Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Inga Marte Thorkildsen (born 2 July 1976) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). She served as Minister of Children and Equality from 2012 to 2013.

Inga Marte Thorkildsen
Oslo City Commissioner for Knowledge and Education
In office 19 December 2017 – 19 October 2021
Governing Mayor	Raymond Johansen
Preceded by	Tone Tellevik Dahl
Succeeded by	Sunniva Holmås Eidsvoll
Oslo City Commissioner for the Elderly, Health and Labour
In office 21 October 2015 – 19 December 2017
Governing Mayor	Raymond Johansen
Preceded by	Aud Kvalbein
Succeeded by	Tone Tellevik Dahl
Minister of Children and Equality
In office 23 March 2012 – 16 October 2013
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Audun Lysbakken
Succeeded by	Solveig Horne
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 2001 – 30 September 2013
Deputy	Lars Egeland
Constituency	Vestfold
Deputy Leader of the Socialist Left Party
In office 11 March 2012 – 14 March 2015
Leader	Audun Lysbakken
Preceded by	Audun Lysbakken
Succeeded by	Oddny Irene Miljeteig
Personal details
Born	(1976-07-02) 2 July 1976 (age 48) Stokke, Vestfold, Norway
Political party	Socialist Left
Spouse	Lars Kolltveit

Career

Growing up in Stokke, she was elected to the Norwegian Parliament representing Vestfold in 2001. She served as Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion from 2012^[1] to 2013 when Stoltenberg's cabinet resigned. She lost her seat in the 2013 election.^[2]

Thorkildsen went on to serve in the Oslo city council cabinet following the 2015 local election. She first served as commissioner for the elderly, health and labour from 2015 to 2017, before being appointed commissioner for knowledge and education. She resigned her position on 19 October 2021, citing that she wanted to take a break and figure out what she wanted to do next.^[3]

She received the Rights Prize (Rettighetsprisen) in 2018 for her work combating domestic violence.

On 15 February 2022, Thorkildsen asked the city council to take leave, stating that she was expecting to leave politics for good.^[4]

Parliamentary Committee duties

• 2005 – 2009 member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services.
• 2001 – 2005 deputy member of the Electoral Committee.
• 2001 – 2005 member of the Standing Committee on Justice.

References

1. "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no. 15 February 2008. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
2. Jeg er skuffet NRK. Retrieved 16 October 2013 (in Norwegian)
3. "Inga Marte Thorkildsen (SV): Går ut av byrådet" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
4. "Inga Marte Thorkildsen går ut av politikken" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

External links

• "Inga Marte Thorkildsen" (in Norwegian). Storting.