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Sivert Bjørnstad

Sivert Bjørnstad

Norwegian politician (born 1990)

Sivert Haugen Bjørnstad (born 3 October 1990) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He was elected to the Norwegian parliament in the 2013, becoming the parliament's youngest member.[1]

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Education

He studies economy at BI Norwegian Business School in Trondheim.[1]

Political career

Local politics

Bjørstad was elected to the Trondheim city council and the Sør-Trøndelag county council in 2011. He was re-elected in 2015 and sat until 2019.[2] He was elected 2nd deputy leader of the Progress Party's Youth in 2012.[3]

Parliament

Bjørnstad was elected to the Storting, the Norwegian parliament, in the 2013 election. He has been re-elected since.[4] In the Storting, he sat on the Standing Committee on Education and Research between 2013 and 2016. From 2016 to 2017, he sat on the Standing Committee on Business and Industry. He joined the Standing Committee on Finance in 2017 and was a part of it until February 2021. Between 2019 and 2020, he also served as its second vice chair. He rejoined the Standing Committee on Business and Industry in February 2021.[4]

Personal life

Bjørnstad married Conservative Party member of parliament Mari Holm Lønseth in March 2024.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Cathrine Eide and Terje Dalen (11 September 2013): Sivert (23) blir yngst på Stortinget TV2. Retrieved 13 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
  2. [2]
    Camilla Wernersen (12 September 2013): De unge på Stortinget NRK. Retrieved 13 September 2013
  3. [3]
    Himanshu Gulati (27 March 2012): Her er FpUs nye sentralstyre! FpU. Retrieved 13 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
  4. [4]
    "Bjørnstad, Sivert" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Mari Holm Lønseth og Sivert Bjørnstad er gift" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.


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