Anja Ninasdotter Abusland (born 25 November 1995) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She has been member of the

Storting The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The Unicameralism, unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list propo ...

since 2021.

Political career

Abusland was a member of the municipal council of

Songdalen Songdalen is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1964 until 2020 when it was merged with Søgne and Kristiansand municipalities to form a new, much la ...

from 2015 to 2019, and of the municipal council of

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

from 2019. She was elected representative to the

from the constituency of

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total popul ...

for the period 2021–2025, for the Centre Party. In the Storting, she has been a member of the

Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs The Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs () is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The un ...

since 2021.

Early and personal life

Abusland hails from

Finsland Finsland or Finnsland is a village in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about northwest of Nodeland and about southeast of the village of Bjelland. The village is very small and it is located in a very r ...

, and is educated as nurse. She gave birth to a daughter in 2021, shortly before she was elected representative to the Storting.

References

1995 births Living people Centre Party (Norway) politicians Vest-Agder politicians Women members of the Storting Members of the Storting 2021–2025 {{Norway-politician-1990s-stub