Grunde Almeland

He served as the first deputy leader of the Young Liberals of Norway from 2015 until October 2017.

He served as a deputy representative to the Storting, Norway's parliament, from Oslo between 2017 and 2021. Between 2018 and 2020, he deputised for Ola Elvestuen, who was appointed Minister of Climate and the Environment in the Solberg Cabinet.^[1] He was elected as a regular representative at the 2021 election.

In parliament, he sat on the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs between 2018 and 2020. He later became chair of the same committee in 2021 and concurrently sat on the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs.^[1] He notably served as the case officer in the impartiality investigations into members of the Støre government and Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg.^[2]

Following the Progress Party's withdrawal from government in January 2020, Almeland was appointed state secretary at the Ministry of Education, a position he held until the government's defeat at the 2021 election. He also concurrently served as state secretary to the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries from March to October 2020.^[1][3]

He studied law at the University of Oslo until becoming a member of parliament.^[4]

He is a son of teachers Olav Kreken and May-Britt Almeland.^[1]

Almeland considers himself a gamer outside of politics. He is openly gay and is married.^[5][6]