Anne Marit Bjørnflaten (born 18 June 1969 in

Harstad Harstad may refer to: Places *Harstad (town) Harstad (; ) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is also the administrative centre of Harstad Municipality. The city has a populati ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Between 2000 and 2001, during

Stoltenberg's first cabinet Stoltenberg's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 2000 and 19 October 2001. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Jens Stoltenberg (; born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Part ...

, Bjørnflaten was appointed political advisor in the

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. She was elected to the

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from

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in 2005. She is the leader of the justice committee in the

. She did not seek reelection to the parliament in

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. On the local level, Bjørnflaten was a member of the executive committee of

Tromsø Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the is ...

municipality council from 2003 to 2005. From 1991 to 1995 she was a member of Troms county council. She was a member of the Labour Party central board from 2002 to 2005. On 30 September 2022, she became the new Secretary of state in the

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1969 births Living people People from Harstad Politicians from Tromsø Labour Party (Norway) politicians University of Tromsø alumni University of Bergen alumni University of Oslo alumni Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian women politicians Members of the Storting 2005–2009 Members of the Storting 2009–2013 {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub