Eli Arnstad (born 4 May 1962) is a Norwegian civil servant, sports official and politician for the Centre Party.

Early life and career

She was born in

Stjørdal Municipality () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the List of towns and cities in ...

as a daughter of accountant and farmer Arne Arnstad (1932–1980) and nurse Aasta Arnstad, née Auran (1938–). She is a twin sister of the prominent politician

Marit Arnstad Marit Arnstad (born 4 May 1962) is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Centre Party. She is currently the party's parliamentary leader since 2014, having previously held the office from 2003 to 2005. Arnstad was the Norwegian Minister of T ...

and mother of

Ada Arnstad Ada Arnstad (born 13 August 1992) is a Norwegian politician. She led the Centre Youth from 2016 to 2019. Life Arnstad was born in Trollhättan. Her parents were Eli Arnstad and Iwar Arnstad. She was brought up at Skatval in Nord-Trøndelag. Arns ...

. Having graduated from high school in 1981, she first studied at Mære Agricultural School until 1983. She is educated business administrator from the

Nord-Trøndelag University College Nord-Trøndelag University College () was a Norwegian university college located throughout the county of Nord-Trøndelag. HiNT had about 5,500 students and 440 employees in 2013. In January 2016, the university was merged with Nesna University ...

, having graduated as cand.mag. in 1999. She also minored in public law in 1986 and political science in 1989. She became involved in politics in the early 1980s. She chaired the regional party chapter of the

Centre Youth The Centre Youth (''Senterungdommen'' or SUL) is the youth organization of the Norwegian Centre Party. Hence, they advocate decentralisation and stress their opposition of the European Union. Since 2022, the organization has been led by Andrine Ha ...

from 1982 to 1985. She then became involved in the Nordiska Centerns Ungdomsforbund, presiding over that organization from 1989 to 1991. From 1991 to 1992 she worked in the civil service of

Trollhättan Municipality Trollhättan Municipality (, semi-officially ) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the stad (Sweden), city of Trollhättan. The municipality was created gradually in 19 ...

in Sweden.

Political career

Arnstad was an elected member of

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

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from 1983 to 1991. 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 terms 1985–1989 and 1989–1993. From 1985 to 1986 and 1989 to 1990 she moved up as a regular representative, filling in for Johan J. Jakobsen who was appointed to two different cabinets, first

Willoch's Second Cabinet Willoch's Second Cabinet was a majority, centre-right government consisting of the Conservative, Centre, Christian Democratic parties. It succeeded the Conservative First cabinet Willoch in mid-term to secure a majority, right-winged government, ...

and then

Syse's Cabinet Syse's Cabinet was a minority centre-right Conservative, Centre, Christian Democrat Government of Norway. It succeeded the Labour Second cabinet Brundtland after the 1989 election, and sat between 16 October 1989 and 3 November 1990. It was r ...

. In total she met during 1 year and 313 days of parliamentary session. Having stepped down from a political career, she has held a number of positions as a civil servant. She was the director of Stiklestad Centre of Culture from 1999 to 2000 and chief executive officer of Enova from 2001 to 2007. She also became a supervisory council member of

Sparebanken Midt-Norge SpareBank 1 SMN is a Norwegian savings bank based in Trøndelag. The bank has 71 branches in 51 municipalities in Central Norway and is part of the bank alliance SpareBank 1. In Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag the bank is branded SpareBank ...

in 2005 and board member at

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in 2006. In 2010 she was elected as the leader of Trøndelag District Association for

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, and in 2014 she became a board member of the

Football Association of Norway The Norwegian Football Federation (, ; NFF) is the governing body of football (soccer), football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organises the Norway national football team, men's and Norway women's national football team, women's national te ...

. She represents the club

IL Fram Idrettslaget Fram is a Norway, Norwegian sports club from Skatval, Nord-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field and volleyball. It was founded in 1892. It is currently chaired by Eli Arnstad. The m ...

. Arnstad was elected to the

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. After mayor Ivar Vigdenes resigned in 2022, Arnstad became the new mayor. She was re-elected in the

2023 Norwegian local elections The 2023 Norwegian local elections were held on 11 September 2023. Voters elected representatives to municipal and county councils, which are responsible for education, public transportation, healthcare, elderly care, waste disposal, the levy of c ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnstad, Eli 1962 births Living people People from Stjørdal Norwegian expatriates in Sweden Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag Centre Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Women members of the Storting Mayors of places in Nord-Trøndelag Women mayors of places in Norway Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian sports executives and administrators