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Trine Skei Grande (born 2 October 1969) is a Norwegian politician who served as the leader of the
Liberal Party of Norway
The Liberal Party ( no, Venstre, lit=Left, V; se, Gurutbellodat) is a centrist political party in Norway. It was founded in 1884 and it is the oldest political party in Norway. It is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum, and it is ...
from 2010 to 2020. She also served as Minister of Education from January to March 2020,
[NRK
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>; and as Minister of Culture and Gender Equality from 2018 to 2020. She was also a member of parliament for
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
from 2001 to 2021.
Early life and education
Grande was born in
Overhalla
Overhalla is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ranemsletta (also called ''Overhalla''). Other villages include Melen, Skage, Skogmo, ...
on 2 October 1969. She studied economics at introductory level at
NTNU and later political science and history at introductory level at the
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...
. Prior to entering politics full-time she worked as a part-time journalist, a high school teacher and as a lecturer at
Nord-Trøndelag University College
Nord-Trøndelag University College ( Norwegian: Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag) or HiNT was a Norwegian university college located throughout the county of Nord-Trøndelag. HiNT had about 5,500 students and 440 employees in 2013. In January 2016, t ...
.
Political career
The current
Storting
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is her fourth consecutive term as a member, after first serving as deputy Member of Parliament from 2001 for Minister Odd Einar Dørum, and became Parliamentary Leader of the Liberal Party from 2001 until 2005.
She was elected as Member of Parliament in the
2005 parliamentary election, and then re-elected in the
2009
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and
2013 parliamentary elections.
Grande was a member of the Liberal Party central board in 1999–2000, and was deputy leader from 2000 until 2010. Grande was elected MP for
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
in
2009 parliamentary election, although the Liberal Party suffered a severe blow; she and
Borghild Tenden
Borghild Tenden (born 23 June 1951) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
She was born in Stryn. After finishing her secondary education in 1970, she studied for two years at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and four years at the ...
of Akershus were the only Liberal MPs to be elected.
She is a member of the
Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
The Norwegian Association for Women's Rights ( no, italic=no, Norsk Kvinnesaksforening; NKF) is Norway's oldest and preeminent women's and girls' rights organization and works "to promote gender equality and all women's and girls' human rights thr ...
and has highlighted the legacy of her predecessor as Liberal Party leader
Eva Kolstad.
Party leadership
Following the resignation of
Lars Sponheim as party leader, she was elected leader of the Liberal Party at the General Assembly in 2010.
In 2013, under her leadership, the Liberal parliamentary group grew with seven more members of parliament. After January 2018, the Liberal Party entered government as a junior partner with the
Conservative
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and
Progress
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parties, taking three positions in
the cabinet. On 11 March 2020, she announced her intention to resign as party leader, minister and not stand for
re-election in 2021.
[VG">] She was succeeded by fellow party member
Guri Melby as Minister of Education two days later, and as party leader at the party conference in September.
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