Marie Sneve Martinussen

In the early 2000s, Martinussen played bass guitar in the indie pop band Making Marks, performing regularly on stages in Oslo from 2007.^[3]

A member of the Red Party since 2009,^[3] Martinussen was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Akershus for the period 2021–2025, for this party.^[2] In the Storting, she is a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs from 2021 to 2025, and of the Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence from 2023 to 2025.^[4]

She was reelected representative to the Storting from Akershus for the period 2025–2029.^[5]

She was elected first deputy leader at the 2012 party convention, with Bjørnar Moxnes as leader.^[6] In her capacity as deputy leader, she has also been the head of the Popvenstre festival.^[7]

In June 2023, Moxnes was involved in a shoplifting incident at Oslo Airport Gardermoen.^[8] Shortly after the revelation, on 3 July, the party announced that he would go on sick leave and Sneve Martinussen became acting leader.^[9] On 18 July, the party announced that his sick leave would be expanded to 25 July.^[10] On 24 July, Moxnes announced that he would resign as leader and Sneve Martinussen was installed as his successor until the 2024 convention.^[11] On 29 February 2024, she announced her intention to seek becoming leader permanently at the convention in May.^[12] The party's electoral committee opted in April to suggest her as leader and Sofie Marhaug as first deputy leader ahead of the convention.^[13] She was unanimously elected leader at the convention on 24 May.^[14]