Aust-Agder () is one of the 19

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of the

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, the national

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. The constituency was established in 1921 following the introduction of

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for elections to the Storting. It consists of the

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, Froland,

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, Valle and Vegårshei in the

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Agder Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("sou ...

. The constituency currently elects three of the 169 members of the Storting using the

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. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 87,300 registered electors.

Electoral system

Aust-Agder currently elects three of the 169 members of the Storting using the

. Constituency seats are allocated by the County Electoral Committee using the Modified Sainte-Laguë method. Compensatory seats (seats at large) are calculated based on the national vote and are allocated by the National Electoral Committee using the Modified Sainte-Laguë method at the constituency level (one for each constituency). Only parties that reach the 4% national threshold compete for compensatory seats.

Election results

Summary

(Excludes compensatory seats. Figures in ''italics'' represent joint lists.)

Detailed

2020s

=2021

= Results of the 2021 parliamentary election held on 13 September 2021: The following candidates were elected: Svein Harberg (H); Tellef Inge Mørland (Ap); Gro-Anita Mykjåland (Sp); and Marius Arion Nilsen (FrP).

2010s

=2017

= Results of the 2017 parliamentary election held on 11 September 2017: The following candidates were elected:

Åshild Bruun-Gundersen Åshild Bruun-Gundersen (born 26 November 1986) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. She was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Aust-Agder for the period 2017–2021. Personal life Bruun-Gundersen w ...

(FrP); Svein Harberg (H); Tellef Inge Mørland (Ap); and Kjell Ingolf Ropstad (KrF).

=2013

= Results of the 2013 parliamentary election held on 8 and 9 September 2013: The following candidates were elected: Freddy de Ruiter (Ap); Ingebjørg Godskesen (FrP); Svein Harberg (H); and Kjell Ingolf Ropstad (KrF).

2000s

=2009

= Results of the 2009 parliamentary election held on 13 and 14 September 2009: The following candidates were elected: Freddy de Ruiter (Ap); Ingebjørg Godskesen (FrP); Svein Harberg (H); and Kjell Ingolf Ropstad (KrF).

=2005

= Results of the 2005 parliamentary election held on 11 and 12 September 2005: The following candidates were elected:

Torbjørn Andersen Torbjørn Andersen (born 5 January 1957, in Grimstad) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 ...

(FrP); Freddy de Ruiter (Ap); Åse Gunhild Woie Duesund (KrF); and Inger Løite (Ap).

=2001

= Results of the 2001 parliamentary election held on 9 and 10 September 2001: The following candidates were elected:

(FrP); Åse Gunhild Woie Duesund (KrF);

Gunnar Halvorsen Gunnar Halvorsen (July 24, 1945 in Arendal – March 6, 2006) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party (AP). He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1993. He was a municipality council member in Åmli from 1967–1979 ...

(Ap); and Jan Olav Olsen (H).

1990s

=1997

= Results of the 1997 parliamentary election held on 15 September 1997: The following candidates were elected:

(FrP); Åse Gunhild Woie Duesund (KrF);

(Ap); and Liv Marit Moland (Ap).

=1993

= Results of the 1993 parliamentary election held on 12 and 13 September 1993: The following candidates were elected:

(Ap); Brit Hoel (Ap);

Tore A. Liltved Tore A. Liltved (8 May 1939 – 13 July 2004) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Arendal. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously ...

(H); and

Terje Sandkjær Terje Sandkjær (born 24 February 1944 in Landvik) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1993, but was not re-elected in 1997. Sandkjær was a member of the executive commit ...

(Sp).

1980s

=1989

= Results of the 1989 parliamentary election held on 10 and 11 September 1989: The following candidates were elected: Helga Haugen (KrF); Brit Hoel (Ap);

(H); and Jens Marcussen (FrP).

=1985

= Results of the 1985 parliamentary election held on 8 and 9 September 1985: As the list alliance was not entitled to more seats contesting as an alliance than it was contesting as individual parties, the distribution of seats was as party votes. The following candidates were elected:

Asbjørn Andersen Asbjørn Andersen (30 August 1903 – 12 December 1978) was a Danish film actor and director. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1930 and 1976. He also directed nine films between 1946 and 1952. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark ...

(Ap);

Astrid Gjertsen Astrid Gjertsen (14 September 192817 June 2020) was a Norwegian-Danish politician who served as a member of the Norwegian Parliament as a member of the Conservative Party from 1969 to 1989. From 1981 to 1986, she served as the Minister of Consum ...

(H); Helga Haugen (KrF); and Brit Hoel (Ap).

=1981

= Results of the 1981 parliamentary election held on 13 and 14 September 1981: The following candidates were elected:

Osmund Faremo Osmund Faremo (23 November 1921 – 16 April 1999) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Hylestad and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1965, and was re-elected on four occasions. He had pr ...

(Ap);

(H); Brit Hoel (Ap); and

Johannes Vågsnes Johannes Vågsnes (7 March 1923 – 26 February 2012) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. Vågsnes was born in Tromøy. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1973, and was re-elected on tw ...

(KrF).

