Charlotte Spurkeland (born 12 August 1987) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

Political career

Parliament

She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Hordaland during the term 2013–2017. In total she met during 150 days of parliamentary session. She was re-elected at the 2021 election and deputised for prime minister Erna Solberg in the last two weeks of her premiership.

Charlotte Spurkeland

Local politics

Hailing from Bergen, she has been a member of Bergen city council and worked her dayjob for the Conservative caucus in the council.

Charlotte Spurkeland

She was acting Bergen city commissioner for schools and kindergartens from 20 October to 31 December 2014.

Charlotte Spurkeland

Following the 2023 local elections, she was appointed city commissioner for child services, social services and diversity.

Youth politics

She has chaired the Conservative Students in Norway and is a central board member of the Norwegian Young Conservatives. She has also been involved in student politics at the University of Bergen, where she has studied law. Internationally she was the Chairman of the International Young Democrat Union from 2014 to 2015 and has been a co-chair for the permanent working group on Policies for Europe in the European Democrat Students.

References

1987 births

Living people

Deputy members of the Storting

Conservative Party (Norway) politicians

Politicians from Bergen

Women members of the Storting

21st-century Norwegian politicians