Marit Knutsdatter Strand

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Marit Knutsdatter Strand
Knutsdatter Strand in 2021
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Assumed office
1 October 2017
ConstituencyOppland
Personal details
Born (1992-04-27) 27 April 1992 (age 32)
Lørenskog, Akershus, Norway
Political partyCentre
Residence(s)Beitostølen, Innlandet, Norway
Alma materNorwegian University of Life Sciences
OccupationPolitician

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]

  1. ^ a b c "Strand, Marit Knutsdatter". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Strand topper Sp-lista i Oppland". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 1 November 2020.