Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius Explained

Office:Deputy Member of the Storting
Term Start:1 October 2021
Constituency:Vest-Agder
Term Start2:1 October 2017
Term End2:30 September 2021
1Blankname2:Member
Constituency2:Aust-Agder
Office3:Deputy Mayor of Lillesand
Term Start3:15 October 2015
Term End3:17 October 2019
1Blankname3:Mayor
1Namedata3:Arne Thomassen
Predecessor3:Hege Marie Holthe
Successor3:Geir Svenningsen
Birth Date:29 February 1980
Birth Place:Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Party:Christian Democratic

Jorunn Elisabet Gleditsch Lossius (born 29 February 1980) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

Education

Lossius has studied christianity, drama/theater and history at the University of Agder.

Political career

Parliament

She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Aust-Agder during the term 2017 - 2021. She deputised for Kjell Ingolf Ropstad while he served as minister in Solberg's Cabinet between 2019 and 2021. She was elected deputy member for Vest-Agder in the 2021 election.

She caused a media stir in April 2021, after posting a picture on Facebook of her pregnant belly, which was a reaction to the Socialist Left Party's decision to extend the limit for self-determined abortion from the current Norwegian law which allows 12 weeks, to 22 weeks.[1]

Local politics

She served as deputy mayor of Lillesand between 2015 and 2019.[2] She took over from the Conservatives' Hege Marie Holthe and was later succeeded by fellow party member Geir Svenningsen.[3] [4]

Following the 2023 local elections, she was elected deputy county mayor, with the Conservative Party's Arne Thomassen as county mayor.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ditlefsen. Heidi. 26 April 2021 . Rystet over abortvedtak: – Vi hadde gitt babyen navn i uke 22 . 1 August 2021 . . nb-NO.
  2. Web site: Vil fjerne tiggeforbudet i Lillesand. . 2 February 2017.
  3. Web site: Disse skal styre politikken i Lillesand de neste fire årene . . 15 October 2015 . 7 September 2024 . nb.
  4. Web site: Holmer-Hoven ordfører og Svenningsen varaordfører i Lillesand . . 10 September 2019 . 7 September 2024 . nb.
  5. Web site: Thomassen gjenvalgt som fylkesordfører . . 10 October 2023 . 7 September 2024 . nb.