Lillesand is municipality in Agder county,Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Lillesand. Some of the larger villages in Lillesand municipality include Åkerøyhamn,Brekkestø,Gamle Hellesund,Helldal,Høvåg,Ribe,Skottevik,Trøe,Ulvøysund,and Vesterhus.
The Christian Democratic Party is a Christian-democratic political party in Norway founded in 1933. The party is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP). It currently holds three seats in the Parliament,having won 3.8% of the vote in the 2021 parliamentary election. The current leader of the party is Dag Inge Ulstein.
The Norway Democrats is a radical right national conservative and anti-globalist political party in Norway without parliamentary representation.
Vidar Sveinung Kleppe is a Norwegian politician. He was a member of parliament and deputy leader of the Progress Party until he was suspended and left the party in 2001. He was the founder and leader of the Democrats party from 2002 to 2012,and has since 2003 held public office as a member of the Vest-Agder county council and the Kristiansand municipal council.
Thomas Breen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He represented Hedmark in the Norwegian Parliament from 2009 to 2013,where he was elected to deputise for Knut Storberget,who was appointed to a government position. He previously served as a deputy representative from 2005 to 2009,during which he deputised for Storberget.
Jan Tore Sanner is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party who has held several ministerial positions in Erna Solberg's government between 2013 and 2021. He was also the party's deputy leader from 2004 to 2022,having first been second deputy for the first four years and first deputy for the last fourteen. Sanner has also been a member of parliament for Akershus since 1993.
Trygve Magnus Slagsvold Vedum is a Norwegian politician who has served as Minister of Finance since 2021. A member of the Centre Party,which he has led since 2014,he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hedmark since 2005. Vedum also served as Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2012 to 2013.
Kjell Ingolf Ropstad is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party,who served as the Minister of Children,Family and Church Affairs and the leader of the Christian Democratic Party from 2019 to 2021. He has been a member of the Norwegian Parliament,the Storting,since 2009.
Hans Fredrik Grøvan is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He served as the party’s parliamentary leader from 2019 to 2021.
Lubna Boby Jaffery is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She has served as minister of culture and equality since 2023 and a deputy member of parliament for Hordaland since 2009. She previously served as Bergen city commissioner for labour,social affairs,and housing from 2019 to 2021.
Tom Tvedt is a Norwegian politician and former handball player for the Labour Party.
Bjørnar Moxnes is a Norwegian politician and activist representing the left-wing political party,the Red Party in the Storting. Moxnes opposes the European Union,characterizing Norway's participation in the EEA as undemocratic. Moxnes describes himself as a socialist. He served as the leader of the Red Party from 2012 to 2023,when he resigned in the wake of stealing a pair of sunglasses from a shop at Oslo Airport Gardermoen. Moxnes had previously served as the party's deputy leader from 2010 to 2012.
Olaug Vervik Bollestad is a Norwegian nurse and politician for the Christian Democratic Party who is a member of Parliament for Rogaland since 2013. She served as the party leader between 2021 and 2024,having been deputy leader from 2015 to 2021. She served as Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2019 to 2021.
Kjersti Stenseng is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party currently serving as the party secretary since 2015. She also served as a deputy member of the Storting from Oppland between 2013 and 2017.
Tuva Moflag is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She has been member of the Storting since 2017.
Arne Thomassen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He has served as county mayor of Agder since 2019. He previously served as mayor of Lillesand between 2003 and 2019 and a deputy member of parliament for Aust-Agder between 2009 and 2021.
Ingelinn Lossius-Skeie is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.
Dag Inge Ulstein is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party serving as the party leader since 2024. He previously served as its deputy leader.
Ida Lindtveit Røse is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She is currently serving as the party's first deputy leader since 2025 and Akershus county commissioner of enterprise,public health,sports and diversity since 2023. She previously served as the second deputy leader from 2023 to 2025 and the leader of the Young Christian Democrats between 2015 and 2017.
Hadle Rasmus Bjuland is a Norwegian politician from the Christian Democratic Party. He has served as the leader of the Young Christian Democrats and a deputy member of parliament from Rogaland since 2021.
