Heidi Sørensen (born 14 February 1970) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. With a Danish father, Sørensen held Danish citizenship in her early life. She was born in

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, and studied for a cand.mag. degree between 1989 and 1992. In her youth, Sørensen was an active

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, and leader of

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from 1993 to 1994, and later became leader of

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between 1995 and 1998. She was also a working committee member in No to the EU from 1991 to 1995. She was elected to the

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from

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in 2001, but was not re-elected in 2005. She instead served as a deputy representative, but met on a regular basis as

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was appointed to

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. In October 2007 Sørensen left Parliament to become a cabinet member herself, serving as State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment. Upon her resignation in 2012, she returned to Parliament where she again served as a replacement for Kristin Halvorsen until the term ended in 2013. Sørensen was a member of the

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from 1997 to 2001, the

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from 1999, the board of the

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from 2000 and the

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from 2013. She has also been a member of committees producing

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s on energy and waste management.

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1970 births Living people Norwegian people of Danish descent People from Levanger Politicians from Oslo Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Nature and Youth activists Norwegian environmentalists Norwegian women environmentalists Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian women politicians Norwegian women state secretaries Members of the Storting 2001–2005 Members of the Storting 2005–2009 Members of the Storting 2009–2013 {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub