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Norwegian politician

Key facts

Prime minister
Erna Solberg
Preceded by
Sigbjørn Johnsen
Succeeded by
Jan Tore Sanner
First deputy
Per Sandberg , Sylvi Listhaug
Second deputy
Per Arne Olsen , Ketil Solvik-Olsen , Terje Søviknes
Leader
Carl I. Hagen
Deputy
Mazyar Keshvari
Constituency
Oslo
Born
( 1969-06-01 ) 1 June 1969 (age 57) , Oslo , Norway
Party
Progress
Alma mater
Norwegian School of, Economics

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Siv
Family name
Jensen
Gender
female
Citizenship
Norway
Place of birth
Oslo
Occupation
freelancer
Political party
Progress Party
Languages spoken
Norwegian
Religion
Lutheranism
Eye colour
blue
Hair colour
blond hair
Image
Siv Jensen (190936).jpg
Work location
Oslo
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Commons category
Siv Jensen
date of birth
1969-06-01
name in native language
Siv Jensen
social media followers
61529
affiliation string
Ministry of Finance of Norway
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Encyclopedic overview

Siv Jensen (born 1 June 1969) is a Norwegian politician who served as the leader of the Progress Party from 2006 to 2021. She also held the position as Minister of Finance from 2013 to 2020 in the Solberg Cabinet. She was also a member of the Norwegian parliament from Oslo from 1997 to 2021.

Born and raised in Oslo, Jensen graduated with a degree in business studies from the Norwegian School of Economics. She was first elected to parliament in the 1997 parliamentary election, and has later been re-elected for four consecutive terms. She chaired the parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs from 2001 to 2005, and in 2006 succeeded long-time chairman Carl I. Hagen as leader of the Progress Party.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siv Jensen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.