Trine Skei Grande
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Trine Skei Grande is a Norwegian
politician and leader of the Liberal Party of Norway. She is currently a member of the Norwegian Parliament for her second consecutive term, first serving as deputy member from 2001 and later elected in the 2005 parliamentary election
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Although the Liberal Party suffered a major blow in the 2009 parliamentary election
, Grande was voted in for Oslo. She and Borghild Tenden
of Akershus make up the Liberal Party's parliamentary delegation. Following the resignation of Lars Sponheim
as party leader, she was proposed as the leading possible candidate to take over the leadership of the Liberal Party Grande was elected leader of the Liberal Party at the 2010 Annual Meeting.
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 and leader of the Liberal Party of Norway. She is currently a member of the Norwegian Parliament for her second consecutive term, first serving as deputy member from 2001 and later elected in the 2005 parliamentary election
Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 September 2005. More than 3.4 million Norwegians were eligible for vote for the Storting, the parliament of Norway. The new Storting has 169 members, an increase of four over the 2001 election....
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Although the Liberal Party suffered a major blow in the 2009 parliamentary election
Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009
The 2009 parliamentary election was held in Norway on 14 September 2009. Elections in Norway are held on a Monday in September, usually the second or third Monday, as determined by the king. Early voting was possible between 10 August and 11 September 2009, while some municipalities held open...
, Grande was voted in for Oslo. She and Borghild Tenden
Borghild Tenden
Borghild Tenden is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party . She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 2005, and currently acts as the party whip. She previously served as a deputy representative from 1997-2001.Although the 2009 parliamentary election ended badly for the...
of Akershus make up the Liberal Party's parliamentary delegation. Following the resignation of Lars Sponheim
Lars Sponheim
Lars Sponheim is a Norwegian politician. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2010. He was a member of the Storting from 1993 to 2009, and a government minister from 1997 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2005. He is the current County Governor of Hordaland, serving since March 2010.Sponheim was...
as party leader, she was proposed as the leading possible candidate to take over the leadership of the Liberal Party Grande was elected leader of the Liberal Party at the 2010 Annual Meeting.