Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius

Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius
Lossius in 2018
Deputy Member of the Storting
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2021
ConstituencyVest-Agder
In office
1 October 2017 – 30 September 2021
MemberKjell Ingolf Ropstad (2019–2021)
ConstituencyAust-Agder
Deputy Mayor of Lillesand
In office
15 October 2015 – 17 October 2019
MayorArne Thomassen
Preceded byHege Marie Holthe
Succeeded byGeir Svenningsen
Personal details
Born (1980-02-29) 29 February 1980 (age 44)
Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Political partyChristian Democratic

Jorunn Elisabet Gleditsch Lossius (born 29 February 1980) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

Education

Lossius has studied christianity, drama/theater and history at the University of Agder.

Political career

Parliament

She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Aust-Agder during the term 2017–2021. She deputised for Kjell Ingolf Ropstad while he served as minister in Solberg's Cabinet between 2019 and 2021. She was elected deputy member for Vest-Agder in the 2021 election.[1]

She caused a media stir in April 2021, after posting a picture on Facebook of her pregnant belly, which was a reaction to the Socialist Left Party's decision to extend the limit for self-determined abortion from the current Norwegian law which allows 12 weeks, to 22 weeks.[2]

Local politics

She served as deputy mayor of Lillesand between 2015 and 2019.[3] She took over from the Conservatives' Hege Marie Holthe and was later succeeded by fellow party member Geir Svenningsen.[4][5]

Following the 2023 local elections, she was elected deputy county mayor, with the Conservative Party's Arne Thomassen as county mayor.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ Ditlefsen, Heidi (26 April 2021). "Rystet over abortvedtak: – Vi hadde gitt babyen navn i uke 22". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Vil fjerne tiggeforbudet i Lillesand". Fædrelandsvennen. 2 February 2017.(subscription required)
  4. ^ "Disse skal styre politikken i Lillesand de neste fire årene" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Fædrelandsvennen. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2024.(subscription required)
  5. ^ "Holmer-Hoven ordfører og Svenningsen varaordfører i Lillesand" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Agderposten. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2024.(subscription required)
  6. ^ "Thomassen gjenvalgt som fylkesordfører" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Agderposten. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.(subscription required)


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