Marit Knutsdatter Strand | |
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![]() Knutsdatter Strand in 2021 | |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
Constituency | Oppland |
Personal details | |
Born | Lørenskog,Akershus,Norway | 27 April 1992
Political party | Centre |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Beitostølen,Innlandet,Norway |
Alma mater | Norwegian University of Life Sciences |
Occupation | Politician |
Marit Knutsdatter Strand (born 27 April 1992) is a Norwegian politician of the Centre Party. She has served as a representative to the Storting for Oppland since 2017.
She attended Valdres upper secondary school from 2008 to 2011,and studied at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences from 2012 to 2017. [1]
Knutsdatter Strand was leader of the Oppland Centre Youth from 2012 to 2014,and then leader of the Ås Centre Students from 2014 to 2015. She was also a member of the central board of the Centre Youth from 2015 to 2016. She was also chairwoman of the board of the Centre Party's Student Union in 2018. [1]
She was elected to the Storting in 2017,where she currently serves on the Standing Committee on Education and Research,where she also serves as first vice chair. [1] She headed the Centre Party electoral list in Oppland for the 2021 election. [2]
In 2025,she announced that she wouldn't be seeking re-election at that year's election due to family reasons. [3]
She and her family reside in Valdres. She has three children. [3]