Trine Skei Grande | |
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| Minister of Education and Integration | |
| In office 24 January 2020 – 13 March 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Jan Tore Sanner |
| Succeeded by | Guri Melby |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 17 January 2018 – 24 January 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Linda Hofstad Helleland |
| Succeeded by | Abid Raja |
| Leader of the Liberal Party | |
| In office 17 April 2010 – 26 September 2020 | |
| First Deputy | Helge Solum Larsen Ola Elvestuen |
| Second Deputy | Ola Elvestuen Terje Breivik |
| Preceded by | Lars Sponheim |
| Succeeded by | Guri Melby |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 October 2001 – 30 September 2021 | |
| Constituency | Oslo |
| Oslo City Commissioner of Culture and Education | |
| In office 29 November 2000 – 7 November 2001 | |
| Governing Mayor | Erling Lae |
| Preceded by | Bård Folke Fredriksen |
| Succeeded by | Kjell Veivåg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1969-10-02)2 October 1969 (age 55) Overhalla Municipality,Nord-Trøndelag,Norway |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Trine Skei Grande (born 2 October 1969) is a Norwegian politician who served as the leader of theLiberal Party of Norway from 2010 to 2020. She also served as Minister of Education from January to March 2020,[1] and as Minister of Culture and Gender Equality from 2018 to 2020. She was also a member of parliament forOslo from 2001 to 2021.
Grande was born inOverhalla Municipality on 2 October 1969. She studied economics at introductory level atNTNU and later political science and history at introductory level at theUniversity of Oslo. Prior to entering politics full-time she worked as a part-time journalist, a high school teacher and as a lecturer atNord-Trøndelag University College.[2]
The currentStorting is her fourth consecutive term as a member, after first serving as deputy Member of Parliament from 2001 for Minister Odd Einar Dørum, and became Parliamentary Leader of the Liberal Party from 2001 until 2005.She was elected as Member of Parliament in the2005 parliamentary election, and then re-elected in the2009 and2013 parliamentary elections.
Grande was a member of the Liberal Party central board in 1999–2000, and was deputy leader from 2000 until 2010. Grande was elected MP forOslo in2009 parliamentary election, although the Liberal Party suffered a severe blow; she andBorghild Tenden of Akershus were the only Liberal MPs to be elected.
She is a member of theNorwegian Association for Women's Rights and has highlighted the legacy of her predecessor as Liberal Party leaderEva Kolstad.[3]
Following the resignation ofLars Sponheim as party leader, she was elected leader of the Liberal Party at the General Assembly in 2010.
In 2013, under her leadership, the Liberal parliamentary group grew with seven more members of parliament. After January 2018, the Liberal Party entered government as a junior partner with theConservative andProgress parties, taking three positions inthe cabinet. On 11 March 2020, she announced her intention to resign as party leader, minister and not stand forre-election in 2021.[4] She was succeeded by fellow party memberGuri Melby as Minister of Education two days later, and as party leader at the party conference in September.[5][6]
In January 2024, it was announced that she would become the administrative director at theNorwegian Publishers' Association.[7]
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| Preceded by | Oslo City Commissioner of Culture and Education 2000–2001 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Culture 2018–2020 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Education January – March 2020 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Leader of the Norwegian Liberal Party 2010–2020 | Succeeded by |
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