Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Inga Marte Thorkildsen
Oslo City Commissioner for Knowledge and Education
In office
19 December 2017 – 19 October 2021
Governing MayorRaymond Johansen
Preceded byTone Tellevik Dahl
Succeeded bySunniva Holmås Eidsvoll
Oslo City Commissioner for the Elderly, Health and Labour
In office
21 October 2015 – 19 December 2017
Governing MayorRaymond Johansen
Preceded byAud Kvalbein
Succeeded byTone Tellevik Dahl
Minister of Children and Equality
In office
23 March 2012 – 16 October 2013
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byAudun Lysbakken
Succeeded bySolveig Horne
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 2001 – 30 September 2013
DeputyLars Egeland
ConstituencyVestfold
Deputy Leader of the Socialist Left Party
In office
11 March 2012 – 14 March 2015
LeaderAudun Lysbakken
Preceded byAudun Lysbakken
Succeeded byOddny Irene Miljeteig
Personal details
Born (1976-07-02) 2 July 1976 (age 48)
Stokke, Vestfold, Norway
Political partySocialist Left
SpouseLars Kolltveit

Inga Marte Thorkildsen (born 2 July 1976) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). She served as Minister of Children and Equality from 2012 to 2013.

Career

Growing up in Stokke, she was elected to the Norwegian Parliament representing Vestfold in 2001. She served as Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion from 2012[1] to 2013 when Stoltenberg's cabinet resigned. She lost her seat in the 2013 election.[2]

Thorkildsen went on to serve in the Oslo city council cabinet following the 2015 local election. She first served as commissioner for the elderly, health and labour from 2015 to 2017, before being appointed commissioner for knowledge and education. She resigned her position on 19 October 2021, citing that she wanted to take a break and figure out what she wanted to do next.[3]

She received the Rights Prize (Rettighetsprisen) in 2018 for her work combating domestic violence.

On 15 February 2022, Thorkildsen asked the city council to take leave, stating that she was expecting to leave politics for good.[4]

Parliamentary Committee duties

References

  1. ^ "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no. 15 February 2008. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  2. ^ Jeg er skuffet NRK. Retrieved 16 October 2013 (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ "Inga Marte Thorkildsen (SV): Går ut av byrådet" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Inga Marte Thorkildsen går ut av politikken" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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