Torill Selsvold Nyborg
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Torill Selsvold Nyborg is a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

 for the Christian Democratic Party, since 2003
Norwegian county council election, 2003
The 2003 county council election was held on Monday September 15, 2003 for all eighteen county councils in Norway. The election was held parallel to the municipal council election.-Votes:-Seats:-County mayors:-Cabinets:...

 county mayor of Hordaland
Hordaland county municipality
Hordaland County Municipality is the regional governing administration of Hordaland, Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 46 upper secondary schools, with 17,000 pupils...

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She served as a deputy representative 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...

 during the terms 1997–2001, 2001–2005 and 2005–2009.

On the local level she was a member of Fjell
Fjell
Fjell is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The parish of Fjæld was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

 municipal council from 1991 to 1995. She served as deputy county mayor from 1999 to 2003, and county mayor from 2003. She chairs the countywide party chapter and sits on the national party board since 2002.

Outside of politics she has worked mainly as a nurse, but also a missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...

 in Arequipa
Arequipa
Arequipa is the capital city of the Arequipa Region in southern Peru. With a population of 836,859 it is the second most populous city of the country...

from 1977 to 1982.
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