Mette Gundersen (born 24 June 1972) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as a deputy representative to 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

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway up until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. I ...

during the term 2001–2005. When

Jens Stoltenberg Jens Stoltenberg (born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician who has been serving as the 13th secretary general of NATO since 2014. A member of the Norwegian Labour Party, he previously served as the 34th prime minister of Norway from 2000 to ...

formed his second cabinet following the 2005 elections, Gundersen was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs. Deputy Chairman,

Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities ( no, KS) is an employers' organisation in Norway. It was founded in 1972 as a merger between the Union of Norwegian Cities (''Norges Byforbund'', founded in 1903) and the Norwegian Ass ...

(2012-) and a member of the Broadcasting Council (2014-). On the local level, Gundersen was the deputy mayor of

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporati ...

municipality 2007–2011.

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1972 births Living people Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Vest-Agder politicians Women members of the Storting Politicians from Kristiansand 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians Norwegian women state secretaries {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub