Marit Knutsdatter Strand
Marit Knutsdatter Strand | |
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Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
Constituency | Oppland |
Personal details | |
Born | Lørenskog, Akershus, Norway | 27 April 1992
Political party | Centre |
Residence(s) | Beitostølen, Innlandet, Norway |
Alma mater | Norwegian University of Life Sciences |
Occupation | Politician |
Marit Knutsdatter Strand (born 27 April 1992) is a Norwegian politician of the Centre Party. She has served as a representative to the Storting for Oppland since 2017.
Education
[edit]She attended Valdres upper secondary school from 2008 to 2011, and studied at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences from 2012 to 2017.[1]
Political career
[edit]Youth league
[edit]Knutsdatter Strand was leader of the Oppland Centre Youth from 2012 to 2014, and then leader of the Ås Centre Students from 2014 to 2015. She was also a member of the central board of the Centre Youth from 2015 to 2016. She was also chairwoman of the board of the Centre Party's Student Union in 2018.[1]
Parliament
[edit]She was elected to the Storting in 2017, where she currently serves on the Standing Committee on Education and Research, where she also serves as first vice chair.[1] She headed the Centre Party electoral list in Oppland for the 2021 election.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Strand, Marit Knutsdatter". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Strand topper Sp-lista i Oppland". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 1 November 2020.