Anne Brit Stråtveit (born 22 April 1947) is a Norwegian teacher and politician for the

Christian Democratic Party __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...

. She was born in

Farsund is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Farsund (town ...

, and took a teacher's education. She worked as a teacher in Farsund from 1969 to 1970,

Sandnes Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest municipality in Norway, and together the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sand ...

from 1970 to 1975 and

Lyngdal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alleen ...

from 1975 to 1992 before becoming a school adviser. She was elected to 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 unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...

from

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 ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

, but was not re-elected in

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

. She was a member of the

Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs The Standing Committee on Education and Research () is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of ch ...

from 1997 to 2000 and the

Standing Committee on Defence Standing Committee on Defence (SCOF) is usually a parliamentary committee of parliaments of nations following a parliamentary system of governance. It generally scrutinises the government's actions on defence-related matters. List of Standing Com ...

from 2000 to 2001. She was a member of

municipality council from 1995 to 1997 and 2003 to 2007.

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1947 births Living people People from Farsund People from Lyngdal Norwegian educators Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Vest-Agder politicians Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Members of the Storting 1997–2001 {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub