Peder Ludvik Kolstad was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was the 19th prime minister of Norway from 1931 until his death in 1932.
Erling Norvik was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party.
Arvid Helmer Johanson was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He served five full terms in the Parliament of Norway, was Norway's second Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1980 to 1981, and outside politics he spent most of his career in the newspaper Halden Arbeiderblad.
May Hansen is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Ingjerd Schou, née Schie is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Anton Skulberg was a Norwegian scientist and politician for the Centre Party.
Ulf Isak Leirstein is a Norwegian politician, formerly for the Progress Party and then independent, and a member of the Storting from 2005 to 2021. He left the party after it was revealed that he had sent pornographic pictures to a mailing list belonging to the Progress Party's youth wing.
The Market towns of Østfold and Akershus counties was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Fredrikstad, Halden, Moss and Sarpsborg in Østfold county and Drøbak in Akershus county.
Odd Holten is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Line Henriette Holten Hjemdal is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party and former 5th Vice President of the Storting.
Jon Jæger Gåsvatn is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.
Irene Johansen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Erlend Wiborg is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He served as deputy mayor of Moss from 2011 to 2013, when he was elected as an MP for Østfold. He has previously served as deputy MP from 2005 to 2013. In parliament, Wiborg served as the first vice chair of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs from 2013 to 2017, before chairing the committee until 2021.
Øystein Hedstrøm is a Norwegian politician. He was a Member of Parliament from Østfold for the Progress Party from 1989 to 2005, after which he declined renomination.
Wenche Olsen is a Norwegian politician and member of the Storting who represents the Norwegian Labour Party. Olsen was nominated as the Labour Party's fourth candidate for Østfold at the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election, and won a seat after a strong performance in that county. Her issues in the campaign were on healthcare, in particular she supported the construction of a new hospital in Halden.
Østfold County Municipality was the regional governing administration of the old Østfold county in Norway. The county municipality was established in its most recent form on 1 January 1976 when the law was changed to allow elected county councils in Norway. The county municipality was dissolved on 1 January 2020, when Østfold was merged with the neighboring counties of Akershus and Buskerud, creating the new Viken county which is led by the Viken County Municipality. The administrative seat is located in Sarpsborg and the county mayor was Ole Haabeth.
Gretha Kant was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Eirik Milde is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Østfold in 2013 where he was member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment from 2013 to 2017.
Bengt Morten Wenstøb is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Østfold in 2013 where he is member of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs.
Østfold is one of the 19 multi-member constituencies of the Storting, the national legislature of Norway. The constituency was established in 1921 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Storting. It consists of the municipalities of Aremark, Fredrikstad, Halden, Hvaler, Indre Østfold, Marker, Moss, Råde, Rakkestad, Sarpsborg, Skiptvet and Våler in the county of Viken. The constituency currently elects eight of the 169 members of the Storting using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 223,945 registered electors.
