Rita Tveiten (born 22 January 1954, in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the

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from

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Munici ...

in 1993, and was re-elected on one occasion. She served as a deputy representative during the terms 1989–1993 and 2001–2005. Three years into the second term as deputy, she replaced the regular representative Leif Lund who died. Tveiten was a member of

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municipality council from 1983 to 1987. During this term she was also a member of Hordaland county council.

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1954 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Bergen BI Norwegian Business School alumni Norwegian School of Economics alumni Women members of the Storting Osterøy 21st-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Members of the Storting 2001–2005 Members of the Storting 1993–1997 Members of the Storting 1997–2001 {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub