Eigil Knutsen (born 21 October 1988) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has served as an MP for Hordaland since 2017, and was previously a deputy member from 2013 to 2017.

Early life

Knutsen was born on 21 October 1988 in

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

. Knutsen studied at the University of Bergen from 2008 to 2013, graduating with a Master's degree in economics.

Career

From 2015 to 2017, Knutsen worked as a political adviser to Bergen City Councillor Harald Schjelderup.

Parliament

He served as a deputy representative to the

Storting The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) 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 bas ...

for Hordaland during the term 2013–2017. Knutsen was elected as a representative to the

for Hordaland in the 2017 election. He was re-elected in 2021. He also became the chair of the

Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs ( no, Finanskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to economic policy, monetary and credit policy, the financial and credit syste ...

. He also became the party's financial spokesperson.

Personal life

Knutsen was on Utøya during the 2011 Utøya shootings, but succeeded in hiding from the shooter.

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* * 1988 births Living people People from Karmøy Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Bergen Survivors of the 2011 Norway attacks 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1980s-stub