Jette Fugelsnes Christensen | |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1983 |
Office: | Member of the Parliament of Norway |
Termstart: | September 2010 |
Party: | Labour Party |
Alma Mater: | University of Bergen |
Jette Fugelsnes Christensen (born 1 June 1983) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Hordaland during the term 2009–2013. In September 2010, when Per Rune Henriksen was appointed to the cabinet, Christensen got a regular seat in Parliament. She lost this seat when Henriksen resigned and returned to Parliament in May 2013. She sat on the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs.
She got the second spot on the Hordaland Labour Party list for the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election, and served, after the election, as one of Hordaland Labour Party's four representatives to the Parliament. She was re-elected in the 2017 elections. Christensen is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Defence and Foreign Affairs.
She has studied Political Science at the University of Bergen.[1]