Synnøve Brenden Klemetrud (born 5 July 1959) 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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During the cabinet Jagland

Cabinet Jagland

Jagland's Cabinet governed Norway between October 25, 1996 and October 17, 1997. It had the following composition:-Cabinet members:-References:* - Regjeringen.no...

, she was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Agriculture. She has later served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland

Oppland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....

 during the terms 2001–2005 and 2005–2009.

She is the current mayor of Lillehammer

Lillehammer

is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...

, having assumed the position in 1999.

She is also a board member of Film & Kino

Film & Kino

-History:It was established in 1917 under the name Kommunale Kinematografers Landsforbund , and was a national association of municipal-owned cinema companies. In Norway, as opposed to many other countries, municipal ownership gradually superseded private ownership in this field after 1912, and the...

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