Marit Berger Røsland (born 21 September 1978) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She served as Norway's Minister of European Affairs from 2017 to 2018, as a member of Solberg's Cabinet.

Personal life

Røsland was born in

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, and graduated as jurist from the

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. She is married to lawyer and for the Conservative Party politician

Stian Berger Røsland Stian Berger Røsland (born 3 November 1976 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He succeeded Erling Lae as Governing Mayor of Oslo in 2009. He served until 2015, when he was replaced by Labour politician Raymond Johan ...

Political career

Røsland was elected member of the

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for the period 1997–2000, and was a member of the

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2003–2007. She was elected as suppleant to the

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from Akershus 2001–2005, representing the Conservative Party. She was political advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affaires from 2003 to 2005. From 2006 to 2014 she worked as lawyer in

. She served as State Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister 2014–2015, State Secretary for the

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2015–2016, and State Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affaires 2016–2017. She was appointed Minister of European Affairs from 20 October 2017 to 17 January 2018.

References

1978 births Living people Conservative Party (Norway) politicians People from Lørenskog Akershus politicians {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub