Rita Tveiten is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

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She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland

Hordaland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

 in 1993, and was re-elected on one occasion. She served as a deputy representative during the terms 1989–1993 and 2001–2005. Three years into the second term as deputy, she replaced the regular representative Leif Lund

Leif Lund

Leif Lund was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1997, and was re-elected on one occasions. However, during his second term he died and was replaced by Rita Tveiten...

 who died.

Tveiten was a member of Osterøy

Osterøy

Osterøy is an island municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The administrative centre is located in Lonevåg in the central part of the island, while the settlement with the largest population is Valestrandfossen with 1,012...

municipality council from 1983 to 1987. During this term she was also a member of Hordaland county council.