Bente Stein Mathisen (born 1 February 1956) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

Personal life

Born in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

on 1 February 1956, Mathisen grew up in

Porsgrunn is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Porsgrunn (town), city ...

as a daughter of politician Arnfinn Johs. Stein.

Political career

Local politics

Mathisen was a member of

Asker Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...

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from 1992 to 2003 and

Akershus Akershus () is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre, though Oslo is not located within Akershus. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akers ...

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from 2003 to 2015.

Parliament

She served as a deputy representative 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

during the term 2009–2013, and in 2013 she was elected as a full member of the Parliament. She was 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 ...

from 2013 to 2017. A depity 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 ...

from 2017, she deputised for

Jan Tore Sanner Jan Tore Sanner (born 6 May 1965) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party who has held several ministerial positions in Erna Solberg's government between 2013 and 2021. He was also the party's deputy leader from 2004 to 2022, having ...

from 2017 to 2021, while Sanner served in government. She was a member of the

Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs () is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It holds a supervisory role in relation to the proceedings of the parliament and public sector. The committee has 12 members and i ...

from 2017 to 2021.

References

1956 births Living people People from Porsgrunn Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Asker politicians Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian women politicians Members of the Storting 2013–2017 Members of the Storting 2017–2021 {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub