Solveig Sundbø Abrahamsen (born 13 September 1963) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She was elected as deputy to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( ; ) 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 based on party-list proportional represe ...

from

Telemark Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...

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

Personal life and education

Born in

Seljord Seljord is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Seljord. Other villages in the municipalit ...

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, , HiT) was, until its merger, the fourth largest university college in Norway. The University College had about 7000 students, split between four locations in Bø, Notodden, Porsgrunn, Rauland and Drammen. Hier ...

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 ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The Unicameralism, unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list propo ...

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 2 ...

, 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

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References

Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Telemark 1963 births Living people People from Seljord Mayors of places in Telemark Members of the Storting 2013–2017 Members of the Storting 2017–2021 {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub