Charlotte Spurkeland Explained

Office:Bergen City Commissioner for Child Services, Social Services and Diversity
Term Start:30 October 2023
1Blankname:Chief Commissioner
1Namedata:Christine B. Meyer
Predecessor:Line Berggren Jacobsen
Office2:Deputy Member of the Storting
Term Start2:1 October 2021
2Blankname2:Deputising for
Constituency2:Hordaland
Term Start3:1 October 2013
Term End3:30 September 2017
Constituency3:Hordaland
Office4:Bergen City Commissioner for Schools and Kindergartens
Term Start4:20 October 2014
Term End4:31 December 2014
Status4:Acting
4Blankname4:Chief Commissioner
4Namedata4:Martin Smith-Sivertsen
Successor4:Jana Middelfart Hoff
Birth Date:12 August 1987
Birth Place:London, England
Party:Conservative

Charlotte Spurkeland (born 12 August 1987) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She has been a deputy member of parliament for Hordaland since 2021, having previously done so from 2013 to 2017. She has also been the Bergen city commissioner for child services, social services and diversity since 2023.

Political career

Parliament

She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Hordaland during the term 2013 - 2017. In total she met during 150 days of parliamentary session. She was re-elected at the 2021 election and deputised for prime minister Erna Solberg in the last two weeks of her premiership.

Local politics

Hailing from Bergen, she has been a member of Bergen city council and worked her dayjob for the Conservative caucus in the council.

She was acting Bergen city commissioner for schools and kindergartens from 20 October to 31 December 2014.[1]

Following the 2023 local elections, she was appointed city commissioner for child services, social services and diversity.[2] She was appointed city commissioner for finance following Eivind Nævdal-Bolstad's resignation in late May 2024, holding the position until late June, when Jacob Mæhle was appointed as his permanent successor.[3] [4]

Youth politics

She has chaired the Conservative Students in Norway and is a central board member of the Norwegian Young Conservatives. She has also been involved in student politics at the University of Bergen, where she has studied law. Internationally she was the Chairman of the International Young Democrat Union from 2014 to 2015[5] and has been a co-chair for the permanent working group on Policies for Europe in the European Democrat Students.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Byrådet Smith-Sivertsen 2014-2015 . Bergen kommune . 17 November 2020 . 30 October 2023 . no.
  2. Web site: Overrasking i det nye byrådet i Bergen: Ukjent joker får bybane-ansvaret . NRK Vestland . 30 October 2023 . 30 October 2023 . nn.
  3. Web site: Eivind Nævdal-Bolstad trekker seg som finansbyråd . . 27 May 2024 . 27 May 2024 . nb.
  4. Web site: Jacob Mæhle blir ny finansbyråd i Bergen . NRK Vestland . 27 June 2024 . 28 June 2024 . nn .
  5. Web site: IDU : International Democrat Union . 2014-12-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140811072301/http://www.idu.org/news.aspx?id=2415 . 2014-08-11 .
  6. Web site: Charlotte Spurkeland . 2014-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227025451/http://ungehoyre.no/menneskene/sentralstyret/les/p/charlotte-spurkeland/ . 2014-02-27 . dead .