Bente Irene Aaland (born 5 January 1956) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. A deputy to 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 ...

from

Hedmark Hedmark () was a Counties of Norway, county in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmar ...

since 2021, she met as deputy for

Nils Kristen Sandtrøen Nils Kristen Sandtrøen (born 2 February 1989) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He served as a member of parliament, the Storting, from Hedmark, from 2017, and has been Minister of Agriculture and Food since February 2025. Pol ...

from February to April 2025.

Personal life

Born on 5 January 1956, Aaland hails from

Elverum Municipality Elverum () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Elverum ( ...

, and is educated as nurse from the

Hedmark University College Hedmark University of Applied Sciences () was a state university college in Hedmark, Norway, established in 1994. The college had approximately 5,250 students and 450 employees. It was merged with Lillehammer University College to become the In ...

Political career

A politician for the Labour Party, Aaland was elected deputy representative number two to the

from the constituency of

at the 2021 election. She was deputising for

from February to April 2025, when Sandtrøen assumed the position of Minister of Agriculture and Food in the

Støre Cabinet The Støre Cabinet is the incumbent government of the Kingdom of Norway, headed by Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre as Prime Minister. The government was appointed by King Harald V on 14 October 2021, following the parliamentary election o ...

, and deputy number one from Hedmark, Even Eriksen, served as State Secretary.

References

1956 births Living people People from Elverum Hedmark University College alumni Hedmark politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 2021–2025 {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub