Sigrid Hjørnegård (born 8 October 1965) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She finished her secondary education in Ås in 1984, and graduated from Mære Agricultural School in 1986 and the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1990. She worked part-time as a

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from 1990 to 1992. She was a board member of

Norges Bygdeungdomslag Norges Bygdeungdomslag ("Norwegian Rural Youth") is a Norwegian youth organization, founded in 1946, aimed at promoting rural culture, and based on a Christian platform. In its heyday, it had close to 20,000 members, although the membership has now ...

from 1986 to 1988, and leader from 1990 to 1992. From 1988 to 1990 she was a board member of the

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. She worked for the

Norwegian Agrarian Association The Norwegian Agrarian Association ( no, Norges Bondelag) is the largest Norwegian interest organization for farmers. It functions both as a labour union and as a trade union. It negotiates with the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union T ...

locally in Akershus from 1992 to 1996, and nationally as information director from 1996 to 2005. In the Agrarian Association she was a supervisory council member from 1987 to 1988 and board member from 1990 to 1992. From 1992 to 1993 she was a deputy board member of

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, and chaired the

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branch of the organization. Since 1997 she has been a deputy board member of the Norwegian College of Agriculture/

Norwegian University of Life Sciences The Norwegian University of Life Sciences ( no, Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet, NMBU) is a public university located in Ås, Norway. It is located at Ås in Viken, near Oslo, and at Adamstuen in Oslo and has around 5,200 stud ...

, and since 2004 she is a board member of Landbrukets Utredningskontor. She has been a member of Ås

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. In 2005, when

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assumed office, she was appointed as a political adviser in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. She was a political adviser in

Ministry of Petroleum and Energy The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy ( no, Olje- og energidepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry responsible for energy, including petroleum and natural gas production in the North Sea. It is led by Minister of Petroleum and Ener ...

from 2008 to 2009, and State Secretary in the same ministry from 2009 to 2011.

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1965 births Living people People from Ås, Akershus Norwegian College of Agriculture alumni Akershus politicians Centre Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Norwegian women state secretaries {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub