Marit Knutsdatter Strand (born 27 April 1992) is a

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politician of the Centre Party. She has served as a representative to the Storting for

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since 2017.

Education

She attended Valdres upper secondary school from 2008 to 2011, and studied at the

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from 2012 to 2017.

Political career

Youth league

Knutsdatter Strand was leader of the Oppland Centre Youth from 2012 to 2014, and then leader of the Ås Centre Students from 2014 to 2015. She was also a member of the central board of the

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from 2015 to 2016. She was also chairwoman of the board of the Centre Party's Student Union in 2018.

Parliament

She was elected to the

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, where she currently serves on the

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, where she also serves as first vice chair. She headed the Centre Party

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for the

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election.

References

1992 births Living people Centre Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Oppland politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1990s-stub