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Lene Vågslid
Norwegian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lene Vågslid (born 17 March 1986) is a Norwegian teacher and politician for the Labour Party. She has served as a member of the Parliament of Norway for Telemark since 2013 after having served as a deputy representative between 2009 and 2013.[1][2] She has served as the minister of children and families since 2025.
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Political career
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Parliament
Vågsild was elected as a deputy member from Telemark in 2009 and held the position until 2013, when she was elected as a regular representative. She has been re-elected since.[1]
In parliament, she sat on the Standing Committee on Justice between 2013 and 2017 before leading it from 2017 to 2021. She then joined the Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration in 2021, which she led until her ministerial appointment in February 2025.[1]
On 23 March 2022, she and Åsmund Grøver Aukrust were appointed new deputy parliamentary leaders in the aftermath of Terje Aasland's appointment to the government.[3] When she and Åsmund Grøver Aukrust were appointed to government, the party chose Ingvild Kjerkol and Tuva Moflag as their successors.[4]
While serving in government from February 2025, Tone E. Berge Hansen has deputised in her place.[1]
Minister of Children and Families
Following the Centre Party's withdrawal from government, she was appointed minister of children and families on 4 February 2025.[5]
Tenure
A week after assuming office, criticism was levelled against NRK presenter Fredrik Solvang when he questioned how Vågslid in a recent Debatten episode, could manage her personal life due to having abstained from participating in the programme before becoming minister. Former culture minister Anette Trettebergstuen and Christian Democratic Party deputy leader Ida Lindtveit Røse argued that the editorial team was enforcing stereotypes with the question and Solvang argued that the question wasn't intended to criticise Vågslid's capability to be minister. Vågslid herself stated that she hadn't taken offence by the question.[6]
Following revelations of children in child care institutions getting access to drugs, Vågslid announced in April that the government would be looking to allow institutional staff to search children's phones as a measure to establish boundaries for their freedom of movement in institutions. Furthermore, hospitals would receive the responsibility to take care of drug addicted children under the age of eighteen, rather than the child welfare service.[7]
In late May, prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Vågslid announced that the government would be putting forward a law proposal that would seek to lower the age limit for social media to 15. There would however be an exception for video games, communication services utilised in relation to school and services utilised for purchases. Both also conceded that enforcing the law would be challenging as the proposal would be sent out on hearing for feedback.[8]
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Personal life
She hails from Tokke.[2] She is currently in a domestic partnership with Arild Grande, with whom she has one daughter.[9]
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