1970s

=1977

= Results of the 1977 parliamentary election held on 11 and 12 September 1977: The following candidates were elected:

(Ap);

(H); Thor Lund (Ap); and

(KrF-V-Sp-DNF).

=1973

= Results of the 1973 parliamentary election held on 9 and 10 September 1973: The following candidates were elected:

(Ap);

(H); Thor Lund (Ap); and

(KrF).

1960s

=1969

= Results of the 1969 parliamentary election held on 7 and 8 September 1969: The following candidates were elected: Øyvind Bjorvatn (V);

(Ap); Thor Lund (Ap); and Alfred Thommesen (H).

=1965

= Results of the 1965 parliamentary election held on 12 and 13 September 1965: The following candidates were elected: Øyvind Bjorvatn (V);

(Ap); Bjarne Henry Henriksen (Ap); and Alfred Thommesen (H).

=1961

= Results of the 1961 parliamentary election held on 11 September 1961: The following candidates were elected: Magnhild Hagelia (Ap), 16,799 votes; Bjarne Henry Henriksen (Ap), 16,794 votes; Berge Helle Kringlebotn (V-Sp), 7,715 votes; and Alfred Thommesen (H), 7,066 votes.

1950s

=1957

= Results of the 1957 parliamentary election held on 7 October 1957: The following candidates were elected:

Birger Breivik Birger Breivik (26 October 1912 – 28 June 1996) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was born in Fyresdal. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a ...

(KrF); Magnhild Hagelia (Ap); Bjarne Henry Henriksen (Ap); and Alfred Thommesen (H).

=1953

= Results of the 1953 parliamentary election held on 12 October 1953: The following candidates were elected: Magnhild Hagelia (Ap); Bjarne Henry Henriksen (Ap); Arnt J. Mørland (KrF); and

Arne Leonhard Nilsen Arne Leonhard Nilsen (21 July 1893 – 5 April 1957) was a Norwegian politician. He was born in Kristiansand to merchant Nikolai Emil Nilsen and Anne Lovise Aarrestad. He was elected representative to the Storting for the period 1954–1 ...

(H-Bp).

1940s

=1949

= Results of the 1949 parliamentary election held on 10 October 1949: The following candidates were elected: Torvald Haavardstad (Ap); Magnhild Hagelia (Ap);

Einar Iveland Einar Iveland (9 May 1892 – 15 May 1975) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was born in Iveland. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1950, but was not re-elected in 1954. He had previously served ...

(V); and Olav Kjetilson Nylund (Ap).

=1945

= Results of the 1945 parliamentary election held on 8 October 1945: As the list alliance was not entitled to more seats contesting as an alliance than it was contesting as individual parties, the distribution of seats was as party votes. The following candidates were elected:

Anders Tjøstolvsen Noddeland Anders Tjøstolvsen Noddeland (8 January 1885 – 22 May 1960) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949. Born in Austre Moland, Noddel ...

(V); Olav Kjetilson Nylund (Ap); Aani Aanisson Rysstad (Ap); and

Søren Hans Smith Sørensen Søren Hans Smith Sørensen (9 December 1885 – 31 March 1973) was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician for the Conservative Party. Sørensen was born on the island of Tromøya in Aust-Agder, Norway. He was the son of ship builder, O. B. S� ...

(H).

1930s

=1936

= Results of the 1936 parliamentary election held on 19 October 1936: As the list alliance was entitled to more seats contesting as an alliance than it was contesting as individual parties, the distribution of seats was as list alliance votes. The H-Bp-Fl list alliance's additional seat was allocated to the Farmers' Party. The following candidates were elected: Julius Grasåsen (Bp); Torvald Haavardstad (Ap);

Jacob Maurice Ørbæk Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

(H); and Christian Stray (V).

=1933

= Results of the 1933 parliamentary election held on 16 October 1933: As the list alliance was entitled to more seats contesting as an alliance than it was contesting as individual parties, the distribution of seats was as list alliance votes. The Bp-NS-B list alliance's additional seat was allocated to the Farmers' Party. The following candidates were elected: Torvald Haavardstad (Ap);

Nils Nersten Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989), ...

(Bp);

(H); and Christian Stray (V).

=1930

= Results of the 1930 parliamentary election held on 20 October 1930: The following candidates were elected: Torvald Haavardstad (Ap); Halvor Rolvsson Olstad (Bp);

(H); and

Torjus Værland Torjus Værland (1868-1954) was the Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics ...

(V).

1920s

=1927

= Results of the 1927 parliamentary election held on 17 October 1927: The following candidates were elected: Nils Hjelmtveit (Ap); Halvor Rolvsson Olstad (Bp);

(H); and

(V).

=1924

= Results of the 1924 parliamentary election held on 21 October 1924: The following candidates were elected: Nils Hjelmtveit (Ap);

(Bp);

Lars Olsen Skjulestad Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was borne ...

(H); and

(V).

=1921

= Results of the 1921 parliamentary election held on 24 October 1921: The following candidates were elected: Aasulv Eivindson Lande] (V);

(L);

(H); and

(V).

Notes

References

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