Dagrun Eriksen Explained

Office:Second Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Party
Term Start:23 January 2004
Term End:29 April 2017
Leader:Dagfinn Høybråten
Knut Arild Hareide
Successor:Kjell Ingolf Ropstad
Office2:Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Term Start2:21 August 2006
Term End2:30 September 2013
Constituency2:Vest-Agder
Predecessor2:Jon Lilletun
Term Start3:1 October 2001
Term End3:30 September 2005
Constituency3:Vest-Agder
Office4:Deputy Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Term Start4:1 October 2005
Term End4:21 August 2006
1Namedata4:Jon Lilletun
1Blankname4:Deputising for
Constituency4:Vest-Agder
Term Start5:17 October 1997
Term End5:17 March 2000
1Namedata5:Jon Lilletun
1Blankname5:Deputising for
Constituency5:Vest-Agder
Birth Date:28 June 1971
Birth Place:Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway
Party:Christian Democratic

Dagrun Eriksen (born 28 June 1971 in Kristiansand) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian People's Party (KrF). She served as deputy leader of the party from 2004 to 2017.

Political career

Eriksen was elected into the Norwegian parliament (Storting) from the county of Vest-Agder in 2001. She was not re-elected in the 2005 elections, but took Jon Lilletun's seat upon his illness and later death. In 2009 she had the top spot on the party's ballot in Vest-Agder and

In 2012 Eriksen lost a fight for the top spot on the party's list for the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election to Hans Fredrik Grøvan and will not be on the ballot at all. Possible explanations for her loss according to pundits might have been that she was perceived to have focused too much on national politics and too little on the county's particular issues and that she was perceived as too liberal on some issues.[1] [2]

Parliamentary Presidium duties

Parliamentary Committee duties

Notes and References

  1. Aud Refseth and Eirik Damsgaaard: Kan gå på ufortjent nederlag (in Norwegian) NRK, September 18, 2012
  2. Cato Husabø Fossen: KrFs nestleder ferdig på Stortinget (in Norwegian) TV2, November 16, 2012