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Anne Enger, formerly Anne Enger Lahnstein (born 9 December 1949), is a Norwegian politician who served as County Governor of
Østfold Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...
from 2004 until 2015, and Leader of the Centre Party from 1991 to 1999, with opposition to the
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. She was the front person of the successful "No to EU" campaign at the 1994 referendum. She was also the leader in the failed campaign against elective abortion in Norway in the late 1970s. She served as Minister of Culture 1997–2000; and for three weeks in 1998, she was Acting
Prime Minister of Norway The prime minister of Norway (, which directly translates to "minister of state") is the head of government and chief executive of Norway. The prime minister and Cabinet of Norway, Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior government departme ...
, during
Kjell Magne Bondevik Kjell Magne Bondevik (; born 3 September 1947) is a Norway, Norwegian Lutheranism, Lutheran Religious minister, minister and Politics of Norway, politician. As leader of the Christian Democratic Party (Norway), Christian Democratic Party, he ser ...
's sick leave.


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Biography on Norwegian government's website
, - , - , - 1949 births 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians County governors of Norway Living people Ministers of culture of Norway Prime ministers of Norway Women prime ministers in Europe Women government ministers of Norway Members of the Storting 1997–2001 Members of the Storting 1993–1997 Members of the Storting 1989–1993 Members of the Storting 1985–1989 {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub