Peter Skovholt Gitmark (born 15 April 1977, in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

) is a Norwegian politician representing the Conservative Party. He is currently a representative of

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total popul ...

in the

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, first elected in 2005. He was elected a reserve candidate in the previous period, but took Ansgar Gabrielsen's place when Gabrielsen was a cabinet minister. Gitmark is a former chairman of the

International Young Democrat Union The International Young Democracy Union (IYDU) is a global alliance of centre-right political youth organisations and the youth wing of the International Democrat Union. The IYDU in its current form was founded in March 1991 in Washington, D. ...

(2007–2009).

Education and professional life

He has a study qualification from

Kristiansand Cathedral School Kristiansand Cathedral School (''Kristiansand katedralskole Gimle''), known in Latin as ''Schola Christiansandensis'', is a high school in Kristiansand, Agder, Norway. It is the oldest high school on the southern coast of Norway, having been f ...

from 1997 and a degree in

business economics Business economics is a field in applied economics which uses economic theory and quantitative methods to analyze business enterprises and the factors contributing to the diversity of organizational structures and the relationships of firms wit ...

from the

Norwegian School of Economics The Norwegian School of Economics () or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is the leading teaching and research institution in Norway for the fields of management and ...

from 2003. After 12 years as a parliamentary representative, he was associated partner of Amrop AS between 2013 and 2014, which runs business consulting and management recruitment. From 2014 he runs communications consulting with his own company and as senior advisor in the department for public and public relations in

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AS. From 2013, Gitmark is also chairman of the deepwater technology company Seabed Separation AS in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

Storting committees

*2005–2009 member of the Finance committee. *2005–2009 member of the Municipality committee.

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* 1977 births Living people Politicians from Kristiansand Vest-Agder politicians Conservative Party (Norway) politicians International Young Democrat Union chairs Members of the Storting 2001–2005 Members of the Storting 2005–2009 Members of the Storting 2009–2013 {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub