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Turid Kristensen

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Turid Kristensen
Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 2017  30 September 2025
ConstituencyAkershus
Personal details
Born (1966-10-08) 8 October 1966 (age 59)
PartyConservative Party
OccupationPolitician

Turid Kristensen (born 8 October 1966) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party (H). She was a member of the Storting between 2017 and 2025.

Biography

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Born on 8 October 1966, Kristensen is educated in business economics, and was assigned with the University of Oslo from 1987.[1]

Kristensen was the Conservative Party group leader in Lørenskog municipal council between 2007 and 2017, and she was also their mayor candidate in 2011 and 2015.[2]

She was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Akershus for the period 20172021 for the Conservative Party, and re-elected in 2021.[3] She wanted to seek re-election for the 2025 Election, but got passed over for a different candidate and thus was unable to seek re-election.[4]

In the Storting, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Education and Research from 2017 to 2021, and the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs from 2021 to 2025.[3]

References

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  1. Tvedt, Knut Are. "Turid Kristensen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. "Turid Kristensen". Høyre. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Kristensen, Turid". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  4. Hansen, Lars MJ (22 November 2024). "Høyre fikk plass til stjerneskuddet – men noen måtte ut". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 November 2025.