Liv Kari Eskeland (born 21 May 1965) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She served as mayor in

Stord Stord is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. Stord is sometimes called "Norway in miniature" since it has such a variety of landscapes: coastline, fjords, forests, agricultural ...

from 2007 to 2015, met regularly as deputy member of the Storting from 2017 to 2021, and was elected ordinary representative to the Storting from 2021.

Early and personal life

Eskeland was born on 21 May 1965, a daughter of Leiv Eskeland and Marie-Anne Eskeland. She was educated as architect from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Political career

Local politics

Eskeland was a member of the municipal council of

, and served as mayor in Stord from 2007 to 2015.

Parliament

She was elected deputy representative to the Storting for the periods 2009–2013, 2013–2017, and 2017–2021 for the Conservative Party. She replaced

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. Solberg w ...

at the Storting from October 2017 to 2021, and was a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment from 2017 to 2021. She was elected ordinary member to the Storting for the period 2021–2025, and was a member of 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, elect ...

from 2021.

Other

Eskeland chaired

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(KLP) from 2014 to 2017, and was a board member of the

Language Council of Norway The Language Council of Norway ( no, Språkrådet, ) is the consultative body of the Norwegian state on language issues. It was established in 2005 and replaced the Norwegian Language Council (, ) which existed from 1974 to 2005. It is a subsidiar ...

from 2016 to 2018.

References

1965 births Living people Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Hordaland Women mayors of places in Norway People from Stord Women members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub