Ursula Evje (born 13 December 1944 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 ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. She was elected to the

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from Akershus in 1997, and was re-elected on two occasions. However, in December 2004, during her third term, she left the party, continuing as an

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representative. She did not seek re-election for a new party in 2005. Evje was a member of the executive committee of

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municipality council from 1995 to 1998.

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* 1944 births Living people Progress Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Akershus politicians Politicians from Oslo Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub