Kjersti Bjørnstad

Kjersti Bjørnstad
Deputy Member of the Storting
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2021
ConstituencyHedmark
Personal details
Born (1984-04-10) 10 April 1984
PartyCentre
OccupationPolitician

Kjersti Bjørnstad (born 10 April 1984) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She has served as a deputy member of the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, for Hedmark since 2021.

Biography

She grew up at the farm Øvre Fauchald near Kapp. Moving to Gjøvik, she became a member of the municipal council as well as Oppland county council.[1]

She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oppland during the term 2021–2025. She started the term being appointed to Støre's Cabinet, as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development from October 2021. In March 2023 she changed to the Ministry of the Environment. She remained here until the Centre Party exited Støre's Cabinet in February 2025.[2] She soon started deputizing for Marit Knutsdatter Strand during the latter's maternity leave.[3]

Bjørnstad was deputy leader of Oppland Centre Party for three years and then leader for two years until 2022.[4]

In June 2026, she was selected as the Centre Party's candidate for county mayor of Innlandet for the 2027 local elections.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Haugerud, Kjell (15 February 2020). "Kjersti Bjørnstad ble Sp-medlem som 10-åring - Nå er hun 35 og ny fylkesleder". GD (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Kjersti Bjørnstad" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  3. ↑ "Bjørnstad vikarierer på Stortinget" (in Norwegian). NRK. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Haugerud, Kjell (24 January 2022). "Marit (29) blir leder i partiets største fylkeslag". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 24 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Einangshaug, Henrik; Ulset, Jonas Oden; Strande, Ola Bjørlo (18 June 2026). "Senterpartiet vil ha tidlegare statssekretær som ny fylkesordførar i Innlandet" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK Innlandet. Retrieved 19 June 2026.


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