Inga Marte Thorkildsen | |
Term Start: | 19 December 2017 |
Term End: | 19 October 2021 |
1Blankname: | Governing Mayor |
Predecessor: | Tone Tellevik Dahl |
Successor: | Sunniva Holmås Eidsvoll |
Term Start2: | 21 October 2015 |
Term End2: | 19 December 2017 |
1Blankname2: | Governing Mayor |
1Namedata2: | Raymond Johansen |
Predecessor2: | Aud Kvalbein |
Successor2: | Tone Tellevik Dahl |
Office3: | Minister of Children and Equality |
Term Start3: | 23 March 2012 |
Term End3: | 16 October 2013 |
Predecessor3: | Audun Lysbakken |
Successor3: | Solveig Horne |
Office4: | Member of the Norwegian Parliament |
Term Start4: | 1 October 2001 |
Term End4: | 30 September 2013 |
Deputy4: | Lars Egeland |
Constituency4: | Vestfold |
Office5: | Deputy Leader of the Socialist Left Party |
Term Start5: | 11 March 2012 |
Term End5: | 14 March 2015 |
Leader5: | Audun Lysbakken |
Predecessor5: | Audun Lysbakken |
Successor5: | Oddny Irene Miljeteig |
Birth Date: | 2 July 1976 |
Birth Place: | Stokke, Vestfold, Norway |
Party: | Socialist Left |
Spouse: | Lars Kolltveit |
Inga Marte Thorkildsen (born 2 July 1976) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). She served as Minister of Children and Equality from 2012 to 2013.
Growing up in Stokke, she was elected to the Norwegian Parliament representing Vestfold in 2001. She served as Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion from 2012[1] to 2013 when Stoltenberg's cabinet resigned. She lost her seat in the 2013 election.[2]
Thorkildsen went on to serve in the Oslo city council cabinet following the 2015 local election. She first served as commissioner for the elderly, health and labour from 2015 to 2017, before being appointed commissioner for knowledge and education. She resigned her position on 19 October 2021, citing that she wanted to take a break and figure out what she wanted to do next.[3]
She received the Rights Prize (Rettighetsprisen) in 2018 for her work combating domestic violence.
On 15 February 2022, Thorkildsen asked the city council to take leave, stating that she was expecting to leave politics for good.[4]