Egil Knutsen | |
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Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs | |
In office 21 October 2021 –2 April 2024 | |
First Deputy | Tina Bru |
Second Deputy | Kari Elisabeth Kaski |
Preceded by | Mudassar Kapur |
Succeeded by | Tuva Moflag |
Member of the Storting | |
Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
Constituency | Hordaland |
Deputy Member of the Storting | |
In office 1 October 2013 –30 September 2017 | |
Constituency | Hordaland |
Personal details | |
Born | Haugesund,Rogaland,Norway | 21 October 1988
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Bergen |
Eigil Knutsen (born 21 October 1988) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has served as an MP for Hordaland since 2017,and was previously a deputy member from 2013 to 2017.
Knutsen was born on 21 October 1988 in Haugesund,Rogaland. [1] [2]
Knutsen studied at the University of Bergen from 2008 to 2013,graduating with a Master's degree in economics. [2]
From 2015 to 2017,Knutsen worked as a political adviser to Bergen Chief Commissioner Harald Schjelderup. [1]
He served as a deputy representative to the Storting for Hordaland during the term 2013–2017. [2]
Knutsen was elected as a representative to the Storting for Hordaland in the 2017 election. He was re-elected in 2021. He also became the chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. [2] He also became the party's financial spokesperson. [3]
On 20 March 2024,Knutsen announced that he would be resigning as spokesperson and committee chair,while additionally announcing that he wouldn't seek re-election at the 2025 election. [4] He was succeeded by Tuva Moflag on 2 April. [5]
Knutsen was on Utøya during the 2011 Utøya shootings,but succeeded in hiding from the shooter. [6]
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