Solveig Sundbø Abrahamsen (born 13 September 1963) is a Norwegian politician for the

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

. She was elected as deputy to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from

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in 2013, and was a full menber of the Storting drom 2017 to 2021.

Personal life and education

Born in

Seljord Seljord is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Seljord. The parish ...

on 13 September 1963, Abrahamsen is a daughter of farmer Anders Sundbø and nurse Aase Prestårhus. She is educated as

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from the

Telemark University College Telemark University College (TUC, no, Høgskolen i Telemark, HiT) was, until its merger, the fourth largest university college in Norway. The University College had about 7000 students, split between four different locations in Bø, Notodden, Por ...

Career

Local politics

A member of the municipal council of Seljord since 1999, Abrahamsen served as mayor of Seljord from 2007 to 2013. She was elected member of the county council of

for the period 2011 to 2015.

Parliament

Abrahamsen was elected deputy representative to the

Storting The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years ...

from the constituency of

for the period 2013–2017, when she met as deputy for

Torbjørn Røe Isaksen Torbjørn Røe Isaksen (born 28 July 1978) is a Norwegian politician, MP for the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from 2020 to 2021. He previously served as Minister of Trade and Industry from 2018 to 202 ...

, and was member of the

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. She was elected ordinary member of the Storting for the period 2017–2021, then a member of the

Standing Committee on Transport and Communications The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications ( no, Transport- og kommunikasjonskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to transport, postal services, telecommunications, electr ...

References

Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Politicians from Telemark 1963 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian politicians People from Seljord Mayors of places in Telemark {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub