry ( no, Næringskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to business, industry, trade, shipping, state ownership policy, competition and pri ...
, which she also rejoined following her ministerial appointment between 2020 and 2021.
In 2021, she also became her party's spokesperson for business and industry.
Local politics
Helleland 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.
Minister of Culture
Helleland was appointed minister of culture in a cabinet reshuffle on 16 December 2015.
As minister of culture, she oversaw the government's first culture message to Parliament in over 14 years, and the separation between the
Church of Norway
The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...
and the state, which saw the church becoming a separate entity rather than an agency subjected to the state.
Minister of Children and Equality
After the
Liberal Party
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joined the Solberg cabinet on 17 January 2018, Hellelansd was appointed minister of children and equality.
During her tenure, she faced criticism for not taking part in a
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Norwegian Child Welfare Services
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, which she later argued was because she was in no position to comment on individual cases. She further championed them as a leading example in taking care of children who has been victim to violence and would be an ideal model for other countries in years to come.
In early 2019 she received the
Norwegian Board of Health Supervision
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's report into several child welfare cases from municipalities, which included recommendations for measures to be taken at the municipal level to assist children. The report did however mention that the county wide services were sufficient. Helleland stated that the government would be prioritising more competence for child welfare workers rather than increasing the employment numbers.
When the
Christian Democratic Party
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joined the cabinet on 22 January 2019, Helleland was shuffled out of the cabinet and was succeeded by
Kjell Ingolf Ropstad
Kjell Ingolf Ropstad (born 1 June 1985) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party, who served as the Minister of Children, Family and Church Affairs and the leader of the Christian Democratic Party from 2019 to 2021. He has bee ...
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Minister of Regional Development and Digitalisation
She rejoined the cabinet on 24 January 2020 upon being appointed minister of districts and digitalisation when the
Progress Party withdrew from the government.
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Following the Solberg cabinet's defeat at the