Hanne Stenvaag | |
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![]() Stenvaag in 2012 | |
Member of the Storting | |
Assumed office 1 October 2025 | |
Constituency | Troms |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 May 1971 |
Political party | Red Party |
Alma mater | University of Tromsø |
Hanne Beate Stenvaag (born 20 May 1971) is a Norwegian politician and member of the Storting. A member of the Red Party,she was elected to represent Troms at the 2025 parliamentary election. [1]
Stenvaag was born on 20 May 1971. [2] [3] She is originally from Oslo but has lived in Tromsø since studying theology at the University of Tromsø. [4] She has worked as a substitute teacher,a social worker for the Church City Mission and at the Utekontakten in Tromsø. [4] [5] She was also a research fellow in religious studies in the Department of Archaeology,History,Religious Studies and Theology at the University of Tromsø. [4] [6] She is currently head of the crisis centre in Tromsø. [3] [5]
Stenvaag has served several terms on the municipal council in Tromsø. [4] [5] She was the Red Party's first placed candidate in Troms at the 2021 parliamentary election but the party failed to win any seats in the constituency. [4] [7] She was elected to the Storting at the 2025 parliamentary election as one of the Red Party's five compensatory (levelling) seats. [8]