Nils Kristen Sandtrøen
Nils Kristen Sandtrøen | |
|---|---|
 Sandtrøen's parliamentary portrait | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Food | |
| Assumed office 4 February 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Geir Pollestad |
| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
| Deputy | Bente Irene Aaland |
| Constituency | Hedmark |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1989 Tynset, Hedmark, Norway |
| Political party | Labour |
| Relatives | Per Martin Sandtrøen (brother) |
Nils Kristen Sandtrøen (born 2 February 1989) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He served as a member of parliament, the Storting, from Hedmark, from 2017, and has been Minister of Agriculture and Food since February 2025.
Political career
[edit]Youth politics
[edit]Sandtrøen took the initiative to establish a Workers' Youth League local chapter for students in Trondheim in 2011, which he also led.[1] He was present at Utøya during the 2011 Norway attacks, where he hid along the cliffs facing the mainland before swimming away.[1]
Local politics
[edit]Sandtrøen was a member of the Tynset Municipal Council between 2015 and 2019 and also served as the municipality's deputy mayor between 2015 and 2017.[2]
Parliament
[edit]Sandtrøen was first elected as a member of parliament from Hedmark at the 2017 election and was re-elected in 2021.[3]
In parliament, he sat on the Standing Committee on Business and Industry between 2017 and 2021 before moving to the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications. He moved to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs in 2023.[3]
Minister of Agriculture and Food
[edit]Following the Centre Party's withdrawal from government, he was appointed minister of agriculture and food on 4 February 2025.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Sandtrøen was born in Tynset on 2 February 1989. He is a brother of Per Martin Sandtrøen.[2] The brothers were also the first pair of siblings to be elected to parliament since 1903.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Arnesen, Marit (14 July 2015). "– Bruk stemmeretten din!" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Østlendingen. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ a b Tvedt, Knut Are. "Nils Kristen Sandtrøen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Sandtrøen, Nils Kristen". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ Skårdalsmo, Kristian; Rønning, Mats; Tomter, Line; Hjetland, Geir Bjarte; Grasmo, Julie (4 February 2025). "Nye statsråder: Stenseng inn i regjering – Skjæran får toppjobb på Stortinget" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ Næsheim, Anne; Strande, Ola Bjørlo; Vollan, Mette (18 October 2021). "Per Martin og Nils Kristen er det første brødreparet på Stortinget siden 1903" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK Innlandet. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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