Charlotte Therkelsen (born 29 July 1981) is a Norwegian politician representing the Red Party. She has been a deputy representative to the Storting since 2021, the party's second deputy leader and the mayor of

Kragerø Kragerø () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø. Villages in Kragerø include H ...

since 2023.

Political career

Parliament

A member of the Red Party, Therkelsen was elected deputy representative to the

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from the constituency of

Telemark Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...

for the period 2021–2025.

Deputy party leader

She was elected second deputy leader for the Red Party in April 2023.

Local politics

Therkelsen was deputy mayor in

from 2015 to 2019. She succeeded Henriette Fluer Vikre in the position and served with Jone Blikra as mayor. Following the 2019 local elections, she was succeeded by Jan Petter Abrahamsen. She was elected mayor of Kragerø following the 2023 local elections, with independent Jonas Nilsen as deputy mayor. In September 2024, she expressed that the municipality of Kragerø was in a difficult economic situation, when Kragerø had been included in the

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(the ROBEK list), and the county governor had not approved the municipal budget for 2024.

References

1981 births Living people People from Kragerø Politicians from Telemark Mayors of places in Telemark Red Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1980s-stub