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Norwegian politician (1956–2022)

Preceded byJohn Edvard Olsen

Succeeded byNils Olav Larsen

BornMagny Torhild Roland Bransdal
(1956-04-10)10 April 1956

Torhild Bransdal
Torhild Bransdal

Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 2017 – 30 September 2021
Constituency	Vest Agder
Mayor of Vennesla
In office 1 October 1999 – 29 September 2017
Preceded by	John Edvard Olsen
Succeeded by	Nils Olav Larsen

Personal details
Born	Magny Torhild Roland Bransdal (1956-04-10)10 April 1956
Died	28 September 2022(2022-09-28) (aged 66)
Party	Christian Democratic Party
Occupation	Politician

Torhild Bransdal (10 April 1956 – 28 September 2022) was a Norwegian politician. She served as mayor of Vennesla from 1999 to 2017, and was the female mayor in Norway who had been in office for the longest time. She was elected representative to the Storting for the period 2017–2021 for the Christian Democratic Party.

Local politics

Bransdal was a member of the municipal council of Vennesla from 1991 to 2019. She was the mayor of Vennesla municipality from 1999 to 2017.^[1] She thus became the female mayor in Norway who had been in office for the longest time.^[2]

Parliament

Bransdal was elected deputy representative to the Storting for the periods 2009–2013 and 2013–2017 from the constituency of Vest-Agder. She was elected ordinary representative to the Storting for the period 2017–2021, representing the Christian Democratic Party.^[3]

In the Storting, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration from 2017 to 2021, and also a delegate to the Nordic Council during the same period.^[3]

Death

Torhild Bransdal died at the Hospital of Southern Norway on 28 September 2022, after suffering from cancer for an extended period.^[4]

References

↑ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Torhild Bransdal". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
↑ Heggheim, Sander; Arntzen, Kari Jeppestøl (15 September 2015). "Set noregsrekord som ordførar". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
1 2 "Bransdal, Torhild". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 October 2017.
↑ Skår, Kari Løberg (28 September 2022). "Torhild Brandsdal er død". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 28 September 2022.

v t e Members of the Parliament of Norway 2017–21
Akershus	Sanner (Mathisen) Huitfeldt Limi Trøen Myrli Jegstad Sandberg Gulati Raja (Schytz) Asheim (Linnestad) Gjelsvik Wilkinson Aukrust Kristensen Kjos Moflag Elvenes
Aust-Agder	Harberg Mørland Bruun-Gundersen Ropstad (Lossius)
Buskerud	Kolberg Helleland Wold Christoffersen K.Ø. Johnsen Lundteigen Engen-Helgheim Gharahkhani Nævra
Finnmark	Sjåstad Strifeldt I. Olsen Iversen Bakke-Jensen (Haukland)
Hedmark	Trettebergstuen Slagsvold Vedum Sandtrøen Tonning Riise T. A. Johnsen Enger Mehl K. Andersen
Hordaland	Solberg (Eskeland) Rommetveit Njåstad Trellevik Christensen Frølich Toppe Hjemdal Lysbakken Knutsen Eidsheim Hareide (Nyborg) Nilsen Grung Breivik Bjørke
Møre og Romsdal	Orten Listhaug (Engeli Johansen) Botten Klinge Synnes Dale (Flølo) Bjørdal Soleim Reiten
Nord-Trøndelag	Kjerkol Arnstad Grande Agdestein Skjelstad
Nordland	Sivertsen Ebbesen Nordlund Freiberg (D.H. Olsen) Lyngedal Finstad Mossleth Søttar Fagerås
Oppland	Aasrud Odnes (Fasteraune) Thommessen Hagebakken Johansen Strand Kjenseth
Oslo	Støre Eriksen Søreide (M. Tybring-Gjedde) Marthinsen Astrup (Nøklebye Heiberg, Strandskog) Jensen (Keshvari) Kaski Skei Grande (Melby) Bøhler Tetzschner Moxnes Bastholm Staalesen Nordby Lunde C. Tybring-Gjedde Barth Eide Eide Kapur Elvestuen (Almeland) Heggelund
Rogaland	Høie (Stokkebø) Tajik Horne (Atle Simonsen) Bru (Aase Simonsen) Tvedt Solberg Steffensen Bollestad Stensland Pollestad Haukeland Liadal Hagerup Halleland Langholm Hansen Lerbrekk
Sogn og Fjordane	Navarsete Heggø Melvær Storehaug
Sør-Trøndelag	Giske Helleland (Angell Gimse) E. K. Hansen Bjørnstad Greni Holm Lønseth Asphjell Haltbrekken Leirtrø Gunnes
Telemark	Aasland Sundbø Abrahamsen Hoksrud Vågslid Sem-Jacobsen Bekkevold
Troms	Myrseth Gudmundsen Amundsen (Wilsgård) Borch M. Henriksen Fylkesnes
Vest-Agder	Foss K. Henriksen Saudland Tveiten Benestad Grøvan Bransdal
Vestfold	Eidem Løvaas D.T. Andersen Stordalen Westgaard-Halle Aasen-Svensrud Larsen Grimstad
Østfold	Lauvås Schou Leirstein Bjørnebekk-Waagen Pettersen S.R. Hansen Myhrvold Wiborg Øvstegård

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