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    Eigil Knutsen

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    Egil Knutsen
    Member of the Storting
    Incumbent
    Assumed office
    1 October 2017
    ConstituencyStorting
    Deputy Member of the Storting
    In office
    1 October 2013 – 30 September 2017
    ConstituencyHordaland
    Personal details
    Born (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988 (age 33)
    Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway
    Political partyLabour
    Alma materUniversity of Bergen

    Eigil Knutsen (born 21 October 1988) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has served as an MP for Hordaland since 2017, and was previously a deputy member from 2013 to 2017.

    Early life[edit]

    Eigil Knutsen was born on 21 October 1988 in Haugesund, Rogaland.[1][2]

    Knutsen studied at the University of Bergen from 2008 to 2013, graduating with a Master's degree in economics.[2]

    Career[edit]

    From 2015 to 2017, Knutsen worked as a political adviser to Bergen City Councillor Harald Schjelderup.[1]

    Parliament[edit]

    He served as a deputy representative to the Storting for Hordaland during the term 2013–2017.[2]

    Knutsen was elected as a representative to the Storting for Hordaland in the 2017 election.[2]

    Personal life[edit]

    Knutsen was on Utøya during the 2011 Utøya shootings, but succeeded in hiding from the shooter.[3]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b Tvedt, Knut Are (25 October 2017). "Eigil Knutsen". Store norske leksikon. Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
    2. ^ a b c d "Eigil Knutsen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
    3. ^ Linda Hilland (7 February 2015). "Eigil Knutsen overtok som leder i Arbeiderpartiet i Bergen etter Marte Mjøs Persen" [Eigil Knutsen took over as leader of the Labour Party in Bergen after Marte Mjøs Persen]. Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 December 2020.

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