Sigurd Kvammen Rafaelsen
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Sigurd Kvammen Rafaelsen | |
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| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2025 | |
| Constituency | Finnmark |
| Deputy Member of the Storting | |
| In office 1 October 2021 – 30 September 2025 | |
| Deputising for | Marianne Sivertsen Næss (2024–2025) |
| Constituency | Finnmark |
| Mayor of Lebesby Municipality | |
| In office 24 October 2019 – 21 October 2025 | |
| Deputy | Kristin Johnsen |
| Preceded by | Stine Akselsen |
| Succeeded by | Kristin Johnsen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 December 1985 Sør-Varanger, Finnmark, Norway |
| Party | Labour |
| Domestic partner | Sigrid Ina Simonsen |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Tromsø |
| Occupation | Teacher Shop owner Politician |
Sigurd Kvammen Rafaelsen (born 11 December 1985) is a Norwegian teacher and politician for the Labour Party (Ap). A deputy to the Storting from Finnmark between 2021 and 2025, he met as deputy for Marianne Sivertsen Næss between april 2024 and september 2025. He also served as mayor of Lebesby Municipality between 2019 and 2025. He is now a member of the Storting from the constituency of Finnmark.
Rafaelsen was born in Sør-Varanger Municipality on 11 December 1985.[1] He is of Sámi origin and is one of three sons of former Sør-Varanger mayor Rune Rafaelsen and Inger Blix Kvammen.[2]
He is currently in a relationship with Sigrid Ina Simonsen, the regional director of NHO Arctic. They both respectively have two children from previous relationships. Currently they're scheduled to marry in the summer of 2024.[3]