Kjersti Stenseng
Kjersti Stenseng | |
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Party Secretary of the Labour Party | |
Assumed office 18 April 2015 | |
Leader | Jonas Gahr Støre |
Preceded by | Raymond Johansen |
Deputy Member of the Storting | |
In office 1 October 2013 – 30 September 2017 | |
Deputising for | Rigmor Aasrud (2013) |
Preceded by | Stine Renate Håheim |
Constituency | Oppland |
Personal details | |
Born | Nord-Fron, Oppland, Norway | 4 September 1974
Political party | Labour |
Domestic partner | Tom Tvedt |
Kjersti Stenseng (born 4 September 1974) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party currently serving as the party secretary since 2015.[1] She also served as a deputy member of the Storting from Oppland from 2013 to 2017.
Career
Education
She finished her secondary education at Vinstra Upper Secondary School in 1993. She minored in sociology and modern history at the Nord-Trøndelag University College and Lillehammer University College before studying political science and history at the University of Oslo. She also took teacher's education and worked as a teacher in
Local politics
She served as a
Government
She was an acting political adviser in the
Parliament
She was elected as a deputy representative to the Storting, Norway's parliament, from Oppland in 2013. As Rigmor Aasrud from Oppland was a member of the outgoing Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet, Stenseng met as a regular representative during the two weeks before the cabinet change.[1]
Party politics
At the 2015 party conference, she was elected party secretary. She has been re-elected at every convention since.[4]
Mere weeks before the 2023 party convention, former deputy leader and mayor of Tana Helga Pedersen was open to succeeding Stenseng as party secretary as part of a greater renewal of the party's leadership. This was despite the fact that Stenseng had previously announced that she would seek re-election.[5] On 30 April, Pedersen announced that she wouldn't stand as a candidate to succeed Stenseng, arguing that she didn't have sufficient support within the party. This marked the first time that Stenseng's position had been challenged.[6]
Personal life
She is currently in a relationship with former president of the
References
- ^ a b "Stenseng, Kjersti" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Tidligere statssekretær Kjersti Stenseng" (in Norwegian). Government.no. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Her er Støres nye mannskap" (in Norwegian). NRK. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "Ap-sjokk: - Jeg stiller" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Helga Pedersen: – Jeg stiller ikke som kandidat til å bli partisekretær" (in Norwegian). NRK Troms og Finnmark. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ "- Det handler om å være kjærester og støtte hverandre som mennesker" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "Arbeiderpartiets partisekretær skal gifte seg med Tom Tvedt" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.