Jette Fugelsnes Christensen (born 1 June 1983) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as a deputy representative to the

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from

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during the term 2009–2013. In September 2010, when Per Rune Henriksen was appointed to the cabinet, Christensen got a regular seat in Parliament. She lost this seat when Henriksen resigned and returned to Parliament in May 2013. She sat on the

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. She got the second spot on the Hordaland Labour Party list for the

2013 Norwegian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 8 and 9 September 2013 to elect all 169 members of the unicameral Storting. The centre-right coalition obtained 96 seats, while the incumbent red–green coalition government obtained 72 seats and t ...

, and served, after the election, as one of Hordaland Labour Party's four representatives to the Parliament. She was re-elected in the 2017 elections. Christensen is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Defence and Foreign Affairs. She has studied Political Science at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

Storting committees

* 2010–2013 member of the

. * 2013–2017 member of the

. * 2017–2021 member of the

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1983 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Bergen Members of the Storting 2009–2013 Members of the Storting 2013–2017 Members of the Storting 2017–2021 {{Norway-politician-1980s-stub