Eli Kristiansen (8 November 1933 – 5 July 2025) was a Norwegian politician for the

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Life and career

Kristiansen was born in

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on 8 November 1933. From 1972 to 1973, during the

cabinet Korvald Korvald's Cabinet governed Norway between 18 October 1972 and 16 October 1973. The centre cabinet was led by Lars Korvald as Prime Minister and consisted of the Christian Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the Liberal Party The Liberal Pa ...

, Kristiansen was appointed political secretary (today known as political advisor) in the

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. From 1985 to 1986, during the second cabinet Willoch, she was State Secretary in the same Ministry. She was elected to the

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from

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in 1977, but was not re-elected in 1981. She had previously served as a deputy representative from

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during the term 1973–1977. On the local level she was a member of the

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Namsos Municipality (Norwegian language, Norwegian) or is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is t ...

from 1965 to 1971. She was a member of the central party board from 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1981. Outside politics she worked in the health sector, and was active in her trade union. Kristiansen died on 5 July 2025, at the age of 91.

References

1933 births 2025 deaths Politicians from Oslo Nordland politicians Norwegian state secretaries Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian trade unionists Women members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Norwegian women state secretaries People from Vågan Norwegian women trade unionists Members of the Storting 1977–1981 {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub