Turid Kristensen

Turid Kristensen (born 8 October 1966) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party (H). She was a member of the Storting between 2017 and 2025.

Turid Kristensen
Member of the Storting
In office 1 October 2017 – 30 September 2025
Constituency	Akershus
Personal details
Born	(1966-10-08) 8 October 1966 (age 59)
Nationality	Norwegian
Party	Conservative Party
Occupation	Politician

Biography

Born on 8 October 1966, Kristensen is educated in business economics, and was assigned with the University of Oslo from 1987.^[1]

Kristensen was the Conservative Party group leader in Lørenskog municipal council between 2007 and 2017, and she was also their mayor candidate in 2011 and 2015.^[2]

She was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Akershus for the period 2017–2021 for the Conservative Party, and re-elected in 2021.^[3] She wanted to seek re-election for the 2025 Election, but got passed over for a different candidate and thus was unable to seek re-election.^[4]

In the Storting, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Education and Research from 2017 to 2021, and the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs from 2021 to 2025.^[3]