Standing Committee on Education and Research

The Standing Committee on Education and Research (Norwegian: Utdannings- og forskningskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to education, research and church affairs. It corresponds to the Ministry of Education and Research and the church affairs section of the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs. The committee was named the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs (Kirke-, utdannings- og forskningskomiteen) between 1993 and 2017.^[1] The committee has 15 members and is chaired by Trond Giske of the Labour Party.^[2]

Members 2013–2017

The committee is chaired by Trond Giske

Representative	Party	Position
Trond Giske	Labour	Chair
Iselin Nybø	Liberal	First deputy chair
Anne Tingelstad Wøien	Centre	Second deputy chair
Henrik Asheim	Conservative
Norunn Tveiten Benestad	Conservative
Sivert Haugen Bjørnstad	Progress
Christian Tynning Bjørnø	Labour
Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes	Socialist Left
Kent Gudmundsen	Conservative
Martin Henriksen	Labour
Tone Merete Sønsterud	Labour
Bente Thorsen	Progress
Anders Tyvand	Christian Democratic
Kristin Vinje	Conservative
Marianne Aasen	Labour