Stefan Magnus Brittmark Heggelund (born 18 October 1984) is a

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communication consultant and politician for the

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. He was elected to the

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for

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in 2013.

Early life

Heggelund grew up in the affluent

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neighbourhood in Oslo. His mother is a teacher.

Political career

He joined the Socialist Youth when he was 13. In 1999, he switched to the

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. He was leader of Vestre Aker Young Conservatives from 2004 to 2005 and led Oslo Young Conservatives from 2005 to 2006. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Young Conservatives from 2006 to 2010, serving as 2. deputy leader for the organization from 2008 to 2010.Stefan M. B. Heggelund
Hoyre.no. Retrieved 13 September 2013 He candidated for the leadership position of the Young Conservatives, but lost to

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who was reelected. In 2007 and 2009, he served as city government secretary for vice mayor

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. He was elected to the Oslo

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in 2011, where he is a member of the Culture and Education Committee. In 2013, he was elected to the Parliament of Norway, having been nominated in the 6th spot on the Conservative Party ballot in

.Morten Strand (10 September 2013)
Sammen på tinget
''

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''. Retrieved 13 September 2013

Civil career

Heggelund has a bachelor's degree in information and communications from BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo. He worked for the communication firm JKL group from 2009 to 2011, when he started working as a communications consultant for

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. He was named one of Norway's biggest communication experts by '' Dagens Næringsliv'' in 2012.

Personal life

In December 2012, Heggelund and

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politician

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, who served as Norway's

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, announced that they were a couple. Both were elected for Oslo to the Norwegian parliament in the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election. The couple married on 28 June 2014 and got separated in 2016. Heggelund resides in

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.Hanne Mellingsæter (10 September 2013)
Høyres nye stjerneskudd er klippet og klar for Tinget
Osloby.no. Retrieved 15 September 2013

References

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