Åslaug Sem-Jacobsen (born 5 April 1971) is a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Centre Party. Representing

Telemark Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...

, she has been member of the

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since 2017.

Personal life and education

Sem-Jacobsen was born on 5 April 1971. She is educated journalist from Gimlekollen NLA College, was assigned with

NRK The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company. The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...

for several years, and has studied

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

Political career

Sem-Jacobsen was member of the municipal council in

Notodden is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Aust-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Notodden. Other population centres include the villages of Bolkesjø, G ...

from 2011 to 2019. She was deputy mayor in Notodden from 2015 to 2017, and member of the county council of

from 2015 to 2019. She was elected representative to the

from the constituency of Telemark for the period 2017–2021 for the Centre Party. In the Storting she was a member of the

Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs The Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs () is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to families, children and youth, gender equality, consumer affairs and cultural affairs. It corres ...

from 2017 to 2021. She was re-elected to the Storting for the period 2021–2025, and became second deputy leader of the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs from 2021.

References

1971 births Living people People from Notodden University of Oslo alumni NRK people Centre Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Telemark Women members of the Storting Members of the Storting 2017–2021 Members of the Storting 2021–2025 {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub