Tuva Moflag (born 17 March 1979) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She has been member of the

Storting 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 ...

since 2017.

Political career

Moflag served as mayor of Ski from 2015 to 2017, and was elected representative to the

for the period 2017–2021 for the Labour Party, from the constituency of

Akershus Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main county ...

. In the Storting, she was a member of the

Standing Committee on Health and Care Services The Standing Committee on Health and Care Services ( no, Helse- og omsorgskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to health services, care and attendance services, public health, drug ...

from 2017 to 2021. From 2017 to 2018 she was a delegate to the

United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; french: link=no, Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Curr ...

. She was re-elected to the Storting for the period 2021–2025. From 2021 she was a member of the

Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs The Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs ( no, Arbeids- og sosialkomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for areas related to the labour market, the working environment, benefits, pensions and disa ...

, where she was second deputy leader.

Personal life

Moflag was born in

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 ...

on 17 March 1979, a daughter of Erling Moflag and Turid Petrine Svaleng. She graduated as an economist from the

Bodø University College The University of Nordland, (Abbreviation: UIN; no, Universitetet i Nordland) previously Bodø University College, was a public university located in Bodø, Norway. In January 2016, the university was merged with Nesna University College and Nor ...

in 2002.

References

1979 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians University of Nordland alumni Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Akershus Women mayors of places in Norway People from Ski, Norway Women members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub