Hans Edvard Askjer

Hans Edvard Askjer (born 1962) is a Norwegian politician from the Christian Democratic Party (KrF).^[1] He was elected to the Storting in the 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election.^[2]

Hans Edvard Askjer
Member of the Storting
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2025
Constituency	Telemark
Deputy County Mayor of Telemark
In office 13 October 2015 – 31 December 2019
Mayor	Sven Tore Løkslid
Preceded by	Lise Wiik
Succeeded by	none (Telemark merged into Vestfold og Telemark)
Personal details
Born	(1962-02-27) 27 February 1962 (age 63)
Party	Christian Democratic

Before entering the Storting, Askjer was active in the local politics of Skien city council since 2007,^[3] and also served as the deputy mayor of Telemark county from 2015 to 2019.^[4]