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Grunde Almeland

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Grunde Almeland
Born29 March 1991 Edit this on Wikidata
Bergen Edit this on Wikidata
Political partyLiberal Party Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldmember of the Parliament of Norway (2018–2020), deputy member of the Parliament of Norway (2017–2021), State Secretary (Ministry of Education and Research, 2020–2021), State Secretary (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, 2020–2020), member of the Parliament of Norway (2021–) Edit this on Wikidata

Grunde Kreken Almeland (born 29 March 1991) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

Political career

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Youth party

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He served as the first deputy leader of the Young Liberals of Norway from 2015 until October 2017.

Parliament

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He served as a deputy representative to the Storting, Norway's parliament, from Oslo between 2017 and 2021. Between 2018 and 2020, he deputised for Ola Elvestuen, who was appointed Minister of Climate and the Environment in the Solberg Cabinet.[1] He was elected as a regular representative at the 2021 election.

In parliament, he sat on the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs between 2018 and 2020. He later became chair of the same committee in 2021 and concurrently sat on the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs.[1] He notably served as the case officer in the impartiality investigations into members of the Støre government and Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg.[2]

Government

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Following the Progress Party's withdrawal from government in January 2020, Almeland was appointed state secretary at the Ministry of Education, a position he held until the government's defeat at the 2021 election. He also concurrently served as state secretary to the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries from March to October 2020.[1][3]

Personal life

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He studied law at the University of Oslo until becoming a member of parliament.[4]

He is a son of teachers Olav Kreken and May-Britt Almeland.[1]

Almeland considers himself a gamer outside of politics. He is openly gay and is married.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Almeland, Grunde (1991-)". Stortinget. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  2. ^ "- Skuffet over Erna" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Dagbladet. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Grunde K. Almeland". www.venstre.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Grunde (26) har aldri vært folkevalgt. Nå er han fast på Tinget" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Aftenposten. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Saudi-Arabia vil bli en gaming-gigant" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Gode Grunde" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Blikk. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.


Political offices
Preceded by Chair of the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs
2021–present
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Ingrid Keenan
First Deputy Leader of the Young Liberals of Norway
2015–2017
Succeeded by
Tiril Eid Barland