Borghild Tenden (born 23 June 1951) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. She was born in

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. After finishing her secondary education in 1970, she studied for two years at the

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and four years at the

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. Graduating as a teacher, she worked at

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from 1978 to 1993 and also took further courses in law and sociology. From 1993 to 1996 she held a job as adviser to the Liberal Party parliamentary caucus, and from 1996 to 2005 she worked as an informational adviser in Parliament. Standing for political election, she served as a deputy representative to the

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from

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from 1997 to 2001, and was elected as a full representative in 2005. She served as the first deputy chair the

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. Although the 2009 parliamentary election ended badly for the Liberal Party, Tenden won a seat in Akershus. She and

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from Oslo made up the Liberal Party's parliamentary delegation. Incidentally, this was the first time a Norwegian parliamentary caucus consisted only of women. Ahead of the 2013 election she was offered the second ballot spot behind

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. She declined, choosing to not fight head-to-head for the first ballot spot, and retired from politics. Tenden had also been a member of Bærum control committee from 1999 to 2003, deputy member of

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from 1999 to 2007 and a member from 2007 to 2011, as well as a member of

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from 2003 to 2007. She was deputy leader of Akershus Liberal Party from 1994 to 1996 and leader of Bærum Liberal Party from 1998 to 2001. Outside of politics, she sat on the council and sat on the central board of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tenden, Borghild 1951 births Living people People from Stryn University of Oslo alumni Norwegian schoolteachers Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Bærum politicians Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian women politicians Members of the Storting 2005–2009 Members of the Storting 2009–2013