Maren Grøthe
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Maren Grøthe | |
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| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2025 | |
| Constituency | Sør-Trøndelag |
| Deputy Member of the Storting | |
| In office 1 October 2021 – 30 September 2025 | |
| Deputising for | Ola Borten Moe (2021–2023) |
| Constituency | Sør-Trøndelag |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (2001-07-14) 14 July 2001 (age 24) Melhus Municipality, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway |
| Party | Centre |
| Occupation | Politician |
Maren Grøthe (born 14 July 2001) is a Norwegian politician currently serving as a member of the Storting for Sør-Trøndelag since 2025. A member of the Centre Party, she was the youngest person elected as a representative in the Storting.
Melhus
In 2019, she became a member of the Melhus municipal council, where she is native to as she comes from Hølonda.[1]
Parliament
She was elected deputy representative to the Storting from the constituency of Sør-Trøndelag for the period 2021–2025, for the Centre Party, and deputised for Ola Borten Moe while he was government minister.[2] She was announced as the first candidate for the 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election in 2024 for Sør-Trøndelag.[3] She stated that the issues she wanted to address were giving equal opportunities to people across regions, tightening the drug policy, and gaining more control over Norwegian natural resources.[3] After the 2025 election, she was elected as a regular member of the Storting.
She was the youngest representative ever to meet regularly at the Storting.[4] She hails from western Melhus Municipality (in the area of the old Hølonda Municipality).[4]
In the Storting, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Education and Research from 2021 to 2023.[2] During her time in the committee, she worked on the issue of the teacher shortage, and became a proponent of the scheme to have student loans written off for teachers who moved to Sápmi or Nord-Troms where there is a particular shortage.[5] She later worked as a political advisor to the Minister of Children and Family Affairs, Kjersti Toppe, when she was still minister from 2023 to 2025.[6][7]
Personal life
References
- ↑ Tvedt, Knut Are (18 June 2024). "Maren Grøthe". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- 1 2 "Maren Grøthe" (in Norwegian). Storting. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- 1 2 "Hun tar plassen til Ola Borten Moe - Altinget". Altinget. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- 1 2 Thobroe, Grete. "Første 20-åring som møter fast på tinget – lover å kjempe de unges sak". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ↑ Pedersen, Anniken (12 January 2023). "Nå får du slettet mer studielån i nord – lærerne halverer tiden på nedbetalingen". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ↑ "Veteran vrakes av fylkeslaget – peker på 23-åring som førstekandidat - Altinget". Altinget. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ↑ "Historisk regjeringspolitiker". Regjeringen.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 7 November 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- 1 2 "What Congress can learn from country with youngest lawmakers". BBC. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
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